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Source:Martin Harris:Origin and History of the Mormonites:Yet I saw them with the eye of faith
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Martin Harris: "I did not see them, as i do that pencil-case, yet I saw them with the eye of faith"
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"I did not see them, as i do that pencil-case, yet I saw them with the eye of faith"
The following statement is from a hostile, third-hand source in late 1850:
On one occasion, a sensible and religious gentleman in Palmyra put the following question to Harris: 'Did you see these plates?' Harris replied that he did. 'But did you see the plates and the engravings on them with your bodily eyes?' Harris replied,' Yes, I saw them with my eyes; they were shown unto me by the power of God, and not of man.' 'But did yon see them with your natural, your bodily eyes, just as you see this pencil-case in my hand? Now say no or yes to this.' Harris replied, 'I did not see them, as i do that pencil-case, yet I saw them with the eye of faith; I saw them just as distinctly as I see anything around me, though at the time they were covered over with a cloth.'[1]
Notes
- ↑ "Origin and History of the Mormonites," The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, September to December 1850.