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August 28, 2011,
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Author:
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Categories:
- Cane County Tennessee, - William Shanks Berry, Deaths, Early Days in the Mormon Church, Historical Documents, Rocena Platt's Family
Tags: B. H. Roberts, Cane Creek TN, Edward Stevenson, Hentry Thompson, J. H. Gibbs, Joseph Argyle, Martin Garn, missionary work, Mormon church, persecution, Southern States, Tennessee, Tennessee Massacre, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, W. H. Jones, W. S. Berry
One of the most courageous events in the life of Pres. B. H. Roberts, was his recovery of the bodies of two elders who had been slain by mobs while performing missionary work in the Southern States mission. The account of those events are given as follows in President Roberts’ own language: THE TENNESSEE MASSACRE “Go ye into all the world and preach the gospel,” was a commission given to the Apostles by the Son of God when ministering in […]