Episode 20: Handwriting on the Wall

Chad Orton is a curator with the Historic Sites Division of the Church History Department. Chad is also the co-author of The Journals of George Q. Cannon: Hawaiian Mission, 1850–1854. In this week’s episode Chad helps us understand the Church’s efforts to improve it’s image in U.S. newspapers. We also discuss Joseph Smith’s prophecy of civil war in the United States.

Additional Resources

Chapter Discussed in This Episode:

• Chapter 20: Handwriting on the Wall

Associated Church History Topics:

• American Civil War

• Church Periodicals

• Emigration

• George Q. Cannon

• Germany

• Gift of Tongues

• Joseph and Emma Hale Smith Family

• Other Latter Day Saint Movements

• Pioneer Settlements

• Prophecies of Joseph Smith

• Settlement of Joseph Smith’s Estate

• Utah

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