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==Religious revival== | ==Religious revival== | ||
− | + | ==="this was a grief to my Soul thus from the age of twelve years to fifteen"=== | |
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− | + | ==Joseph's motivations== | |
− | + | ==="At about the age of twelve years my mind become seriously imprest"=== | |
{{Epigraph|At about the age of twelve years my mind become seriously imprest with regard to the all importent concerns <del>of</del> for the wellfare of my immortal Soul which led me to searching the scriptures believeing as I was taught, that they contained the word of God...}} | {{Epigraph|At about the age of twelve years my mind become seriously imprest with regard to the all importent concerns <del>of</del> for the wellfare of my immortal Soul which led me to searching the scriptures believeing as I was taught, that they contained the word of God...}} | ||
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− | + | ==="my intimate acquaintance with those of different denominations"=== | |
{{Epigraph|...thus applying myself to them and my intimate acquaintance with those of different denominations led me to marvel excedingly for I discovered that <ins>they did not <del>adorn</del></ins> <del>instead</del> of adorn<del>ing</del> their profession by a holy wal | {{Epigraph|...thus applying myself to them and my intimate acquaintance with those of different denominations led me to marvel excedingly for I discovered that <ins>they did not <del>adorn</del></ins> <del>instead</del> of adorn<del>ing</del> their profession by a holy wal | ||
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− | + | ==="for I become convicted of my sins....I felt to mourn for my own sins and for the sins of the world"=== | |
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− | + | ==Religious confusion== | |
− | + | ==="by searching the scriptures I found that mankind did not come unto the Lord"=== | |
{{Epigraph|...and by searching the scriptures I found that <del>mand</del> <ins>mankind</ins> did not come unto the Lord but that they had apostatised from the true and liveing faith and there was no society or denomination that built upon the gospel of Jesus Christ as recorded in the new testament...}} | {{Epigraph|...and by searching the scriptures I found that <del>mand</del> <ins>mankind</ins> did not come unto the Lord but that they had apostatised from the true and liveing faith and there was no society or denomination that built upon the gospel of Jesus Christ as recorded in the new testament...}} | ||
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− | + | ==="I cried unto the Lord for mercy"=== | |
{{Epigraph|...therefore I cried unto the Lord for mercy for there was none else to whom I could go and to obtain mercy and the Lord heard my cry in the wilderness...}} | {{Epigraph|...therefore I cried unto the Lord for mercy for there was none else to whom I could go and to obtain mercy and the Lord heard my cry in the wilderness...}} | ||
− | + | ==Joseph's age== | |
− | + | ==="in the 16th year of my age"=== | |
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− | + | ==Struggle with Satan== | |
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|link=Joseph Smith's First Vision/Accounts/1832/Struggle with Satan not mentioned | |link=Joseph Smith's First Vision/Accounts/1832/Struggle with Satan not mentioned | ||
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− | + | ==Personage(s) seen== | |
− | + | ==="I saw the Lord"=== | |
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− | + | ==Location of the vision== | |
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|link=Joseph Smith's First Vision/Accounts/1832/Vision set in heaven or on earth | |link=Joseph Smith's First Vision/Accounts/1832/Vision set in heaven or on earth | ||
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− | + | ==Joining other churches== | |
− | + | ==="thy sins are forgiven thee"=== | |
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− | + | ==New Dispensation?=== | |
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|link=Question: Why doesn't Joseph Smith's 1832 First Vision account mention a "new dispensation"? | |link=Question: Why doesn't Joseph Smith's 1832 First Vision account mention a "new dispensation"? | ||
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− | + | ==="all those who believe on my name may have Eternal life"=== | |
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− | + | ==The wrath to come== | |
− | + | ==="mine anger is kindling against the inhabitants of the earth"=== | |
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− | + | ==Persecution afterwards== | |
− | + | ==="I pondered these things"=== | |
{{Epigraph|nevertheless I pondered these things in my heart <del>about that time my mother and</del> but after many days I fell into transgression and sinned in many things which brought a wound upon my soul and there were many things which transpired that cannot be writen and my Fathers family have suffered many persicutions and afflictions and it—came to pass when I was seventeen years of age I called again upon the Lord and he shewed unto me a heavenly vision}} | {{Epigraph|nevertheless I pondered these things in my heart <del>about that time my mother and</del> but after many days I fell into transgression and sinned in many things which brought a wound upon my soul and there were many things which transpired that cannot be writen and my Fathers family have suffered many persicutions and afflictions and it—came to pass when I was seventeen years of age I called again upon the Lord and he shewed unto me a heavenly vision}} | ||
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− | + | ==="I could find none that would believe"=== | |
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− | + | ==Historical sources== | |
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|link=Primary sources/First Vision accounts/1832 | |link=Primary sources/First Vision accounts/1832 |
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At about the age of twelve years my mind become seriously imprest with regard to the all importent concernsoffor the wellfare of my immortal Soul which led me to searching the scriptures believeing as I was taught, that they contained the word of God...
...thus applying myself to them and my intimate acquaintance with those of different denominations led me to marvel excedingly for I discovered that they did notadorninsteadof adorningtheir profession by a holy wal and Godly conversation agreeable to what I found contained in that sacred depository...
...and by searching the scriptures I found thatmandmankind did not come unto the Lord but that they had apostatised from the true and liveing faith and there was no society or denomination that built upon the gospel of Jesus Christ as recorded in the new testament...
...therefore I cried unto the Lord for mercy for there was none else to whom I could go and to obtain mercy and the Lord heard my cry in the wilderness...
nevertheless I pondered these things in my heartabout that time my mother andbut after many days I fell into transgression and sinned in many things which brought a wound upon my soul and there were many things which transpired that cannot be writen and my Fathers family have suffered many persicutions and afflictions and it—came to pass when I was seventeen years of age I called again upon the Lord and he shewed unto me a heavenly vision
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