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Like a Fire is Burning, which covers the years 1830 - 1836, is the second volume in Gerald N. Lund's The Work and the Glory series.

Book Description[]

Like a Fire is Burning continues the epic story of the fictional Benjamin Steed family and covers their participation in the unfolding events of the Restoration from 1830-1836. Swept up in the great drama as the infant Church expands and spreads westward into Ohio and Missouri, the Steeds become eyewitnesses of miracles as well as of the horrors of mob mayhem. Nathan and Lydia begin their married life, meeting new challenges and facing crises that test both their faith and their love; Mary Ann struggles with her feelings over her husband Benjamin's continued lack of spiritual response to the Restoration message; Jessica Steed, distraught by her apparent inability to have children, watches helpless as Joshua's bitter and destructive nature threatens to explode into violence.

This book will surprise and intrigue many readers with the little-known true events it depicts and the involvement in them of well-known Latter-day Saints like Joseph and Emma Smith, Lucy Mack Smith, Parley P. Pratt, Brigham Young, Mary Elizabeth Rollins, and others. Author Gerald N. Lund first provides a solid historical basis, then weaves into it believable fictional characters as he portrays the tragedies and triumphs experienced in the early days of the restored Church. Through the Steed family, the author typifies the faith, the determination, the Spirit that burned like a fire in the hearts of early Latter-day Saints.

Trivia[]

  • The book title refers to the line "The Spirit of God, like a fire is burning!" of the hymn "The Spirit of God".

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Pillar of Light - Like a Fire is Burning - Truth Will Prevail - Thy Gold to Refine - A Season of Joy - Praise to the Man - No Unhallowed Hand - So Great a Cause - All Is Well
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