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It Wasn't Joseph (1830)

It would be logical to assume that the Prophet Joseph would have given the first public discourse in this dispensation, but he didn't. Just as Aaron was chosen to be the spokesman for Moses, Oliver Cowdery was given the same privilege for Joseph. Thus it was Oliver whom Joseph chose to deliver the talk to the public, which had been invited to meet in the Peter Whitmer, Sr. home at Fayette New York on April 11 1830. Several neighbors attended that first public m... Read More

Witnesses in Utah (1829)

In 1870 Martin Harris, a witness to the 1829 printing of the Book of Mormon in Grandin's Print Shop in Palmyra arrived in Utah. But he was not the only surviving witness to that historic event to finally reach Utah. By a strange turn of events another witness, Stephen S. Harding preceded him by eight years but with a far less welcome reception. Harding, who had lived in Palmyra as a youth was visiting his old home and spent some time with his cousin editor P... Read More

Love isn't about age, age is just a number, and it’s about how you treat each other not how old they are.... Read More

First Convert Baptism (1829)
 

The story of the baptisms of Joseph and Oliver at the time of the restoration of the Aaronic Priesthood on May 15, 1829 is well known in LDS history. But that was only the beginning. Now the task of converting others who had not experienced the heavenly manifestations shared by the prophet and his companion began. Shortly after the visit of John the Baptist, Joseph's brother, Samuel, arrived in Harmony for a visit. Joseph wrote, "We informed him of... Read More

Another Witness (1829)

Usually overlooked when Book of Mormon witnesses are mentioned is the name Mary Whitmer, mother of the witness David.  Bowed down by the toil of caring for not only her own large family but also the Prophet Joseph, his wife Emma, and Oliver Cowdery as they were completing the translation of the Book of Mormon, the Lord felt her faith needed strengthening. David related that his mother was shown the plates by a heavenly being in the family barn, thus... Read More

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