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==Joseph Smith (1832): "and I saw the Lord and he spake unto me"== | ==Joseph Smith (1832): "and I saw the Lord and he spake unto me"== | ||
| − | Joseph Smith | + | Joseph Smith recorded the following in his own handwriting: |
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| − | <span style="color:blue"> a piller of <del>fire</del> light above the brightness of the sun at noon day come down from above and rested upon me and I was filled with the spirit of god and the <ins>Lord</ins> opened the heavens upon me and I saw the Lord and he spake unto me saying Joseph <ins>my son</ins> thy sins are forgiven thee. go thy <ins>way</ins> walk in my statutes and keep my commandments behold I am the Lord of glory I was crucifyed for the world that all those who believe on my name may have Eternal life</span> <ref>[http://josephsmithpapers.org/paperSummary/history-circa-summer-1832?p=1 "History, circa Summer 1832,"] ''The Joseph Smith Papers''.</ref> | + | <span style="color:blue"> a piller of <del>fire</del> light above the brightness of the sun at noon day come down from above and rested upon me and I was filled with the spirit of god and the <ins>Lord</ins> opened the heavens upon me and I saw the Lord and he spake unto me saying Joseph <ins>my son</ins> thy sins are forgiven thee. go thy <ins>way</ins> walk in my statutes and keep my commandments behold I am the Lord of glory I was crucifyed for the world that all those who believe on my name may have Eternal life</span> <ref>Joseph Smith Letterbook 1, pp. 1-6. This electronic text was copied from Wikisource. The editor notes that insertions are indicated like <ins>this</ins> and deletions are indicated like <del>this</del>. Text in <span style="color:blue">blue</span> is in Smith's own handwriting, the remainder in the handwriting of Frederick G. Williams. [http://josephsmithpapers.org/paperSummary/history-circa-summer-1832?p=1 "History, circa Summer 1832,"] ''The Joseph Smith Papers''.</ref> |
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Joseph Smith recorded the following in his own handwriting:
a piller of
firelight above the brightness of the sun at noon day come down from above and rested upon me and I was filled with the spirit of god and the Lord opened the heavens upon me and I saw the Lord and he spake unto me saying Joseph my son thy sins are forgiven thee. go thy way walk in my statutes and keep my commandments behold I am the Lord of glory I was crucifyed for the world that all those who believe on my name may have Eternal life [1]

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