Letter VII (7)

"Glad tidings from Cumorah! Moroni, an angel from heaven, declaring the fulfilment of the prophets—the book to be revealed." (D&C 128:20) President Nelson: "Good inspiration is based upon good information." Latter-day Saints must read Oliver Cowdery's Letter VII to understand Church history and the Book of Mormon. “If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking." –Haruki Murakami

Wednesday, February 2, 2022

Intro to JSP Volume 5 (original manuscript) is online

The notorious Introduction to Volume 5 of the Joseph Smith Papers, the Original Manuscript, is online for everyone to see.

https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/intro/introduction-to-revelations-and-translations-volume-5

You can read my detailed analysis here:

https://www.academia.edu/67756647/Agenda_driven_editorial_content_in_the_Joseph_Smith_Papers

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Original Letter VII

The earliest version of Letter VII available today is in the July 1835 Messenger and Advocate, published in Kirtland. You can see it by clicking here. Go to issue 10, JULY 1835, and scroll to Letter VII.

Or read Letter VII in the Joseph Smith Papers by clicking here. The section on the hill Cumorah starts here: http://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/history-1834-1836/90

You can also read it in Benjamin Winchester's Gospel Reflector here: https://archive.org/details/GospelReflector1841/page/n161

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This is the place
The valley west of Cumorah, looking east at Moroni's statue (above the l in battles). I think we should have a "This is the Place" monument there to match the one in Salt Lake.

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