Joseph Smith History itself is the perfect example of this dynamic. And as we heard we rejoiced, while His love enkindled upon our souls, and we were wrapped in the vision of the Almighty! 34:29 (29–35); Hel. 71 Accordingly we went and were baptized. 56 In the year 1823 my father’s family met with a great aaffliction by the death of my eldest brother, bAlvin. 52 Having removed the earth, I obtained a lever, which I got fixed under the edge of the stone, and with a little exertion raised it up. But what was my surprise when again I beheld the same messenger at my bedside, and heard him rehearse or repeat over again to me the same things as before; and added a caution to me, telling me that Satan would try to btempt me (in consequence of the indigent circumstances of my father’s family), to get the plates for the purpose of getting crich. Joseph Smith History 1 : 27-65 read aloud from The Pearl of Great Price. “Alvin was a faithful and serious young man, and Joseph idolized him. Born into a poor farming family, he was the fifth child of 11 — nine of whom survived childhood. Copied by scribes into a large bound volume. His description was written down, and Warren Parrish later copied it into Joseph Smith’s journal. His father believed him and counseled him to do what Moroni had told him to do. 30 While I was thus in the act of calling upon God, I discovered a alight appearing in my room, which continued to increase until the room was lighter than at noonday, when immediately a bpersonage appeared at my bedside, standing in the air, for his feet did not touch the floor. For I had seen a vision; I knew it, and I knew that God knew it, and I could not edeny it, neither dared I do it; at least I knew that by so doing I would offend God, and come under condemnation. by Steven C. Harper. Joseph Smith . Acts 10:30 (30–33); 1 Ne. 2, Special Issue on the First Vision, 2020 “Hear Him,” Saints, Volume 1: The Standard of Truth Primary Accounts of Joseph Smith… Joseph Smith, the founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, was subjected to approximately thirty criminal actions during his life. 1805. 58 Owing to my continuing to assert that I had seen a vision, apersecution still followed me, and my wife’s father’s family were very much opposed to our being married. 5, p. 53), acknowledged the lore of Smith's attraction to females, as described in 'The Wasp,” a … There is an incredible power in the text. While he was conversing with me about the plates, the vision was opened to my bmind that I could see the place where the plates were deposited, and that so clearly and distinctly that I knew the place again when I visited it. When, according to arrangements, the messenger called for them, I delivered them up to him; and he has them in his charge until this bday, being the second day of May, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight. The purpose of Joseph Smith’s history is to put us “in possession of the facts” because so many false stories were circulating about the restoration and Joseph. 43 After this communication, I saw the light in the room begin to gather immediately around the person of him who had been speaking to me, and it continued to do so until the room was again left dark, except just around him; when, instantly I saw, as it were, a conduit open right up into heaven, and he aascended till he entirely disappeared, and the room was left as it had been before this heavenly light had made its appearance. Early accounts written by contemporaries who heard Joseph Smith speak about the vision include the following: Orson Pratt, A[n] Interesting Account. 12:9; 1 Ne. For personal and/or family study of the scriptures, geared towards families with teenagers. JS, “A History of the life of Joseph Smith Jr. an account of his marvilous experience and of all the mighty acts which he doeth in the name of Jesus Ch[r]ist the son of the living God of whom he beareth record and also an account of the rise of the church of Christ in the eve of time according as the Lord brought forth and established by … More …, Circa 1838 History. 10:22; Moses 6:31 (31–37). Moroni appears to Joseph Smith—Joseph’s name is to be known for good and evil among all nations—Moroni tells him of the Book of Mormon and of the coming judgments of the Lord and quotes many scriptures—The hiding place of the gold plates is revealed—Moroni continues to instruct the Prophet. “Christian Churches in Joseph Smith’s Day,” Church History Topics. Gen. 15:12 (1–21). “Treasure Seeking,” Church History Topics. Joseph Smith—History 1:55–57 “Joseph and Emma Hale Smith Family,” Church History Topics. The day was clear and beautiful, and sunlight filtered through the branches overhead. Why is the restoration of the priesthood a significant event in Latter-day Saint history? Following an 11 June 1843 public church meeting at which Joseph Smith spoke of his earliest vision, Levi Richards included an account of it in his diary. Joseph Smith—History 1:55–57 “Joseph and Emma Hale Smith Family,” Church History Topics. 