by Dan Wees | Mar 2, 2019 | Miscellaneous
“One of Joseph’s aids in searching out the truths of the record [the Book of Mormon] was a peculiar pebble or rock which he called also a seer stone, and which was sometimes used by him in lieu of the Urim and Thummim.” George Q. Cannon, The Life of Joseph Smith, The...
by Dan Wees | Mar 2, 2019 | Miscellaneous
“The mode of procedure consisted in Joseph’s [Smith, Jr.] placing the Seer Stone in the crown of a hat, then putting his face into the hat, so as to entirely cover his face, resting his elbows upon his knees, and then dictating, word after word, while the scribe...
by Dan Wees | Mar 1, 2019 | Miscellaneous
Joseph Smith, Jr. “translated the Book of Mormon by means of the same peep stone, and under the same inspiration that directed his enchantments and dog sacrifices.” Hiel Lewis, Amboy Journal, Volume XXIV – No. 10. “Review of Mormonism: Rejoinder to Elder...
by Dan Wees | Feb 28, 2019 | Miscellaneous
“Joseph [Smith, Jr.] never had a curtain drawn between him and his scribe while he was translating. He would place the director [seer stone] in his hat, and then place his <face in his> hat, so as to exclude the light.” Elizabeth Ann Whitmer Cowdery...
by Dan Wees | Feb 26, 2019 | Miscellaneous
“Now the first that my <husband> [Joseph Smith, Jr.] translated [the Book of Mormon], was translated by the use of the Urim, and Thummim, and that was the part that Martin Harris lost, after that he used a small stone, not exactly, black, but was rather a dark...
by Dan Wees | Feb 26, 2019 | Miscellaneous
“[I]n order to convince [Martin] Harris that he could read from the plates, Jo[seph Smith, Jr.] deposits them [seer stones] in his hat, applies spectacles, and refers Harris to a chapter in the Bible which he had learned by rote; and which he read from the...
