by Dan Wees | Oct 30, 2025 | Miscellaneous
by Dan Wees | Apr 12, 2024 | Miscellaneous
“[Lorenzo Snow] showed me the Seerers Stone that the Prophet Joseph Smith had by which he done some of the Translating of the Book of Mormon with. I handeled it with my own hands. I felt as though I see & was handling a very Sacred thing. I trust & feel that...
by Dan Wees | Oct 3, 2023 | Miscellaneous
“I must not trust in the arm of flesh, for, Cursed is he that putteth his trust in the arm of flesh.” John Ffirth, The Experience and Gospel Labours of the Rev. Benjamin Abbott (New York, NY: Ezekiel Cooper and John Wilson, 1805), 22. “I will not...
by Dan Wees | Sep 12, 2023 | Miscellaneous
Joseph Smith, Jr. speaking as Lehi. Failed prophecy about himself: “They that seek to destroy him [Joseph Smith, Jr.] shall be confounded; for this promise, which I have obtained of the Lord, of the fruit of my loins, shall be fulfilled. Behold, I am sure of the...
by Dan Wees | Jun 13, 2023 | Miscellaneous
“It came to pass” appears more than a thousand times in the Book of Mormon. This is no surprise to anyone who has read the book from cover-to-cover. About nine years following the 1828-9 writing of the Original Manuscript, and after immense criticism, Joseph...
by Dan Wees | May 7, 2023 | Miscellaneous
Having watched the King’s coronation, I was struck with the ceremonial similarities to both Freemasonry and Mormonism. The Sovereign’s Orb has been a part of the coronation since 1661. Joseph Smith Jr.’s Liahona was conceptualized in the 1820s. Perhaps the young...
