by Dan Wees | Feb 17, 2019 | Miscellaneous
“It was illegal at the time to pretend ‘to tell fortunes, or to discover where lost good may be found.’ Joseph Knight’s recollection that [Joseph] Smith ‘looked in his glass’ to find the right person to bring with him to the hill would...
by Dan Wees | Feb 15, 2019 | Miscellaneous
“Joseph A. Young alluded to his preaching in England with Geo[rge] [D.] Grant. Bro[ther] Joseph in a public meeting in England had observed that Joseph Smith was as great a man and as good as ever lived upon the Earth, Jesus Christ excepted. Geo[rge] [D.] Grant...
by Dan Wees | Feb 13, 2019 | Miscellaneous
“I did not see them [the plates] uncovered, but I handled them and hefted them while wrapped in a tow frock and judged them to have weighed about sixty pounds … “Father and my brother Samuel saw them as I did while in the frock. So did Hyrum and others of the...
by Dan Wees | Feb 13, 2019 | Miscellaneous
“[Martin] Harris then turned over as if he had no more to say and we made ready to leave. He spoke again and said, ‘I will tell you of the most wonderful thing that happened, after Joseph received the plates. Three of us, myself and two more, took some tools and...
by Dan Wees | Feb 13, 2019 | Miscellaneous
“[T]he elder Smith declared that his son Jo had seen the spirit, (which he then described as a little old man with a long beard,) and was informed that he (Jo) under certain circumstances, eventually should obtain great treasures, and that in due time he (the spirit)...
by Dan Wees | Feb 13, 2019 | Miscellaneous
“We’ve seen zero evidence in Elder Oaks’ subsequent public speeches that he believes anything different than when he penned this quote 38[+] yrs ago. And he continues to direct Church policy to this end, hence the ‘November policy’ … according to...
