The Mormons: or Latter-day saints. With memoirs of the life and death of Joseph Smith |
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... soon as the light came in contact with them ; but perceiving that it did not produce that effect , he was encouraged with the hopes of being able to endure its presence . It continued descending slowly , until it rested upon the earth ...
... soon as the light came in contact with them ; but perceiving that it did not produce that effect , he was encouraged with the hopes of being able to endure its presence . It continued descending slowly , until it rested upon the earth ...
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... soon the vision was renewed - the angel again appeared , and having been informed , by the previous visions of the night , concerning the place where those records were deposited , he was instructed to go immediately and view them . 66 ...
... soon the vision was renewed - the angel again appeared , and having been informed , by the previous visions of the night , concerning the place where those records were deposited , he was instructed to go immediately and view them . 66 ...
Page 20
... soon as timber had time to grow , the hill was covered , and the roots of the same would hold the surface . " However , on this point I shall leave every man to draw his own conclusion , and form his own speculation : but , suffice to ...
... soon as timber had time to grow , the hill was covered , and the roots of the same would hold the surface . " However , on this point I shall leave every man to draw his own conclusion , and form his own speculation : but , suffice to ...
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... soon found , however , that my telling the story had excited a great deal of prejudice against me among professors of religion , and was the cause of great persecution , which continued to increase ; and though I was an obscure boy ...
... soon found , however , that my telling the story had excited a great deal of prejudice against me among professors of religion , and was the cause of great persecution , which continued to increase ; and though I was an obscure boy ...
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... soon came to the conclusion that it was all a trick , perhaps a hoax . When I asked the person who brought it how he obtained the writing , he gave me the following account : -A ' gold book , ' consisting of a number of plates fastened ...
... soon came to the conclusion that it was all a trick , perhaps a hoax . When I asked the person who brought it how he obtained the writing , he gave me the following account : -A ' gold book , ' consisting of a number of plates fastened ...
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