26:6 (4–6); D&C 29:9. BYU Studies Quarterly 59, no. Smith had received a revelation from God, first through an angel, and then … Some preachers and other professors of religion reject the account of the First Vision—Persecution is heaped upon Joseph Smith—He testifies of the reality of the vision. Read More » Religious Excitement near Palmyra, New York, 1816–1820 February 24, 2020 65 “He then said to me, ‘Let me see that certificate.’ I accordingly took it out of my pocket and gave it to him, when he took it and tore it to pieces, saying that there was no such thing now as ministering of aangels, and that if I would bring the plates to him he would translate them. “Joseph Smith’s 1826 Trial,” Church History Topics. what wonder! While we were thus employed, praying and calling upon the Lord, a messenger from heaven descended in a ccloud of light, and having laid his dhands upon us, he eordained us, saying: 69 Upon you my fellow servants, in the name of Messiah, I confer the aPriesthood of bAaron, which holds the keys of the ministering of angels, and of the gospel of repentance, and of cbaptism by immersion for the remission of sins; and this shall never be taken again from the earth until the sons of dLevi do offer again an offering unto the Lord in erighteousness. TG God, Manifestations of; Godhead; God the Father, Elohim; Jesus Christ, Appearances, Postmortal; Restoration of the Gospel; Revelation. Because his family could not afford the luxury of public education, Joseph … He had heard something of a silver mine having been opened by the Spaniards in Harmony, Susquehanna county, State of Pennsylvania; and had, previous to my hiring to him, been digging, in order, if possible, to discover the mine. There is so much more to the story of Joseph Smith’s first vision than is commonly known. The box in which they lay was formed by laying stones together in some kind of cement. This stone was thick and rounding in the middle on the upper side, and thinner towards the edges, so that the middle part of it was visible above the ground, but the edge all around was covered with earth. Come, Follow Me Daily Study Guide for the week of January 4-10, 2021 covering Joseph Smith – History 1:1-26. Another source reports that Smith was arrested at least 42 times, including in the states of New York, Ohio, Missouri, and Illinois. Jer. “I was called of my Heavenly Father to lay the foundation of this great work and kingdom in this dispensation, and testify of His revealed will to scattered Israel.” Introduction “Awakenings and Revivals,” Church History Topics. More …. Interview, Joseph Smith by David Nye White, Nauvoo, Illinois, 21 Aug. 1843 In August 1843, David Nye White, editor of the Pittsburgh Weekly Gazette, interviewed Joseph Smith in his home as part of a two-day stop in Nauvoo, Illinois. Come, Follow Me Daily Study Guide for the week of January 4-10, 2021 covering Joseph Smith – History 1:1-26. 11:7. Amos 7:14 (14–15); Acts 5:38 (38–39). W hen Joseph Smith, founder of the Mormon church, received a revelation in about 1831 in which he was commanded by God to break the law and take multiple wives, he at first resisted. (The Smith … 18:15; 1 Sam. Joseph Smith tells of his ancestry, family members, and their early abodes—An unusual excitement about religion prevails in western New York—He determines to seek wisdom as directed by James—The Father and the Son appear, and Joseph is called to his prophetic ministry. If he thought he could divine treasure with a seer stone, he was self-deluded; if it was knowingly deceiving people, he was a con man. 4 His family consisting of eleven souls, namely, my father, Joseph Smith; my amother, Lucy Smith (whose name, previous to her marriage, was Mack, daughter of Solomon Mack); my brothers, bAlvin (who died November 19th, 1823, in the 26th year of his age), cHyrum, myself, dSamuel Harrison, William, Don Carlos; and my sisters, Sophronia, Catherine, and Lucy. After I went to live with him, he took me, with the rest of his hands, to dig for the silver mine, at which I continued to work for nearly a month, without success in our undertaking, and finally I prevailed with the old gentleman to cease digging after it. Isa. This brief history of the Church published in the Times and Seasons, often referred to as the “Wentworth letter,” was prepared at the request of a Chicago newspaper editor. I at length came to the determination to “ask of God,” concluding that if he gave wisdom to them that lacked wisdom, and would bgive liberally, and not upbraid, I might venture. As a baseline (and as known in Mormon circles of his day), Smith was legendary for his sexual attraction to women. Joseph Smith History 1:1-26 – “I Saw a Pillar of Light” In the spring of 1820, the Lord revealed himself and his word and chose Joseph Smith as his prophet to carry out his work. Alvin loved Joseph, too, and was greatly interested in the sacred record. He wrote the text in English, relying heavily on Pratt’s A[n] Interesting Account, and translated it into German for publication. Born of Goodly Parents. It was written by Orson Pratt of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and published as a pamphlet in Scotland in 1840. What Is Joseph Smith—History? But strange or not, so it was, and it was often the cause of great sorrow to myself. 