Hiriam Page said that it would be impossible for Joseph to write the BOM without supernatural power.
Hiriam Page Resigned (declarant, May 30, 1847) --- The Ensign of Liberty (recorder) · 0.0 yrs after events · Secondhand
Reference
Hiram Page, Letter, May 30, 1847 in The Ensign of Liberty of the Church of Christ (Kirtland, Ohio) January 1, 1848, 63
Date of Account
May 30, 1847
Date of Events
1828–1829
Retrospective Distance
0.0 yrs after events
Hearsay Tier
Secondhand — Tagged 'Direct Reprint'
Point of View
todo
Status
Unreviewed
Source Type
Letter
Audience
General Public
Transcription
To say my mind was so treacherous that I had forgotten what I saw. To say that a man of Joseph’s ability, who at that time did not know how to pronounce the word Nephi, could write a book of six hundred pages, as correct as the book of Mormon, without supernatural power. . . . [I]t would be treating the God of heaven with contempt, to deny these testimonies, with too many others to mention here.