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Snapshot 5: David Whitmer, a man who has “studied his own soul”

by Administration | Aug 8, 2024 | Witnesses of the Book of Mormon — Snapshots

For more information, see the Witnesses of the Book of Mormon — Insights series compiled from the many interviews conducted during the course of the Witnesses film project. These episodes are hosted by Camrey Bagley Fox, who played Emma Smith in Witnesses, as she...

Snapshot 4: Why Does God Use Physical Objects?

by Administration | Aug 8, 2024 | Witnesses of the Book of Mormon — Snapshots

“Now the first that my [husband] translated, [the book] was translated by use of the Urim, and Thummim, and that was the part that Martin Harris lost, after that he used a small stone, not exactly, black, but was rather a dark color.” Emma Smith Bidamon to Emma...

Snapshot 3: A Witness in High Demand

by Administration | Aug 8, 2024 | Witnesses of the Book of Mormon — Snapshots

David Whitmer was elected to the Richmond city council for multiple terms and filled the unexpired term of mayor from 1867 to 1868. He was the owner and proprietor of the “Livery and Feed Stable of D. Whitmer & Son” of Richmond. The Richmond Conservator of...

Snapshot 2: An Alternative Way of Grounding Truth and Authority

by Administration | Aug 8, 2024 | Witnesses of the Book of Mormon — Snapshots

“[H]ow to act I did not know, and unless I could get more wisdom than I then had, I would never know; for the teachers of religion of the different sects understood the same passages of scripture so differently as to destroy all confidence in settling the question by...

Snapshot 1: “How can I deny what I know to be true?”

by Administration | Aug 8, 2024 | Witnesses of the Book of Mormon — Snapshots

“While the mob was raging in Jackson Co. Mo. in 1833 some young men ran down Hiram Page in the woods one of the eight witnesses, and commenced beating and pounding him with whips and clubs. He begged, but there was no mercy. They said he was a damned Mormon, and they...
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