Month: March 2022

Joseph Smith – Testimony of the Eight Witnesses

The events leading up to the statement made by the eight witnesses is not covered in the Times and Seasons record. However, Lucy Mack Smith, the mother of Joseph Smith, Jr. gave a small amount of insight in the paragraph below which comes from Chapter 31 of her record [1] in the paragraph below referencing […]
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Videos – Selected Videos by John Lefgren

https://youtu.be/H6MsQ6QBMMY How we know the date of the Joseph Smith's First Vision.
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Videos – David Hocking’s Selected Videos

Hebrew cities of refuge allowed those guilty of killing unawares to be protected until a trial was conducted. The land of Jershon in the Book of Mormon appears to be such a city of refuge that was set aside for the Anti-Nephi-Lehies who had committed murders. James Adair, in his book The History of the […]
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Videos – Gospel Tangents with Jonathan Neville

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The Ancient Inscription at Chatota Tennessee

I am republishing an article from The American Antiquarian originally written by A. L. Rawson entitled “The Ancient Inscription at Chatota Tennessee”. Link to original article is given below. https://books.google.com/books?id=drJBAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA223&lpg=PA223&dq=chatata+tennessee+writings+on+wall&source=bl&ots=7Eh2MkzjvG&sig=ACfU3U2jYX8vFNzmGqq7qKC24uinavO46w&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjrz4LO7e32AhVUC0QIHVcjCE44FBDoAXoECAsQAw#v=onepage&q=chatata%20tennessee%20writings%20on%20wall&f=true The Ancient Inscription at Chatota Tennessee by  A. L. Rawson In March, 1891, the Cleveland (Tennessee) Express printed a short account of a discovery of […]
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Joseph Smith – Testimony of the Three Witnesses

This record is taken from the Times and Seasons published in 1842. As in all other postings, I am attempting to retain all original spelling and punctuation. The setting is that Joseph Smith with the help of Oliver Cowdery, David Whitmer, and John Whitmer are actively engaged in assisting with the translation of the Small […]
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Joseph Smith – The involvement of Peter, David, and John Whitmer

I continue the the History of the Church written by Joseph Smith and placed into the 1842 Times and Seasons. This follows the visits from Joseph Knight who brought Joseph and Oliver Cowdery supplies to sustain themselves during the translation project of the Book of Mormon while Joseph and Oliver where staying on the property […]
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Joseph Smith – The Help from Jesse Knight

This is a continuation of the story of the coming forth of the Book of Mormon. Currently in the story, Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery have been continuing the work of the translation of the Book of Mormon from the ancient record given to Joseph by the angel Moroni from the Hill Cumorah. They are […]
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Corpus Christi Protection Amulet

Today, I found this post on Facebook. I am leaving the name of the person who posted it anonymous. This is what the text of the post said. I was asked to display this here. It is some sort of egyptian oil lamp I acquired in 1988 from a used toy and clothing warehouse in […]
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Joseph Smith – The Oliver Cowdery Period

This is a continuation of the story of the coming forth of the Book of Mormon that was published in the Times and Seasons in 1842. It is a continuation of the writeup that included Joseph Smith receiving the Gold Plates and the Martin Harris period of the translation. (Joseph Smith Receives the Gold Plates […]
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Joseph Smith – The Martin Harris Period of the Translation

This is a continuation of the story of the coming forth of the Book of Mormon that was published in the Times and Seasons in 1842. As found in all my write-ups from the original Times and Seasons publication and I have attempted to retain all grammar, punctuation, and misspellings of the original document. https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/history-of-joseph-smith/9 The […]
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Joseph Smith – The Visitation of Moroni

The story of the coming forth of the Book of Mormon was published in the Time and Seasons in 1842. It is a continuation of the writeup that included the First Vision (Joseph Smith’s First Vision). I have transcribed the text of the original Times and Seasons publication and I have attempted to retain all grammar, […]
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Joseph Smith and the Restoration of the Priesthood

The restoration of the Aaronic Priesthood is covered in the 1842 Times and Season found at the below link. It is Installment 1 dated 15 March 1842. Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery had met on April 15, 1829. On May 29, 1829, an event took place that has changed to world to this day. Oliver […]
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