Martin Harris Tests Joseph Smith
Martin Harris was one of the first people to believe Joseph Smith, outside of Joseph Smiths own family. Martin was a neighbor, a family friend in Palmyra, New York, at the infant stages of the Restoration of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Martin Harris was a truth seeker and supported Joseph through many hard times […]
Joseph Smith finding the “Right Person” to obtain the Gold Plates
Joseph Smith received the gold plates from the Hill Cumorah and this was not a simple task. A lot was required of Joseph before he was able to obtain the plates. The Lord wanted Joseph to learn for himself important lessons, and it took time. After years of waiting Joseph needed to be ready to […]
Emma Smith Interview on the Authenticity of The Book of Mormon
Emma Hale Smith saw first hand the miracles of the translation of The Book of Mormon through her husband the prophet Joseph Smith. She was as amazed as anyone would be, and maybe even more so, because she knew her husbands inadequacies. Emma was a strong support to her husband and even through the hardest […]
Get to know Emma Hale Smith
Emma Smith was born in Harmony Pennsylvania, in Susquehanna County on July 10, 1804. She is the daughter or Isaac Hale and Elizabeth Lewis. Emma grew up in very prosperous circumstances. Lucy Mack Smith(Joseph’s mother) described Emma’s childhood home as a “mansion” with “every convenient appendage necessary.” Emma was the seventh of nine children of […]
David Whitmer’s Miracle
Stories of miracles are some of my favorite stories to tell and retell. Sometimes we forget that our God is a God of miracles. There is so much sadness, depression, anger in this world and there is a tendency to let that overrun all the good. There are also miracles, joy, hope, happiness, sunshine it […]
Women Witnesses of the Book of Mormon
Sometimes we overlook the accounts of women in history and the contributions made by them. The most common accounts of the Book of Mormon witnesses are the ones printed the in the Book of Mormon, but there are more. Katherine Smith Salisbury Katherine Smith Salisbury is the younger sister of the prophet Joseph Smith. When […]
“The Lord Had Accomplished A Miracle” A Timeline of the Church in Ukraine
President Nelson said the restoration of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is an ongoing process. Sometimes, there is a tendency to think that the major works of the Lord have already happened with so many miracles happening in the 1800’s. Studying about the Kyiv Temple and the lives of the Ukrainian people […]