Author: Brian Nettles

This article is a missionary report from Elders Orson Pratt and Joseph F. Smith in 1878. It includes their interview of David Whitmer, now 73 years of age. Many important items discussed. He talks of his encounter of a traveller on his way to Cumorah while David Whitmer, Joseph Smith, and Oliver Cowdery were travelling […]

It was many years before I ever heard this story told. Most people familiar with the Book of Mormon have seen the statements by the Three Witnesses and the Eight Witnesses as these statements are at the beginning of the Book of Mormon. At the time these witnesses took place, Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery […]

This section comes from “The Prophet and His Progenitors for Many Generations” written by Lucy Mack Smith, the mother of Joseph Smith. The book was published in 1853 in Liverpool. The original ghost writer of this book is Martha Jane Knowlton Coray who is my great great great grandmother on my mother’s side. Edits were […]

This is another section from “The Prophet and His Progenitors for Many Generations” written by Lucy Mack Smith, the mother of Joseph Smith. The book was published in 1853 in Liverpool. The original ghost writer of this book is Martha Jane Knowlton Coray. Edits were later made to this book and republished as the History […]

This section and some of the following sections come from “The Prophet and His Progenitors for Many Generations” written by Lucy Mack Smith, the mother of Joseph Smith. The book was published in 1853 in Liverpool. The original ghost writer of this book is Martha Jane Knowlton Coray who is my great great great grandmother […]

This section and some of the following sections come from “The Prophet and His Progenitors for Many Generations” written by Lucy Mack Smith, the mother of Joseph Smith. The book was published in 1853 in Liverpool. The original ghost writer of this book is Martha Jane Knowlton Coray who is my great great great grandmother […]

This section and some of the following sections come from “The Prophet and His Progenitors for Many Generations” written by Lucy Mack Smith, the mother of Joseph Smith. The book was published in 1853 in Liverpool. The original ghost writer of this book is Martha Jane Knowlton Coray who is my great great great grandmother […]

This section and some of the following sections come from “The Prophet and His Progenitors for Many Generations” written by Lucy Mack Smith, the mother of Joseph Smith. The book was published in 1853 in Liverpool. The original ghost writer of this book is Martha Jane Knowlton Coray who is my great great great grandmother […]

This is the last of the Times and Seasons postings of Church History that I will include here. This issue was published in 1842 and included the official first church meeting of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/history-of-joseph-smith/39# Whilst the Book of Mormon was in the hands of the printer, we […]

This is a continuation of the Times and Seasons published in 1842. This is a revelation given from God through Joseph Smith to Martin Harris. Martin thus far has experienced much. He was the first to help with the translation, with most of his work lost. As a repentant man, he later became a witness […]

This is a continuation of the History of the Church by Joseph Smith as recorded in the Times and Seasons. The section covers tell which publisher published the Book of Mormon and some information about the title page of the Book of Mormon. https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/history-of-joseph-smith/38 HISTORY OF JOSEPH SMITH. Continued. Meantime our translation drawing to a […]

Continuation of the History of the Church by Joseph Smith as published in 1842 in the Times and Seasons. https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/history-of-joseph-smith/34 HISTORY OF JOSEPH SMITH. Continued. In this manner did the Lord continue to give us instructions from time to time, concerning the duties which now devolved upon us, and among many other things of the […]

This continues the account recorded in 1842 in the Times and Seasons regarding the History of the Church. The group of Joseph Smith, Oliver Cowdery, and the Whitmers (David and John) are at the very end of the translation of the Book of Mormon. Oliver and David are called even as Paul. They are directed […]

I am continuing from the Times and Seasons published in 1842 holding true to the original text. The translation of the Small Plates of Nephi portion of the Book of Mormon is continuing in the home of Peter Whitmer Sr. The witness of the 3 Witnesses and the 8 Witnesses have taken place. The translation […]

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 […]