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Fact 1854

“[I]t is the time when the wicked and their works shall be destroyed … when plagues shall be sent to humble the haughty … it is a time when the wicked can not expect to see the next generation; yea, it is that great time.” The Evening and Morning Star – volume...

Fact 1853

“Within four years from September 1832, there will not be one wicked person left in the United States; that the righteous will be gathered to Zion, [Missouri,] and that there will be no President over these United States after that time … I do hereby assert and...

Fact 1852

The Mormons “came into the neighbourhood proclaiming that these were the last days, and that God had sent forth the book of Mormon to show the times of the fulfillment of the ancient prophecies When the Saviour shall come to destroy iniquity off the face of the...

Fact 1851

“[Y]e shall assemble yourselves together to rejoice upon the land of Missouri, which is the land of your inheritance.” Joseph Smith, Jr., A Book of Commandments – LIV:43 (Independence, MO: W.W. Phelps & company, 1833),...

Fact 1850

“[P]repare for the great day of the Lord … the day has come, when the cup of the wrath of mine indignation, is full … the great Millennial [reign], which I have spoken by the mouth of my servants, shall come.” Joseph Smith, Jr., A Book of Commandments – XLV:24, 31,...

Fact 1849

“[E]very idea that he [Martin Harris] advanced, he knew to be absolutely true, as he said, by the spirit and power of God. In fine, the bystanders had a fair specimen of the Mormon slang, in this display of one of their head men. The meeting was closed, by a request...