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Title: The book of the law of the Lord : consisting of an inspired translation of some of the most important parts of the law given to Moses and a very few additional commandments, with brief notes and references. Author: James Jesse Strang Publisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more. Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more. Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ SourceLibrary: Huntington Library DocumentID: SABCP03979500 CollectionID: CTRG02-B446 PublicationDate: 18560101 SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to America Notes: Opening page is Chapter I: The Decalogue. No t.-p. was printed in 1856. The book was printed from the type of the original newspaper installments of 1856, and 320 copies were issued. The sheets were still unbound in June of that year, when Strang was assassinated, and were saved by his followers when a mob destroyed his printing office. Collation: 17-336 p
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Excerpt from The Diamond: Being the Law of Prophetic Succession, and a Defence of the Calling of James J. Strang as Successor to Joseph Smith This letter was received at Burlington by regular course of mail, coming through the distributing Qflice at Chicago, and bears the Nauvoo post mark ofjune 19, the day following its date. It arriv ed at Burlin ton July 9th, and was immediately taken from the office by C. J). Barnes, Esq., a distinguished lawyer at that lace, whe,in consequence ofthe rumors of persecution and civi war against the Mormons, and a general anxrety to hear the latest news, immediately carried it to M r. Strang with the request to be 'inform ed of any news of public Interest which it might contain. It there fore became public the same evening. As much pains has been taken to belie this document and to der ogata from its authority, it is proper to add that lrom the day of its reception to this (april 1848) it has always been kept open to pub lic inspection, and not an iota of evidence has yet been produced derogatory to its authenticity. The Brighamites and other apos tates have reported far and near that it had a black ost mark, and that such were not used in the ollies at Nauvoo. His report is a falsehood. The ost mark is red. Thefv also started a story that mo proper entry oipthc mailing of such a etter could be found in the register of mails sent from Nauvoo. But Mr. Strang caused the legister to be examined, and under date of June l9th, 1844. The proper entry was found of such a letter to the distributing P. 0. At Chicago, and the register at Burlington of mails received con tains the preper entry from Chicago. In the winter ofl845-6these facts were publicly proclaimed in the Temple at Nauvoo by Moses Smith, Samuel Shaw and others, 81. An examination ofthe registers called for. The next day crowds were at the P. O. To inspect the legister. But though the register of every other quarter from the establishment ofthat P. O. Was safely there, that particular quar ter was no where to be found. It has never since been produced. Comment is unnecessary. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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James was born on March 21, 1813 in Scipio, New York, United States. He was the son of Clement and Abigail (James) Strang. He seems to have been named Jesse James for his mother's father, but in 1831-32 reversed the order. In February 1816, the family settled near Hanover, Chautauqua County, New York.
After a period of bad health, Strang in his early youth began to show precocious intellectual interests, though, aside from a period at the Fredonia Male Academy, his formal education was spasmodic.
After a season or two of teaching he studied law and was admitted to the bar in October 1836. Besides practising law he served as postmaster at Ellington, New York, from 1838 to 1843. For two years he also owned and edited the Randolph Herald.
It was not until 1843, after the family had moved to Burlington, Wisconsin, to settle near his wife's people, that Moses Smith, husband of the sister of Strang's wife and an ardent Mormon, interested him mildly in the new sect. Stimulated by Aaron and Moses Smith, in February 1844 he made a trip with the former to Nauvoo, Illinois, more out of curiosity than enthusiasm for the new gospel.
Yet under the influence of Joseph and Hyrum Smith the erstwhile "cool Philosopher", as Strang had often dubbed himself, became an ardent convert. Learning that the Prophet was laying plans to move out of Illinois, Strang enthusiastically suggested the advantages of Wisconsin.
On June 27, the day when Joseph Smith was killed by a mob at Carthage, Illinois, Strang claims to have had a visitation from the angels of God, who ordained him to be ruler of the Mormons in the Prophet's place. To bolster this claim, Strang exhibited a letter alleged to have been written by Smith in which he instructed Strang to found an ecclesiastical unit of the Mormon church in Wisconsin and further gave a premonition of his own death and named Strang as his prophetic successor.
