num_pages: 699
description: In 1820 a young farm boy in search of truth has a vision of God the Father and Jesus Christ. Three years later an angel guides him to an ancient record buried in a hill near his home. With Gods help he translates the record and organizes the Saviors church in the latter days. Soon others join him accepting the invitation to become Saints through the Atonement of Jesus Christ. But opposition and violence follow those who defy old traditions to embrace restored truths. The women and men who join the church must choose whether or not they will stay true to their covenants establish Zion and proclaim the gospel to a troubled world. The Standard of Truth is the first book in Saints a new four-volume narrative history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Fast-paced meticulously researched Saints recounts true stories of Latter-day Saints across the globe and answers the Lords call to write history for the good of the church and for the rising generations (Doctrine and Covenants 69:8).
language: English
title: The Standard of Truth: 1815–1846
publisher: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints