Joseph Smith Jr. Blessing (January 23, 1833)
As recorded by Joseph Smith: About 3 o’clock P.M. I dismissed the school and the presidency retired to the loft attic storey of the printing office, where we attended to the ordinance of washing our bodies in pure water. We also perfumed our bodies and our heads, in the name of the Lord. At early candlelight…Joseph Smith Jr. Blessing (September 14, 1840)
As recorded by Lucy Mack Smith, mother of the Prophet Joseph Smith: my husband commenced vomitting blood. I sent immediately for Joseph and Hyrum; who as soon as they came, gave him something to alleviate his distress. This was saturday night. The next morning Joseph came in and told his father, that he should not…
The CES Letter & Faith Crisis (Hannah Stoddard Latter-day Radio Interview: Polygamy, the translation of the Book of Mormon & more!)
Are you or someone you know experiencing a faith crisis? Are you struggling with LDS Church History? On June 22, 2018, Hannah Stoddard joined Greg Jarrard on Latter-day Radio to discuss the CES Letter, Joseph Smith’s polygamy, the translation of the Book of Mormon and more!
Plural Marriage (or Celestial Marriage, Patriarchal Marriage, Polygamy)
Note: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints does not currently practice plural marriage. Please see the revelation on this subject. 1831 Introduction Plural marriage was likely revealed to the Prophet Joseph Smith by 1831. Joseph F. Smith, son of President Hyrum Smith, nephew of Joseph Smith and sixth President of the Church “The great…
Happy birthday to the Prophet Joseph Smith!
“I should like to see introduced among the Latter-day Saints…the practice of celebrating or commemorating the birthday of the Prophet Joseph Smith. . . . in my judgment the next birthday celebration to that of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ should be that of Joseph Smith.” (Joseph F. Smith) On this day, we celebrate the birth…