by Dan Wees | Dec 30, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“Consequently long before the idea of a GOLDEN BIBLE entered their minds, in their excursions for money-digging, which I believe usually occurred in the night, that they might conceal from others the knowledge of the place where they struck upon treasures, Jo used to...
by Dan Wees | Dec 30, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“The money-diggers claimed that they had as much right to the plates as Joseph had, as they were in company together. They claimed that Joseph had been [a] traitor, and had appropriated to himself that which belonged to them.” Martin Harris, Tiffany’s Monthly – Volume...
by Dan Wees | Dec 29, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“Joseph had a stone which was dug from the well of Mason Chase, twenty-four feet from the surface. In this stone he could see many things to my certain knowledge. It was by means of this stone he first discovered these plates.” Martin Harris, Tiffany’s Monthly –...
by Dan Wees | Dec 29, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“[Joseph Smith, Jr.] claims and believes that there is a [seer] stone of this quality, somewhere, for everyone.” Joseph Smith, Sr., in Fayette Lampham’s 1830 “Interview with the Father of Joseph Smith, the Mormon Prophet, forty years ago. His account of the...
by Dan Wees | Dec 28, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“[They] began to hide up their treasures in the earth; and they became slippery, because the Lord had cursed the land…” Joseph Smith, Jr., Book of Mormon, Mormon 1:18 (Salt Lake City, UT: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,...
by Dan Wees | Dec 28, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“Yea, we have hid up our treasures and they have slipped away from us, because of the curse of the land.” Joseph Smith, Jr., Book of Mormon – Helaman 13:35 (Salt Lake City, UT: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,...
