Mormon Religion in Nauvoo: Some Reflections BY MARVIN S. H I L L
Above: Engraving of Nauvoo, Illinois. Utah State Historical collections.
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finding evidence of religious piety at Nauvoo. The miraculous healings by the Prophet Joseph Smith when fever swept the bottomlands during the first year of settlement, the baptisms for the dead in the river, the majestic temple gradually taking form high on the bluffs above the town, all are reminders that Nauvoo was a religious ( J N E HAS NO DIFFICULTY
Dr. Hill is associate professor of history at Brigham Y o u n g University. A somewhat briefer version of this paper was read at the M o r m o n History Association meeting at Nauvoo, Illinois, April 20, 1974.
