Historical accounts of @TheBookofMormon Witnesses—the Three, the Eight, and more! Major sources: Church Archives, Anderson, FAIR, Vogel. Admin: Jason Allred.
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Addressing a common misconception:
Did the 3 witnesses of the #BookofMormon only see the golden plates with their "spiritual eyes"?
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[Y]ou would feel what you have never felt, were wicked men conspiring to lessen the effects of your testimony on man…. I am fully, doubly, satisfied that all will be right -- that my character will be fully vindicated.
- Oliver Cowdery, letter to Phineas Young
The Book of Mormon is no fake. I know what I know. I have seen what I have seen and I have heard what I have heard.
- Martin Harris
(George Godfrey, Church History Library, MS #2473)
Martin Harris:
"I was the right-hand man of Joseph Smith, and I know that he was a Prophet of God. I know the Book of Mormon is true."
Then, smiting his fist on the table, [Martin Harris] said--
"AND YOU KNOW THAT I KNOW THAT IT IS TRUE."
(told by D. Dille, 1853)
Oliver Cowdery prophesied that "wicked men [would conspire] to lessen the effects of [his] testimony" after his death.
(to Phineas Young, 1846)
David Whitmer:
"Of course we were in the spirit when we had the view, for no man can behold the face of an angel, except in a spiritual view, but we were in the body also, and everything was as natural to us, as it is at any time."
(1888, to Metcalf; Cook's D. W. Interviews)
Happy Easter. He is risen!
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May the Holy Spirit touch your heart and reveal eternal truths to your soul as you listen.
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The first person besides Joseph to see the golden plates was Mary Whitmer.
The messenger told her, "The Lord has given me permission to show you this record," and then he turned the leaves one by one for her to see.
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John Whitmer was asked this question in a formal, recorded interview:
"Did you see [the golden plates] covered with a cloth?"
John replied: "No. [Joseph] handed them uncovered into our hands, and we turned the leaves sufficient to satisfy us"
(Deseret Evening News, 6 Aug 1878)
David Whitmer:
"I was not under any hallucination, nor was I deceived! I saw with these eyes and I heard with these ears! I know whereof I speak!"
(1884; in Saints' Herald, 28 January 1936)
Martin Harris, as a witness of Jesus Christ, and his connection to President Oaks:
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[A]s far as I have ever heard, from reliable witnesses, [David Whitmer] has always told the same story--'straight as a nail.'
- J. L. Traughber
(Saints' Herald, 1879; in EMDv5)
"each of the [golden] plates was thicker than the thickest tin"
- Martin Harris
(D. B. Dille, 1853; Millennial Star, 1859; EMDv2)
Skeptics may laugh and scoff if they will, but no man can listen to [David] Whitmer as he talks of his interview with the Angel of the Lord, without being most forcibly convinced that he has heard an honest man tell what he honestly believes to be true
- Richmond Democrat, 1888