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Josiah Stowell's Daughters (1826)

Joseph Smith's trial in South Bainbridge on a charge of being a disorderly person in 1826 is well known.  Equally known is his acquittal as a result of the testimony of Josiah Stowell for whom he was working at the time.  Less known is the appearance in court of certain other witnesses for Joseph - two of Stowell's daughters with whom Joseph had "been keeping company."  They apparently gave satisfactory answers when asked about Joseph's... Read More

What Manner of Man:

A Weekly Program to Better Know the Savior

 

Week 6 -- Happiness

By Linda and Richard Eyre

 

Storm Jameson, the poet-philosopher, wrote perceptive... Read More

First Prophecy (1823)

After the First Vision, Joseph's mother still felt compelled to unite her family with a local church. Joseph who had been expressly commanded by the Lord "to go not after them," refused to attend and told his mother, "You will not stay with them long, for you are mistaken in them." As illustration, he said he would give an example, "and you may set it down as a prophecy." Deacon Jessup, a supposedly good and pious local religious leader, he told his mother, would... Read More

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A Skeptical Minister (1820)

According to the Prophet Joseph's brother, William, the minister who prompted Joseph to ask the Lord which church to join was the Reverend George Lane. Both William and Oliver Cowdery stated that Reverend Lane had preached a sermon based on James 1:5 and that this sermon prompted young Joseph to enter the grove seeking answers. Allegedly this same Methodist minister later rebuked Joseph for claiming he received the answer he did. Ironically, Reverend Lane's o... Read More

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