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The resulting estrangement between Smith and Pratt, who stood by Sarah in preference to the denials of Smith, led to Smith warning his disciple that "if [Pratt] did believe his wife and follow her suggestions he would go to hell".
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“the appearance of gold”1 —Joseph Smith Jr., Eight Witnesses, Orson Pratt “golden plates”2 —David Whitmer “a mixture of gold and copper”3 —William Smith
“weighing altogether from forty to sixty lbs.”4 —Martin Harris “I was permitted to lift them. . . . They weighed about sixty pounds according to the best of my judgement.”5 —William Smith “I . . . judged them to have weighed about sixty pounds.”6 —William Smith “They were much heavier than a stone, and very much heavier than wood. . . . As near as ...
“six inches wide by eight inches long”12 —Joseph Smith Jr. “seven inches wide by eight inches in length”13 —Martin Harris “seven by eight inches”14 —Martin Harris “about eight inches long, seven inches wide”15 —David Whitmer “Each plate was not far from seven by eight inches in width and length.”16 —Orson Pratt
“of the thickness of plates of tin”17 —Martin Harris “thin leaves of gold”18 —Martin Harris “about as thick as parchment”19 —David Whitmer “not quite as thick as common tin”20 —Orson Pratt “[We] could raise the leaves this way (raising a few leaves of the Bible before him).”21 —William Smith “They seemed to be pliable like thick paper, and would ru...
“something near six inches in thickness, a part of which was sealed”23 —Orson Pratt “[W]hen piled one above the other, they were altogether about four inches thick.”24 —Martin Harris
“A large portion of the leaves were so securely bound together that it was impossible to separate them.”25 —David Whitmer “What there was sealed appeared as solid to my view as wood. About the half of the book was sealed.”26 —David Whitmer “[A]bout two-thirds were sealed up, and Joseph was commanded not to break the seal; that part of the record wa...
“[T]hey were fastened with rings thus [a sketch shows a ring in the shape of a capital D with six lines drawn through the straight side of the letter to represent the leaves of the record].”29 —David Whitmer “bound together like the leaves of a book by massive rings passing through the back edges”30 —David Whitmer “They were bound together in the s...
“I wish to mention here that the title-page of the Book of Mormon is a literal translation, taken from the very last leaf, on the left hand side of the collection or book of plates, which contained the record which has been translated, the language of the whole running the same as all Hebrew writing in general.*” [The asterisk directs the reader to...
“[The plates] were filled with . . . Egyptian characters. . . . The characters on the unsealed part were small, and beautifully engraved. The whole book exhibited many marks of antiquity in its construction and much skill in the art of engraving.”36 —Joseph Smith Jr., Orson Pratt “There were fine engravings on both sides.”37 —John Whitmer “We also ...
The descriptive material for this article was compiled by Kirk Henrichsen, of the staff of the Museum of Church History and Art in Salt Lake City, who kindly offered it for use in the Journal. 1. Joseph Smith Jr., “Church History,” Times and Seasons, 1 March 1842 (also known as the Wentworth Letter); “The Testimony of Eight Witnesses,” Book of Morm...
“About two-thirds were sealed up, and Joseph was commanded not to break the seal; that part of the record was hid up. The plates which were sealed contained an account of those things shewn unto the brother of Jared.” 17 —Orson Pratt
Aug 21, 2023 · On April 26, 1835, Orson Pratt was called to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles by Joseph Smith. In 1837, he married Sarah M. Bates. From 1839 through 1841, he served as an apostolic missionary in the British Isles. He preached in Scotland, and he created an early missionary tract called An Interesting Account of Several Remarkable Visions.
As part of an early Mormon mission to the British Isles, Pratt was assigned to Scotland to announce and defend the claims of Joseph Smith Jr. and the newly established Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1830).
Orson Pratt of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles authored the earliest published account of Joseph’s First Vision of Deity in this pamphlet in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1840. Pratt was called to the Quorum in 1835, at age 23.
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Orson Pratt. Soon after his baptism in September 1830, Pratt traveled to Fayette, New York, to meet Joseph Smith. On 4 November 1830, Smith dictated a revelation for Pratt, appointing him to preach.