45 He commenced, and aagain related the very same things which he had done at his first visit, without the least variation; which having done, he informed me of great bjudgments which were coming upon the earth, with great desolations by cfamine, dsword, and pestilence; and that these grievous judgments would come on the earth in this generation. Nevertheless, Lucy Mack’s reminiscences remain one of the important … When I first looked upon him, I was cafraid; but the dfear soon left me. Joseph Comes to Know God. He wanted to be alone when he prayed, and he knew a quiet spot in the woods where he had recently been clearing trees. Hence arose the very prevalent story of my having been a money-digger. I informed him that part of the plates were bsealed, and that I was forbidden to bring them. 10:10; 1 Jn. December 23: Born, Sharon Township, Windsor County, Vermont. Joseph Smith History (1832) Read the account and see the artifact. History of Joseph Smith, Jr., by himself, in Joseph Smith's Letter Book at Kirtland, November 27, 1832 to August 4, 1835 (Church Historian's Library, Salt Lake City, Utah). Joseph Smith-History, as we now have it in the Pearl of Great Price, was part of this 1839 version of the History of the Church. The Presbyterians were most decided against the Baptists and Methodists, and used all the powers of both reason and sophistry to prove their errors, or, at least, to make the people think they were in error. 28 During the space of time which intervened between the time I had the vision and the year eighteen hundred and twenty-three—having been forbidden to join any of the religious sects of the day, and being of very tender years, and persecuted by those who ought to have been my afriends and to have treated me kindly, and if they supposed me to be deluded to have endeavored in a proper and affectionate manner to have reclaimed me—I was left to all kinds of btemptations; and, mingling with all kinds of society, I frequently fell into many foolish cerrors, and displayed the weakness of youth, and the foibles of human nature; which, I am sorry to say, led me into divers temptations, offensive in the sight of God. 50 I obeyed; I returned to my afather in the field, and rehearsed the whole matter to him. Joseph Smith—History 1:5–20 Orson Hyde, Ein Ruf aus der Wüste [A cry out of the wilderness] (original German) (modern English translation). 29:13; Ezek. Joseph Smith Jr. was born 23 December 1805 in Sharon, Vermont, to Joseph and Lucy Mack Smith. Like many of Smith's publications, it was dictated to a scribe. And he further stated that the fulness of the bGentiles was soon to come in. “Treasure Seeking,” Church History Topics. Man may deceive his fellow-men, deception may follow deception, and the children of the wicked one may have power to seduce the foolish and untaught, till naught but fiction feeds the many, and the fruit of falsehood carries in its current the giddy to the grave; but one touch with the finger of his love, yes, one ray of glory from the upper world, or one word from the mouth of the Savior, from the bosom of eternity, strikes it all into insignificance, and blots it forever from the mind. Did you know that the story of the First Vision is the second greatest story ever told? I have actually seen a vision; and who am I that I can withstand God, or why does the world think to make me deny what I have actually seen? John A. Widtsoe (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1919), 494. He also said that this was not yet fulfilled, but was soon to be. The First Vision. These are perfect for teaching in the home or for your primary class. 9 My mind at times was greatly excited, the cry and tumult were so great and incessant. Born into a poor farming family, he was the fifth child of 11 — nine of whom survived childhood. 61 The excitement, however, still continued, and rumor with her thousand tongues was all the time employed in circulating afalsehoods about my father’s family, and about myself. Ex. About the Account “Filled with Love” Joseph Smith recorded that God the Father and Jesus Christ appeared to him in a grove of trees near his parents’ home in western New York State when he was about 14 years old. Who of all these parties are right; or, are they all wrong together? While the world was racked and distracted—while millions were groping as the blind for the wall, and while all men were resting upon uncertainty, as a general mass, our eyes beheld, our ears heard, as in the ‘blaze of day’; yes, more—above the glitter of the May sunbeam, which then shed its brilliancy over the face of nature! Joseph Smith—History tells of the Prophet’s experiences from his early years through May 1829. Joseph Smith History (1832) Read the account and see the artifact. Indeed, the whole district of country seemed affected by it, and great multitudes united themselves to the different religious parties, which created no small stir and division amongst the people, some crying, a“Lo, here!” and others, “Lo, there!” Some were contending for the Methodist faith, some for the Presbyterian, and some for the Baptist. Mr. Harris was a resident of Palmyra township, Wayne county, in the State of New York, and a farmer of respectability. I left the field, and went to the place where the messenger had told me the plates were deposited; and owing to the distinctness of the vision which I had had concerning it, I knew the place the instant that I arrived there. 