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Testimony of Emma Smith

… Testimony of Emma Smith

“A Revelation I Give unto You”: The Revelation of Jesus Christ to Emma Hale Smith

… daughter (25:1). Christ’s healing word came this time to Emma Hale Smith. The revelation we know today as section 25 of the … Concluding exhortation It is immediately clear that Emma Smith’s appointments make up the heart of the revelation. …

The Religious Dimension of Emma’s Letters to Joseph

… letters. We know of only five surviving letters of Emma to Joseph, and they are all the more previous because … are quite rare. Time permits only a focused use of Emma’s notes to the Prophet. Unmentioned here is the light … gathering the Saints. A week before (29 Mar 1837), Joseph Smith stood before a priesthood meeting and “prophesied that …

Joseph Smith Jr.

… to anything but the truth.” [2] One of the reasons the Smith family was prepared to believe that Joseph’s spiritual … 1827, approximately nine months following his marriage to Emma Hale, the daughter of Isaac and Elizabeth Hale of … to work. Upon receiving the ancient record, Joseph and Emma’s life became entirely devoted to the role the Lord had …

Joseph Fielding Smith

… (age 80), Salt Lake City, Utah Even as an infant Joseph F. Smith suffered the atrocities of bitter anti-Mormon … Quorum of the Twelve offered to assist the Prophet Joseph Smith’s widow and her children in reaching the valley, but … one. She knew that every inducement had been offered to Emma Smith, but instead of feeling that such offers should be …

Joseph Smith's Revelatory Restoration

… Unlike Campbell, Smith had few moments of leisured literary reflection. He was … Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. More about Smith’s Bible translation is found in chapter 9. On several … July 1830, Joseph Smith dictated a revelation for his wife Emma, shortly after her baptism. [18] Among other things, she …

Joseph Smith’s Translation of the Bible

… Through the opening of the heavens in modern times, Joseph Smith, Junior, was called as a prophet, a seer, a revelator, … comparisons with Hebrew and Greek manuscripts. [2] Joseph Smith’s translation of the scriptures was, however, highly … of persons who served as scribes. It may be that his wife Emma Smith, labored for a short time as scribe. In a …

Joseph Smith and the Papyri

… Joseph Smith Jr., first prophet and president of The Church of Jesus … 2. 3–7 October 1835 Frederick G. Williams served as Joseph Smith’s scribe, and MS 1294 folder 2 (containing Abraham … 1835 and 29 October 1835   Joseph Smith Joseph Smith to Emma Smith to Lewis Bidamon to Wilford Wood to LDS Church …

Joseph Smith's Practice of Plural Marriage

… at times specified by the Lord. The Prophet Joseph Smith reported an angel appeared to him in 1834, directing … regarding the motivations of the participants. Joseph Smith’s nephew, Church President Joseph F. Smith, wrote in … first plural marriage without informing his legal wife, Emma Hale Smith. Not informing Emma of the polygamous …

Joseph Smith in the National Portrait Gallery

… Figure 1. Joseph Smith portrait by Adrian Lamb in the Smithsonian National … of portraiture in Western art and America, Joseph Smith’s portraits he sat for during his life, the … oil painting of Joseph Smith (with a companion painting of Emma Smith) owned by the Community of Christ (formerly the …