Saints: The Standard of Truth

Key Takeaways

Volume 1 of the Church’s four-volume narrative history, covering April 1815 to February 1846 — Joseph Smith’s boyhood through the exodus from Nauvoo. Kyle read it in 2018 and wrote it up in 2018 in Books, Part II.

Connections

• Saints — No Unhallowed Hand and Saints — Boldly, Nobly, and Independent — the two sequels; The Standard of Truth is Volume 1 (1815–1846), covering Joseph Smith’s life from birth through the founding of the Church: the First Vision, translation of the Book of Mormon, Priesthood restoration, and the Nauvoo period ending with Joseph’s martyrdom.
• Restoration / Mormonism — the foundational History of the Church narrative told from primary sources; this volume established the four-book series template that the Church would use for the full story through the twentieth century.