Joseph said that the Book of Mormon was translated by the gift and power of God.
Joseph Smith, Jr. (declarant, Jan 4, 1833) --- Frederick G. Williams (recorder) · 0.0 yrs after events · Thirdhand+
Reference
Joseph Smith, Letter to Noah C. Saxton, January 4, 1833, Letterbook 1, 17, The Joseph Smith Papers website, accessed July 8, 2021
Date of Account
Jan 4, 1833
Date of Events
Jan 4, 1833
Retrospective Distance
0.0 yrs after events
Hearsay Tier
Thirdhand+ — Tagged 'Scribed Verbatim'
Point of View
todo
Status
Unreviewed
Source Type
Letter
Audience
Noah C. Saxton, General Public
Transcription
The Book of Mormon is a record of the forefathers of our western Tribes of Indians, having been found through the ministration of an holy Angel translated into our own Language by the gift and power of God, after having been hid up in the earth for the last fourteen hundred years containing the word of God, which was delivered unto them, By it we learn that our western tribes of Indians are desendants from that Joseph that was sold into Egypt, and that the land of America is a promised land unto them, and unto it all the tribes of Israel will come. with as many of the gentiles as shall comply with the requesitions of the new co[v]enant. But the tribe of Judah will return to old Jerusalem.