2:25 Van Orden – Do you know…
8:19 Going to BYU the Ultimate Rebellion
11:16 A home in the Church Educational System
20:23 Retired Reflections
Ten Things about W.W. Phelps
23:30 1. Brother Phelps always went by W. W. Phelps, not William Phelps or William W. Phelps, as he is often identified in Latter-day Saint literature.
26:13 2. W. W. Phelps can be identified as the “Thomas Jefferson of Mormonism” because he promoted the power of the press and effectively articulated the aims of the movement. He was the Church’s first newspaper editor and editorial writer. He also published the Book of Commandments and helped publish the first edition of the Doctrine and Covenants.
33:47 3. Phelps, even though self-educated, was the most learned man in early Mormonism with his skills in printing, publishing, languages, history, geography, and numerous sciences.
35:43 4. W. W. Phelps was the real force behind the Church’s first hymnal, Sacred Hymns, that contained ninety hymns and was published in 1836. He authored twenty-five hymns and adapted, altered, or “corrected” an additional thirty-seven of those original hymns.
39:59 5. Phelps was a priesthood leader in addition to publishing and hymn writing. He was the primary presiding high priest in Missouri from 1832 to 1837.
47:16 6. Phelps was excommunicated a record three times, but he returned each time.
54:30 7. W. W. Phelps was Joseph Smith’s primary ghostwriter in Nauvoo in numerous historical, doctrinal, and political essays.
58:52 8. Phelps played a key role in the Council of Fifty under both Joseph Smith and Brigham Young. He was the one who coined the term “theo-democracy” that epitomized the belief system promoted by the Council of Fifty.
1:02:14 9. Although not generally acknowledged as such, Phelps was the de facto editor of the Times and Seasons (beginning in 1842), The Wasp, the Nauvoo Neighbor, and the Deseret News.
1:06:10 10. Phelps edited the Church’s first almanac, the Deseret Almanac, from 1851 to 1865.
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