Author: Brian Nettles

This quote is taken direction from The Latter-Day Saints’ Millenial Star dated July 7, 1866. Images of publication are given below. Original source document taken from here – https://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/digital/collection/MStar/id/11828. The Hill Cumorah is situated in western New York, between the villages of Palmyra and Canandaigua, about four miles from the former. It is celebrated as […]

This text comes direction from History of the Church – Joseph Smith Volume 2 pages 79-80 copyrighted by George Albert Smith for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. During our travels we visited several of the mounds which had been thrown up by the ancient inhabitants of this country – Nephites, Lamanites, etc., […]

In verses 8 and 9, Nephi is writing about restoring the Jews to the lands of their inheritance, in other words what is now modern day Israel. Nephi also refers to the kings and queens of the Gentiles being nursing fathers and nursing mothers to them. This would be referring the the European nations including […]

This chronology is taken with permission from the book Between These Hills written by Jonathan Neville. It comes from pages 71-74. Let’s review the chronology. Beginning in 1827, Joseph Smith, Oliver Cowdery, their contemporaries and successors all taught that the Hill Cumorah of Mormon 6:6 is the same hill near Palmyra, New York, where Joseph […]

In this chapter, Nephi is summarizing two separate Isaiah chapters which he had just read to his brothers and his brothers did not understand that. In this summary, Nephi points out that this land which they just landed on is the land upon which the Lord will raise up a mighty nation. This will also […]

This posting is intended to highlight certain verses in 1 Nephi 13 which pertain to the Promised Land and where exactly the Book of Mormon teaches it to be. 1 Nephi 13 : 11-12: 11 And it came to pass that the angel said unto me: Behold the wrath of God is upon the seed of […]

This is taken directly from the book Doctrines of Salvation Volume 3 pages 233-234. LOCALE OF CUMORAH, RAMAH, AND RIPLIANCUM. This modernistic theory of necessity, in order to be consistent, must place the waters of Ripliancum and the Hill Cumorah some place within the restricted territory of Central America, notwithstanding the teachings of the Church […]

This is a excerpt from an article published in the Millenial Star – https://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/digital/collection/MStar/id/27175 The excerpt is part of 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. Below is what David says about his encounter with a person on his […]

Here is an excerpt from Letter VII written by Oliver Cowdery. I must now give you some description of the place where, and the manner in which these records were deposited. You are acquainted with the mail road from Palmyra, Wayne Co. to Canandaigua, Ontario Co. N.Y.and also, as you pass from the former to the […]

Even before Joseph Smith received the Gold Record from the Hill Cumorah, the family members already knew the place was called Cumorah. The only thing that makes sense is that the Angel must have called it Cumorah. This following excerpt comes from the book Biographical Sketches of Joseph Smith the Prophet and His Progenitors for […]

Knowledge of this sermon was made known to me in the book entitled Between These Hills written by Jonathan Neville. This discourse by President Brigham Young was delivered at a Special Conference Held at Farmington, for the Purpose of Organizing a Stake of Zion for the County of Davis, on Sunday Afternoon, June 17, 1877. […]

The links to the Joseph Smith papers were reported by Jonathan Neville in his book Between These Hills – A Case for the New York Cumorah published in May 2021. Record 1 This first link is as follows: https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/lucy-mack-smith-history-1844-1845/41 These screenshots are of the history given by Lucy Mack Smith telling the story of her […]