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...
by Dan Wees | Feb 26, 2019 | Miscellaneous
by Dan Wees | Feb 25, 2019 | Miscellaneous
“A piece of something resembling parchment would appear [on the seer stone], and under it was the interpretation in English. Brother Joseph [Smith, Jr.] would read off the English to Oliver Cowdery, who was his principle scribe, and when it was written down and...
by Dan Wees | Feb 24, 2019 | Miscellaneous
“A blanket flung across a rope divided the room where they worked. On one side sat Joseph [Smith, Jr.] staring into his stones, and on the other was [Martin] Harris writing at a table. Joseph warned his scribe that God’s wrath would strike him down should he dare to...
by Dan Wees | Feb 23, 2019 | Miscellaneous
“Joseph [Smith], Jr., could see, by placing a stone of singular appearance in his hat, in such a manner as to exclude all light; at which time they pretended he could see all things within and under the earth, – – that he could see within the above...
by Dan Wees | Feb 22, 2019 | Miscellaneous
“And after having obtained those sacred things, while proceeding home through the wilderness and fields, he was waylaid by two ruffians, who had secreted themselves for the purpose of robbing him of the records. One of them struck him with a club before he perceived...
