by Dan Wees | Oct 3, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“The Lord took every precaution to see that nothing might interfere with this posterity of Joseph in working out their God-given destiny and the destiny of America. He provided, and so told Lehi at the very beginning of his settlement, that… it is wisdom that this...
by Dan Wees | Oct 3, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“But, said he, notwithstanding our afflictions, we have obtained a land of promise, a land which is choice above all other lands; a land which the Lord God hath covenanted with me should be a land for the inheritance of my seed. Yea, the Lord hath covenanted this land...
by Dan Wees | Oct 2, 2018 | Miscellaneous
There is no mention in the entire Book of Mormon that Lehi’s travelers encountered any human beings… “And it came to pass that after we had sailed for the space of many days we did arrive at the promised land; and we went forth upon the land, and...
by Dan Wees | Oct 2, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“Hannah Ells Smith, a wife of the Prophet [Joseph Smith], boarded at his [John Benbow’s] house two months during the summer of the same year [1843]; and the said Hannah E. Smith also lived at his [Benbow’s] house several months in 1844, after the Prophet’s death. And...
by Dan Wees | Oct 1, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“[T]he most essential features of a religion are not generally those aspects or details that can be measured physically. So, to prove their divine unique, Mormons often bring in less essential but more tangible exhibits which they feel will strengthen their case in...
by Dan Wees | Oct 1, 2018 | Miscellaneous
Hannah Ells-Smith: 27th Wife of Joseph Smith Age 29/30 – Married in mid-1843 (Joseph Smith, age 37) Hannah died within a year of Joseph Smith’s murder. This could very easily account for the extreme lack of data about her life. One thing is certain, she quickly became...
