Journal of Mormon History Volume 37 Issue 3 Summer 2011 Article 1 2011 Journal of Mormon History Vol. 37, No. 3, Summer 2011 Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/mormonhistory Part of the Religion Commons Recommended Citation Journal of Mormon History: Vol. 37, Summer 2011: Iss. 3. This Full Issue is brought to you for free and open access by the Journals at DigitalCommons@USU. It has been accepted for inclusion in Journal of Mormon History by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@USU. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Journal of Mormon History Vol. 37, No. 3, Summer 2011 Table of Contents ARTICLES --Mormonism’s Adoption Theology: An Introductory Statement Samuel M. Brown and Jonathan A. Stapley, 1 --Early Mormon Adoption Theology and the Mechanics of Salvation Samuel M. Brown, 3 --Adoptive Sealing Ritual in Mormonism Jonathan A. Stapley, 53 --Transgression in the LDS Community: The Cases of Albert Carrington, Richard R. Lyman, and Joseph F. Smith, Part 1 Gary James Bergera, 119 --Hostile Mormons and Persecuted Presbyterians in Utah, 1870–1900: A Reappraisal R. Douglas Brackenridge, 162 --The Kearny/Stockton/Frémont Feud: The Mormon Battalion’s Most Significant Contribution in California Sherman L. Fleek, 229 REVIEWS --John Gary Maxwell, Gettysburg to Great Salt Lake: George R. Maxwell, Civil War Hero and Federal Marshal among the Mormons William P. MacKinnon, 258 --W. Jeffrey Marsh with Jennifer Johnson and Celeste Pittman, Eyewitness History of the Church. Volume 1: The Restoration; Jennifer Johnson, Claire Koltko, Celeste Pittman, and Rachel Cope, comps., Eyewitness History of the Church. iv Volume 2: Sacrifice Brings orF th the Blessings of Heaven; and Claire Koltko, Natalie Ross, Brittany McEwens, and Jennifer Johnson, comps., Eyewitness History of the Church. Vol. 3: Journey to Zion’s Hill Dave Johnson, 269 --Matthew B. Brown, Exploring the Connection between Mormons and Masons Michael W. Homer, 272 BOOK NOTICES --Hyrum Utah Stake History Committee. Hyrum Stake of Zion: The First One Hundred Years, April 28, 1901– December 8, 2002, 279 Gale Sears, The Silence of God, 280 Paul Cardall, Before My Heart Stops: A Memoir, 281 Keywords VOL37_NO3 This full issue is available in Journal of Mormon History: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/mormonhistory/vol37/iss3/ 1 JOURNAL OF MORMON HISTORY SUMMER 2011 ii The Journal of Mormon History Front cover illustration: Duncan J. McMillan, superintendent of Presbyterian mission schools in Utah, established one at Mt. Pleasant in 1875 that evolv- ed into the present Wasatch Academy. Photo courtesy of Giovale Library, Westminster College, Salt Lake City. Back cover illustration: Laura B. Work was a Presbyterian mission teacher at Pleasant Grove, Springville, and Ephraim and, later, a government teacher among Native Americans in southern Utah. Photo courtesy of Wasatch Academy, Mt. Pleasant, Utah. 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Douglas Brackenridge 162 The Kearny/Stockton/Frémont Feud: The Mormon Battalion’s Most Significant Contribution in California Sherman L. Fleek 229 REVIEWS John Gary Maxwell, Gettysburg to Great Salt Lake: George R. Maxwell, Civil War Hero and Federal Marshal among the Mormons William P. MacKinnon 258 W. Jeffrey Marsh with Jennifer Johnson and Celeste Pittman, Eyewitness History of the Church. Volume 1: The Restoration; Jennifer Johnson, Claire Koltko, Celeste Pittman, and Rachel Cope, comps., Eyewitness History of the Church. iv CONTENTS v Volume 2: Sacrifice Brings Forth the Blessings of Heaven; and Claire Koltko, Natalie Ross, Brittany McEwens, and Jennifer Johnson, comps., Eyewitness History of the Church. Vol. 3: Journey to Zion’s Hill Dave Johnson 269 Matthew B. Brown, Exploring the Connection between Mormons and Masons Michael W. Homer 272 BOOK NOTICES Hyrum Utah Stake History Committee. Hyrum Stake of Zion: The First One Hundred Years, April 28, 1901– December 8, 2002 279 Gale Sears, The Silence of God 280 Paul Cardall, Before My Heart Stops: A Memoir 281 MORMONISM’S ADOPTION THEOLOGY AN INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT Samuel M. Brown and Jonathan A. Stapley ALTHOUGH EARLY MORMONISM has been the subject of scholarly scrutiny for almost two centuries, important elements of the early Mormon worldview remain relatively unknown. A set of teachings, rituals, and lived experiences grouped under the rubric of adop- tion represent one such facet of early Mormonism. The practice and theology of ritual adoption began with Joseph Smith—in basic contours—as a reinterpretation of an old and prevalent Christian concept with strong ties to the rite of baptism for the dead and a priesthood system Smith called patriarchal. Brigham Young and the other apostles amplified, redirected, and codified ritual adop- tion in the period immediately after Smith’s death, integrating it into temple liturgy and employing it in part as a response to the contrary claims of Smith’s biological family. The various stages of early adoption contain