by Dan Wees | Sep 19, 2018 | Miscellaneous
S A I N T S: “EDITING PROPHECY INTO THE NARRATIVE” “Martin explained that part of the plates were sealed and that Joseph was not allowed to show them to anyone. “‘I cannot read a sealed book,’ said Anthon. He warned Martin that Joseph was probably cheating him....
by Dan Wees | Sep 19, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“There is no despotic monarchy in the world where the word of the sovereign is so absolute as in Utah. And never, in the whole history of Mormonism, has the despotic rule been so arbitrary as it was during the period of, and for a short time after, the Reformation...
by Dan Wees | Sep 18, 2018 | Miscellaneous
S A I N T S: “DOUBLESPEAK, DOUBT, AND DECEPTION” “[Martin Harris] told Joseph about his interviews with the professors and reasoned that if some of the most educated men in America could not translate the book, Joseph had to do it. “I cannot,” Joseph said, overwhelmed...
by Dan Wees | Sep 18, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“President [Brigham] Young is our governor and our dictator. It is for me to walk with him, and for you to walk with those who go before you.” Heber C. Kimball – 16 July 1854, Journal of Discourses – Volume 7 (Liverpool, England: Amasa Lyman, 1860),...
by Dan Wees | Sep 17, 2018 | Miscellaneous
S A I N T S: “THE HOAX EXPOSED” “When Martin arrived in New York City, he went to see Charles Anthon, a professor of Latin and Greek at Columbia College. Professor Anthon was a young man—about fifteen years younger than Martin—and was best known for publishing a...
by Dan Wees | Sep 16, 2018 | Miscellaneous
S A I N T S: “SAMUEL LAWRENCE: OUT CONNED” “Local treasure seekers also knew it was time for Joseph to get the record. Lately one of them, a man named Samuel Lawrence, had been roaming the hill, searching for the plates. Worried that Samuel would cause trouble, Joseph...