9:9; Alma 27:10 (7, 10); D&C 6:11; 46:7. 70 He said this Aaronic Priesthood had not the power of laying on hands for the gift of the Holy Ghost, but that this should be conferred on us hereafter; and he commanded us to go and be baptized, and gave us directions that I should baptize Oliver Cowdery, and that afterwards he should baptize me. Deut. Introduction; FAQ; Bibliography; Essays; Book of Abraham Manscill, “Life of Joseph F. Smith,” 150; Gospel Doctrine: Selections from the Sermons and Writings of Joseph F. Smith, comp. Doctrine and Covenants section 2 is a quote from that history. 20 He again forbade me to join with any of them; and many other things did he say unto me, which I cannot write at this time. 44 I lay musing on the singularity of the scene, and marveling greatly at what had been told to me by this extraordinary messenger; when, in the midst of my ameditation, I suddenly discovered that my room was again beginning to get lighted, and in an instant, as it were, the same heavenly messenger was again by my bedside. Joseph Smith, the founder of Mormon religion, was born in 1806 to a poor family in Sharon, Vermont. Book of Mormon Central, “Did a “Magic World View” Influence the Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon? This account borrowed language from Orson Pratt’s A[n] Interesting Account of Several Remarkable Visions (see below). 25 So it was with me. His head and neck were also bare. TG Baptism; Baptism, Essential; Baptism, Immersion. He first quoted part of the athird chapter of Malachi; and he quoted also the fourth or last chapter of the same prophecy, though with a little variation from the way it reads in our Bibles. Joseph Smith–History Insight #8 When Latter-day Saints tell the story of the First Vision today, they frequently emphasize Joseph Smith’s age when he entered the grove of trees. Smith came from an unremarkable New England family. Early years. On 24 May 1844, German immigrant and church member Alexander Neibaur visited Joseph Smith in his home and heard him relate the circumstances of his earliest visionary experience. 15:29. Where was room for doubt? Joseph Smith—History 1:25. by LDS Scripture of the Day | posted in: Pearl of Great Price | 0 . 15 After I had retired to the place where I had previously designed to go, having looked around me, and finding myself alone, I kneeled down and began to offer up the desires of my heart to God. 16 But, exerting all my powers to acall upon God to deliver me out of the power of this enemy which had seized upon me, and at the very moment when I was ready to sink into bdespair and abandon myself to destruction—not to an imaginary ruin, but to the power of some actual being from the unseen world, who had such marvelous power as I had never before felt in any being—just at this moment of great alarm, I saw a pillar of clight exactly over my head, above the brightness of the dsun, which descended gradually until it fell upon me. (Verses 66–75.). TG Book of Mormon; Scriptures, Preservation of. “I considered it of the first importance that I should be right in matters that involved eternal consequences.”, Biographical facts and historical images of individuals associated with the revelations, Narrative history of events surrounding the revelations, Joseph rose early on a spring morning in 1820 and set out for the woods near his home. **This is a suggested outline that coincides with the Come, Follow Me manual. -Newsweek, October 17, 2005. My father, who was laboring along with me, discovered something to be wrong with me, and told me to go home. Significant Church History/Doctrinal Events. 2 In this history I shall present the various events in relation to this Church, in truth and righteousness, as they have transpired, or as they at present exist, being now [1838] the aeighth byear since the organization of the said Church. He quoted also the third chapter of Acts, twenty-second and twenty-third verses, precisely as they stand in our New Testament. I have thought since, that I felt much like Paul, when he made his defense before King Agrippa, and related the account of the vision he had when he saw a light, and heard a voice; but still there were but few who believed him; some said he was dishonest, others said he was bmad; and he was ridiculed and reviled. Menu Book of Moses. Joseph Smith experienced his First Vision in this stand of trees in the spring of 1820. The founder of the Mormon church, Joseph Smith, wed as many as 40 wives, including some who were already married and one as young as 14 years old, the church acknowledged in a surprising new essay. The Lord Jesus Christ called Joseph Smith as a prophet to prepare the way for His coming in glory. Copied by scribes into a large bound volume, this account was later canonized by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Pearl of Great Price. what amazement! The persecution, however, became so intolerable that I was under the necessity of leaving Manchester, and going with my wife to Susquehanna county, in the State of Pennsylvania. Joseph Smith–History 1:66–75 “ Fellow Servants ,” Saints, Volume 1: The Standard of Truth (Salt Lake City, UT: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2018), 1:65–68. 