View source for Source:David Whitmer:Quoted by Zena H. Gurley:Dialogue:he used a stone called a 'Seers stone,' the 'Interpreters' having been taken away from him because of transgression

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==Whitmer: "he used a stone called a 'Seers stone,' the 'Interpreters' having been taken away from him because of transgression==
David Whitmer:
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[H]e used a stone called a “Seers stone,” the “Interpreters” having been taken away from him because of transgression. The “Interpreters” were taken from Joseph after he allowed Martin Harris to carry away the 116 pages of Ms [manuscript] of the Book of Mormon as a punishment, but he was allowed to go on and translate by use of a “Seers stone” which he had, and which he placed in a hat into which he buried his face, stating to me and others that the original character appeared upon parchment and under it the translation in English.<ref>David Whitmer, quoted by Zenas H. Gurley, cited in Richard van Wagoner and Steven Walker, “Joseph Smith: ‘The Gift of Seeing’,” ''Dialogue'' 15/2 (Summer 1982), 54.</ref>
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