Joseph Smith, Jr.

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Revelation relating to the culpability of Joseph Smith, Jr. in relation to the lost 116 pages.
Future generations (dispensation) shall know of the things that were entrusted to Joseph Smith, Jr. However, this generation is to receive God's word through Joseph Smith.
"And now I command you, my servant Joseph, to repent and walk more uprightly before me, and to yield to the persuasions of men no more ..."
  • Joseph Smith, compiled by Joseph Fielding Smith, "Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith", pp. 120-122
"Fifth - 'Do you believe Joseph Smith, Jun., to be a Prophet?'
Yes, and every other man who has the testimony of Jesus. For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.-Rev. 19:10."
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"Ninth - 'What signs does Joseph Smith give of his divine mission?'
The signs which God is pleased to let him give, according as His wisdom thinks best, in order that He may judge the world agreeable to his own plan.
Tenth - 'Was not Joseph Smith a money digger?'
Yes, but it was never a very profitable job for him, as he only got fourteen dollars a month for it.
Eleventh - 'Did not Joseph Smith steal his wife?'
Ask her, she was of age, she can answer for herself."
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"Fifteenth - 'Do the Mormons baptize in the name of 'Joe' Smith?'
No, but if they did, it would be as valid as the baptism administered by the sectarian priests."
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"Seventeenth - 'Does not 'Joe' Smith profess to be Jesus Christ?'
No, but he professes to be his brother, as all other Saints have done and now do: Matt. 12:49, 50, 'and he stretched forth His hand toward His disciples and said, Behold my mother and my brethren; for whosoever shall do the will of my Father, which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.'"

Relatives and Acquaintances

Father
Joseph Smith, Sr.

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