4:12 (7–21); JS—H 1:25. On the west side of this hill, not far from the top, under a stone of considerable size, lay the plates, deposited in a stone box. The following timeline puts some of Joseph Smith’s work, joys, and sorrows into their time and setting. God Answers Joseph’s Prayer. 23 It caused me serious reflection then, and often has since, how very strange it was that an obscure aboy, of a little over fourteen years of age, and one, too, who was doomed to the necessity of obtaining a scanty maintenance by his daily blabor, should be thought a character of sufficient importance to attract the attention of the great ones of the most popular sects of the day, and in a manner to create in them a spirit of the most bitter cpersecution and dreviling. So Joseph went to the hill where the gold plates were buried. The First Vision. He gave me a certificate, certifying to the people of Palmyra that they were true characters, and that the translation of such of them as had been translated was also correct. A Christian Heritage. Walter Rane, The Desires of My Heart, 2004, oil on canvas, Church History Museum. The first revelations Joseph Smith Joseph Smith ©. **This is a suggested outline that coincides with the Come, Follow Me manual. Ex. Besides the familiar account included in the Pearl of Great Price, there are three other known accounts by Joseph and five known reports of … Foreordained of God. Lucy Mack Smith, History of Joseph Smith by His Mother, ed. BYU Studies Quarterly 59, no. Joseph Smith-History, as we now have it in the Pearl of Great Price, was part of this 1839 version of the History of the Church. Copied by scribes into a large bound volume, this account was later canonized by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Pearl of Great Price. “Christian Churches in Joseph Smith’s Day,” Church History Topics. I started with the intention of going to the house; but, in attempting to cross the fence out of the field where we were, my strength entirely failed me, and I bfell helpless on the ground, and for a time was quite unconscious of anything. Matt. Joseph Smith History 1.1-26 Podcast Joseph Smith History 1.1-26 Podcast Show Notes The First Vision – Read the Various Accounts of the First Vision in One Place How God Lost His Body The Sacred Grove – Here We Stand D&C 2, JSH 1:27-65 – Podcast D&C 2, JSH 1:27-65 QuotesContinue Reading Additionally, the Prophet prepared some brief histories that provide some personal insights. Life of the Prophet Joseph Smith. I was, therefore, under the necessity of taking her elsewhere; so we went and were married at the house of Squire Tarbill, in South Bainbridge, Chenango county, New York. TG Gentiles. I copied a considerable number of them, and by means of the aUrim and Thummim I translated some of them, which I did between the time I arrived at the house of my wife’s father, in the month of December, and the February following. In History of the Church Vol. 46 By this time, so deep were the impressions made on my mind, that sleep had fled from my eyes, and I lay overwhelmed in aastonishment at what I had both seen and heard. “History, 1838-1856, volume A-1,” Joseph Smith Papers. third chapter of Acts, twenty-second and twenty-third verses. If any one of them be aright, which is it, and how shall I know it? 59 At length the time arrived for obtaining the plates, the Urim and Thummim, and the breastplate. For personal and/or family study of the scriptures, geared towards families with teenagers. The days seem to be flying by this month! Then his voice, though mild, pierced to the center, and his words, ‘I am thy fellow-servant,’ dispelled every fear. When the light had departed, I had no strength; but soon recovering in some degree, I went home. The room was exceedingly light, but not so very bright as immediately around his person. TG Apostasy of the Early Christian Church. The history introduces Joseph by giving a brief record of his ancestry and his own birth on December 23, 1805, in the township of Sharon, Windsor County, Vermont, one of eleven children of Joseph Sr. and Lucy Mack Smith. I had actually seen a light, and in the midst of that light I saw two aPersonages, and they did in reality speak to me; and though I was bhated and cpersecuted for saying that I had seen a vision, yet it was true; and while they were persecuting me, reviling me, and speaking all manner of evil against me dfalsely for so saying, I was led to say in my heart: Why persecute me for telling the truth? I replied, “Never mind, all is well—I am well enough off.” I then said to my mother, “I have learned for myself that Presbyterianism is not true.” It seems as though the cadversary was aware, at a very early period of my life, that I was destined to prove a disturber and an annoyer of his kingdom; else why should the powers of darkness combine against me? A Non-Profit Organization. Joseph Smith Jr. was born in Vermont on December 23, 1805. Joseph Smith—History 1:1–26 (Come, Follow Me) Joseph Smith’s First Vision. When I came to myself again, I found myself alying on my back, looking up into heaven.
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