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==Book of Mormon== | ==Book of Mormon== | ||
===The stone and the hat=== | ===The stone and the hat=== | ||
− | {{HiddenFact|fact=Joseph | + | {{HiddenFact|fact=Joseph generally utilized a stone placed in his hat to translate|location=The ''Friend'', The ''Ensign'', lds.org, and a book by apostle Neal A. Maxwell}} |
Joseph actually used a stone which he placed in a hat to translate a portion of the Book of Mormon in addition to or instead of the "Urim and Thummin." This fact was found hidden in the official Church magazines the ''Ensign'' and the ''Friend'' on the official Church website lds.org: | Joseph actually used a stone which he placed in a hat to translate a portion of the Book of Mormon in addition to or instead of the "Urim and Thummin." This fact was found hidden in the official Church magazines the ''Ensign'' and the ''Friend'' on the official Church website lds.org: | ||
*'''September 1974 ''Friend''''': "To help him with the translation, Joseph found with the gold plates “a curious instrument which the ancients called Urim and Thummim, which consisted of two transparent stones set in a rim of a bow fastened to a breastplate.” '''Joseph also used an egg-shaped, brown rock for translating called a seer stone.'''" <br>—[http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?hideNav=1&locale=0&sourceId=5250e07368d9b010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&vgnextoid=21bc9fbee98db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD “A Peaceful Heart,”] ''Friend'', Sep 1974, 7) | *'''September 1974 ''Friend''''': "To help him with the translation, Joseph found with the gold plates “a curious instrument which the ancients called Urim and Thummim, which consisted of two transparent stones set in a rim of a bow fastened to a breastplate.” '''Joseph also used an egg-shaped, brown rock for translating called a seer stone.'''" <br>—[http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?hideNav=1&locale=0&sourceId=5250e07368d9b010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&vgnextoid=21bc9fbee98db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD “A Peaceful Heart,”] ''Friend'', Sep 1974, 7) | ||
− | *'''September 1977 ''Ensign''''': "There he gave his most detailed view of 'the manner in which the Book of Mormon was translated': “'''Joseph Smith would put the seer stone into a hat and put his face in the hat, drawing it closely around his face to exclude the light.'''" <br>— | + | *'''September 1977 ''Ensign''''': "There he gave his most detailed view of 'the manner in which the Book of Mormon was translated': “'''Joseph Smith would put the seer stone into a hat and put his face in the hat, drawing it closely around his face to exclude the light.'''" <br>—{{Ensign1|author=Richard Lloyd Anderson|article=‘By the Gift and Power of God’|date=Sep 1977|start=79, emphasis added}} |
*'''July 1993 ''Ensign''''': "David Whitmer wrote: ' '''Joseph Smith would put the seer stone into a hat, and put his face in the hat, drawing it closely around his face to exclude the light'''; and in the darkness the spiritual light would shine.'" <br>—Russell M. Nelson, “A Treasured Testament,” ''Ensign'', Jul 1993, 61) {{ea}} {{link|url=http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?hideNav=1&locale=0&sourceId=05169209df38b010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD}} | *'''July 1993 ''Ensign''''': "David Whitmer wrote: ' '''Joseph Smith would put the seer stone into a hat, and put his face in the hat, drawing it closely around his face to exclude the light'''; and in the darkness the spiritual light would shine.'" <br>—Russell M. Nelson, “A Treasured Testament,” ''Ensign'', Jul 1993, 61) {{ea}} {{link|url=http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?hideNav=1&locale=0&sourceId=05169209df38b010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD}} | ||
*'''January 1997 ''Ensign''''': "Martin Harris related of the '''seer stone''': 'Sentences would appear and were read by the Prophet and written by Martin'" <br>—Neal A. Maxwell, “‘By the Gift and Power of God’,” ''Ensign'', Jan 1997, 36 {{ea}} {{link|url=http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?hideNav=1&locale=0&sourceId=e491dbdcc370c010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD}} | *'''January 1997 ''Ensign''''': "Martin Harris related of the '''seer stone''': 'Sentences would appear and were read by the Prophet and written by Martin'" <br>—Neal A. Maxwell, “‘By the Gift and Power of God’,” ''Ensign'', Jan 1997, 36 {{ea}} {{link|url=http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?hideNav=1&locale=0&sourceId=e491dbdcc370c010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD}} | ||
*'''''Not My Will, But Thine''''', '''1988''': "Jacob censured the "stiffnecked" Jews for "looking beyond the mark" (Jacob 4:14). We are looking beyond the mark today, for example, if we are more interested in the physical dimensions of the cross than in what Jesus achieved thereon; or when we neglect Alma's words on faith because we are too fascinated by the '''light-shielding hat reportedly used by Joseph Smith during some of the translating of the Book of Mormon'''. To neglect substance while focusing on process is another form of unsubmissively looking beyond the mark." <br>—Neal A. Maxwell, ''Not My Will, But Thine'' (Salt Lake City, Utah: Bookcraft, 1988), 26. | *'''''Not My Will, But Thine''''', '''1988''': "Jacob censured the "stiffnecked" Jews for "looking beyond the mark" (Jacob 4:14). We are looking beyond the mark today, for example, if we are more interested in the physical dimensions of the cross than in what Jesus achieved thereon; or when we neglect Alma's words on faith because we are too fascinated by the '''light-shielding hat reportedly used by Joseph Smith during some of the translating of the Book of Mormon'''. To neglect substance while focusing on process is another form of unsubmissively looking beyond the mark." <br>—Neal A. Maxwell, ''Not My Will, But Thine'' (Salt Lake City, Utah: Bookcraft, 1988), 26. | ||
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+ | ==Book of Mormon== | ||
+ | ===The stone and the hat=== | ||
+ | {{HiddenFact|fact=Joseph used a seer stone and the Nephite interpreters to translate the Book of Mormon.|location=The ''Ensign''}} | ||
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+ | *'''September 1977 ''Ensign''''': "...the Prophet possessed a seer stone, by which he was enabled to translate as well as from the Urim and Thummim, and for convenience he then used the seer stone." <br>—{{Ensign1|author=Richard Lloyd Anderson|article=‘By the Gift and Power of God’|date=Sep 1977|start=79, emphasis added}} {{link|url=http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?hideNav=1&locale=0&sourceId=5a921f26d596b010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD}} | ||
==B.H. Roberts and the Book of Mormon== | ==B.H. Roberts and the Book of Mormon== |
Joseph actually used a stone which he placed in a hat to translate a portion of the Book of Mormon in addition to or instead of the "Urim and Thummin." This fact was found hidden in the official Church magazines the Ensign and the Friend on the official Church website lds.org:
Critics charge that the existence of multiple accounts of the First Vision has been hidden. A review of just some of the sources demonstrates that this is simply false:
There are many more references to the pistol in Church publications.
Joseph and others drank wine at Carthage. This fact is presented without apology in Joseph Smith, History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 7 volumes, edited by Brigham H. Roberts, (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1957), 6:616. Volume 6 link:
Before the jailor came in, his boy brought in some water, and said the guard wanted some wine. Joseph gave Dr. Richards two dollars to give the guard; but the guard said one was enough, and would take no more.
The guard immediately sent for a bottle of wine, pipes, and two small papers of tobacco; and one of the guards brought them into the jail soon after the jailor went out. Dr. Richards uncorked the bottle, and presented a glass to Joseph, who tasted, as also Brother Taylor and the doctor, and the bottle was then given to the guard, who turned to go out. When at the top of the stairs some one below called him two or three times, and he went down. (emphasis added)
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