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Source:Truman Coe:Ohio Observer:1836:looking through the Urim and Thummim, he would see the import written in plain English
Truman Coe (1836): "looking through the Urim and Thummim, he would see the import written in plain English"
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Truman Coe (1836): "looking through the Urim and Thummim, he would see the import written in plain English"
Truman Coe:
The manner of translation was as wonderful as the discovery. By putting his finger on one of the characters and imploring divine aid, then looking through the Urim and Thummim, he would see the import written in plain English on a screen placed before him.[1]
Notes
- ↑ “Truman Coe Account, 1836,” in Early Mormon Documents, 1:47. Originally printed in Ohio Observer (Hudson, Ohio), 11 August 1836.