David Dille reports Martin Harris affirming that Joseph translated with the gift and power of the BOM.
Martin Harris (declarant, Aug 20, 1859) --- The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star (recorder) · 0.0 yrs after events · Thirdhand+
Reference
D.B. Dille, “Additional Testimony of Martin Harris (One of the Three Witnesses) to the Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon,” Millennial Star 21, no. 34 (August 20, 1859): 545, interview conducted in September 15, 1853
Date of Account
Aug 20, 1859
Date of Events
1828–1829
Retrospective Distance
0.0 yrs after events
Hearsay Tier
Thirdhand+ — Tagged 'Scribed Verbatim Reprint'
Point of View
todo
Status
Unreviewed
Source Type
Interview
Audience
General Public
Transcription
I know that the plates have been translated by the gift and power of God, for his voice declared it unto us; therefore I know of a surety that the work is true. For,” continued Mr. Harris, “did I not at one time hold the plates on my knee an hour-and-a-half, whilst in conversation with Joseph, when we went to bury them in the woods, that the enemy might not obtain them? Yes, I did. And as many of the plates as Joseph Smith translated I handled with my hands, plate after plate.[”]