Volume 1 of the book Saints: The Story of the Church of Jesus Christ in the Latter Days was released today. It is the inspiring story of the women and men who dedicated their lives to establishing the Church across the world.
Unlike past histories, which were primarily written as reference works, Saints is written as a narrative that is engaging to read. The rich stories come alive and tell of the commitment, devotion, and love of God that is so evident in the lives of early Latter-day Saints.
The first volume in the series, titled “The Standard of Truth,” covers the period from Joseph Smith’s youth through the dedication of the Nauvoo Temple (1815–1846). The plan is to publish four volumes at the rate of one per year from 2018 to 2021.
This art of Nauvoo is featured on the cover of volume 1 of Saints. Illustration by Greg Newbold.
- The first volume covers the history of the Church up to the dedication of the Nauvoo Temple.
- The second covers the western exodus of the Latter-day Saints and concludes with the Salt Lake Temple dedication.
- The third covers the first half of the 20th century and concludes with the dedication of the Swiss Temple.
- The fourth volume brings us to today and covers some of the temples around the world.
To supplement the book, saints.ChurchofJesusChrist.org has short articles and videos that provide additional contextual information about many Church history subjects.
Back in January, we mentioned that a chapter from Saints would be published each month in the Ensign and Liahona magazines. Chapters have also been released each month in the Gospel Library app in 47 languages and as an audio book in English, Spanish, and Portuguese.
How to Get the Book
Digital access: The book is available digitally at saints.ChurchofJesusChrist.org, the Gospel Library app, Gospel Library online, Barnes & Noble, Amazon Kindle, Google Books, audio downloads, e-books (PDF, ePub, Kindle/mobi), iTunes, Kobo,
Audio book: Listen to it in the Gospel Library app or download audio MP3 files from the Church website. You can also get it at Audible and as an iTunes audiobook, .
In print: The paperback book is available at store.ChurchofJesusChrist.org and at Deseret Book.
Languages: in 14 languages (Cebuano, Chinese, English, German, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Samoan, Spanish, Tagalog, and Tongan).
Watch the video “A New History for the Church:”
Learn more:
- New Church book ‘The Standard of Truth’ covers controversial topics
- First Volume of ‘Saints’ Now Available
- Church Historian Announces New 4-Volume History of the Church
- Saints, New 4-Volume History of the Church, Debuts in Magazine Installments
How do I find this on Audible as stated in the article. A search there came up with nothing.
It hasn’t been made available on Audible yet. I’ve updated the list above on how to get the book.
I have been unable to download Saints on my iPad 2. Is there a secret? I have it downloaded on Kindle and Deseret Book but neither of them have audio. Since I am legally blind It’s important that I have audio. Can you help me?
You can get audio on your Gospel Library app. That is probably the easiest.
Here are other options:
iTunes audiobook at https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/audiobook/saints-story-church-jesus-christ-in-latter-days-standard/id1436726916?mt=11
Audible at https://www.audible.com/pd/Saints-The-Story-of-the-Church-of-Jesus-Christ-in-the-Latter-Days-The-Standard-of-Truth-18151846-Audiobook/B07HFHZMJW?qid=1542813172&sr=sr_1_1&ref=a_search_c3_lProduct_1_1&pf_rd_p=e81b7c27-6880-467a-b5a7-13cef5d729fe&pf_rd_r=FBAHS9MJK29T7716E8PA&
Download audio MP3 files from LDS.org (male voice, female voice, or download by chapter) see http://audio.lds.org
I desire to download a high quality picture file of the cover art labeled “Nauvoo.” This cover art is a photo of a painting showing early Nauvoo along with its temple which is also the cover art used for “Saints, Volume 1.” My purpose requires high enough pixel quality to allow a large full color canvas print to be made that will result in a wall mounted picture, hopefully as large as about three or four feet wide. The only downloadable photo I have been able to find in the church archives is less than 200 pixels wide– much too low in pixel quality to use for enlarging into such a large picture. If a high quality file is available for me to download, please let me know. Thank you!
I have read several books about the church that were written by Gerald N. Lund. Each one has created and strengthen a desire and a great want to know more. When I read about these books, I knew that I needed to have them so that I could obtain this greater knowledge and testimony.