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==Joseph Smith (1832): "for I become convicted of my sins"== | ==Joseph Smith (1832): "for I become convicted of my sins"== | ||
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from the age of twelve years to fifteen I pondered many things in my heart concerning the sittuation of the world of mankind the contentions and divi[si]ons the wicke[d]ness and abominations and the darkness which pervaded the <del>of the</del> minds of mankind my mind become excedingly distressed for I become convicted of my sins....therefore I cried unto the Lord for mercy for there was none else to whom I could go and to obtain mercy and the Lord heard my cry in the wilderness and while in <ins>the</ins> attitude of calling upon the Lord </span><ins>in the 16th year of my age</ins><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</span> <ref>[http://josephsmithpapers.org/paperSummary/history-circa-summer-1832?p=1 "History, circa Summer 1832,"] ''The Joseph Smith Papers''.</ref> | from the age of twelve years to fifteen I pondered many things in my heart concerning the sittuation of the world of mankind the contentions and divi[si]ons the wicke[d]ness and abominations and the darkness which pervaded the <del>of the</del> minds of mankind my mind become excedingly distressed for I become convicted of my sins....therefore I cried unto the Lord for mercy for there was none else to whom I could go and to obtain mercy and the Lord heard my cry in the wilderness and while in <ins>the</ins> attitude of calling upon the Lord </span><ins>in the 16th year of my age</ins><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</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:
from the age of twelve years to fifteen I pondered many things in my heart concerning the sittuation of the world of mankind the contentions and divi[si]ons the wicke[d]ness and abominations and the darkness which pervaded the
of theminds of mankind my mind become excedingly distressed for I become convicted of my sins....therefore I cried unto the Lord for mercy for there was none else to whom I could go and to obtain mercy and the Lord heard my cry in the wilderness and while in the attitude of calling upon the Lord in the 16th year of my age a piller offirelight 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 [1]

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