In the struggle of various factions for control of the church after Smith's death this vision and the letter were the subject of heated dispute. In spite of the power of opposing factions, Strang drew around him at Voree, Wisconsin (near Burlington), a group of followers including Apostle John E. Page and Patriarch William Smith, the Prophet's brother. Strang made an unsuccessful attempt to win the support of converts in the eastern states and especially in Great Britain, and for some years the little colony at Voree barely kept going in the face of internal dissension and economic hardship.
In this period, 1844-47, Strang poured out a number of revelations, reported finding sacred plates, which he translated, and gave out creedal pronunciamentos including instructions to found a communistic order, to build a temple, and to erect a home for him at the expense of the Saints.
Strang decided in 1847 to remove his followers to the Beaver Islands, in the northern waters of Lake Michigan. But it was not until 1849, when the city of St. James was established on Big Beaver Island, that the success of the new venture was assured.
Strang held or controlled the principal local offices, and he was twice (1852, 1854) elected member of the Michigan state legislature. Through measures sponsored by him the civil government of the northern Michigan counties was thoroughly organized for the first time. When recourse to mob action failed, his enemies resorted to lawsuits in their efforts to drive him out.
The most famous of these court actions was brought in Detroit in May and June 1851, by George C. Bates, then United States district attorney, who charged Strang and his chief henchmen with counterfeiting, robbing the mails, and trespassing on federal lands.
His followers, for the most part, accepted this volte-face, but poverty and the lack of available unmarried women prevented its extensive practice. While the growing economic strength of the Mormon colony in competition with the Gentile communities was a factor, it was dissension within his own ranks which brought about his assassination and the brutal dispersal of his people at the hands of a mob stimulated by various apostates.
On June 16, 1856, Strang was shot down by Alexander Wentworth and Thomas Bedford as he was about to board the armored steamer Michigan. He was removed to Voree, where he died on July 9.
James Jesse Strang founded the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Strangite), a faction of the Latter Day Saint movement that he claimed to be the sole legitimate continuation of the Church of Christ founded by Joseph Smith fourteen years before. In the face of Gentile opposition and the rigors of the wilderness he established his new Zion, and on July 8, 1850, with proper divine revelations to support the project, he was crowned King. His religious "kingdom" was patterned on The Book of the Law of the Lord, which he alleged was an ancient Mosaic document given him by divine powers for translation.
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The Whig press, because of his political affiliation with the Democrats, flayed him unmercifully, but in spite of public agitation against him he was acquitted.
Although at the outset of his sectarian venture Strang had been violent in his opposition to the polygyny or spiritual wifery practised among the Nauvoo Mormons, in 1850 he announced a revelation proclaiming plural marriage to be a divinely appointed institution.
He welcomed African Americans into his church, and ordained at least two to the eldership. Strang also mandated conservation of land and resources, requiring the building of parks and retention of large forests in his kingdom. He wrote an eloquent refutation of the "Solomon Spalding theory" of the Book of Mormon's authorship, and defended the ministry and teachings of Joseph Smith – as he understood them.
Quotations: "The mouth of the Seer will be opened, " he prophesied, "and the whole earth enlightened. "
For the most part he was a moody, introspective lad, although his membership in the church of his parents and his attendance at the popular debating societies did something to socialize him.
He was fearless and capable in debate, an effective orator, and a lucid journalist.
In dealing with his followers, although an absolute dictator, he was good-natured, kind, and self-confident.
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Sarah Wright described Strang as "a very mild-spoken, kind man to his family, although his word was law. " She wrote that while each wife had her own bedroom, they shared meals and devotional time together with Strang and that life in their household was "as pleasant as possible. "
Strang's first wife was Mary Perce, whom he married on November 20, 1836, when she was eighteen and he was twenty-three. They were separated in May 1851, though they remained legally married until Strang's death.
His second wife, married on July 13, 1849, was nineteen-year-old Elvira Eliza Field (who disguised herself at first as "Charlie J. Douglas, " Strang's purported nephew, before revealing her true identity in 1850). Strang's third wife was thirty-one-year-old Betsy McNutt, whom he married on January 19, 1852; his fourth was nineteen-year-old Sarah Adelia Wright, married on July 15, 1855. Ironically, decades after Strang's death, Sarah would divorce her second husband, one Dr. Wing, due to his interest in polygamy.
Strang's last wife was eighteen-year-old Phoebe Wright, cousin to Sarah, whom he wed on October 27, 1855, less than one year before his murder.
