by Dan Wees | Feb 12, 2019 | Miscellaneous
“And behold, O Lord, in them there is no light; whither shall we steer? And also we shall perish, for in them we cannot breathe, save it is the air which is in them; therefore we shall perish” (Ether 2:19). “The brother of Jared, after he had finished the barges,...
by Dan Wees | Feb 10, 2019 | Miscellaneous
“Joseph believed that one Samuel T. Lawrence was the man alluded to by the spirit, and went with him to a singular looking hill, in Manchester, and shewed him where the treasure was. Lawrence asked him if he had ever discovered any thing with the plates of gold; he...
by Dan Wees | Feb 10, 2019 | Miscellaneous
“[T]he personage appeard and told him [Joseph Smith, Jr.] he Could not have it now. But the 22nt Day of September nex he mite have the Book if he Brot with him the right person. Joseph says, ‘who is the right Person?’ The answer was[, ‘]you will know.[‘]”...
by Dan Wees | Feb 9, 2019 | Miscellaneous
“Apparently, word had circulated of Joseph’s instructions [from the angel], and the false rumor was being spread that the Smiths had dug up – or would dig up – the corpse [Alvin] to fulfill the instructions.” Richard Lloyd Anderson, The Alvin Smith Story...
by Dan Wees | Feb 8, 2019 | Miscellaneous
“Joseph [Smith, Jr.] repaired to the place again, and was told by the man who still guarded the treasure, that, inasmuch as he could not bring his oldest brother [Alvin], he could not have the treasure yet.” Fayette Lapham, Historical Magazine – Volume 7 (Second...
by Dan Wees | Feb 8, 2019 | Miscellaneous
“At the end of the time he went to the place to get the plates the angel asked where his Brother [Alvin] was. I [Joseph Smith, Jr.] told him he was dead.” Lorenzo Saunders interview – 17 September 1884, in Dan Vogel’s Early Mormon Documents – Volume 2 (Salt Lake...
