“[T]he coming of the Lord, which was nigh – even fifty-six years should wind up the scene.”
Joseph Smith, Jr. – 14 February 1835, History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints – Volume Two (Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News, 1904 edition), 182.
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