The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1899-09-30

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I sa people 81 Got al ~
Lattar Day Glory, fan cN-
ceeding the glory &c furmcrd days
lna waole movement proved ta
be sNindie The leader was
arrested andthe movement failed,
Tho birth of Joseph Smith occurs
red when this movement was ut
its height and while his mother
was a member Of il.
Ten wears later his parents
moved Palmyra, N. 81. and four
years afterward to Manchester,
IN the sane county. He grew up
in a home without refinement,
His parents were illiterate, igno-
rant and Incorporate. In addi-
tion to health and strength, he
had an active mind and a vivid
imag g,natiou. Being without
school advantages, he followed
his own crude ideas. He was
fascinated with the adventures Of
Captain Kidd, and with some
young friends he would hunt at
night for buried money N the
uelds about hi4 father house.
He is said TO have had a religious
turn ot mind, and during ra-
vivnl he was exercised very deep-
" on the subject. Ills imagina-
tion, his superstitiou9 and his re-
iigious excitement combined to
create wonderful visions in his
untutored mind.
AT the age Of about fifteen hc
began, as he claimed, to see vis-
ions and dream dreams. These
experiences continued through
seven years, four Of which he
spent away from home, seeking
employment in Pennsylvania and
elsewhere. His visions attracted
attention. The newspapers be-
gan to talk about him.
Sidney Rigdon read what they
said. II seemed to him that here
was fine opportunity 70 get
Spaulding' manuscript, as emen-
a way a5 ID secure a hearing anu
and be successful. Spauiding
claimed that his manuscript was
found in a mound. Smith was a
mound digger and a seer Of Wis.,
ions. He would gee him TO have
vision about finding a manu-
scrip. ia a mound and would ther
( publish II.
So Rigd1n visited Smith, IN,
duced him to marry . lady aode'
his in.luence-he had run away
with her-and soon after propos
ed his scheme, to which the 70.
W.nLc .7aitu cJopy age -
The marriage took place Jan. Is
| 1921. On Sept. 22nd, Of tha
\ year, Smith professed to hav,
made his great discovery. HI
said that he was told in dream
and visions that he was chosen 0
the Lord to be a great prophet u
restore the gospel which had beef
taken from the world many cen
turies ago; that an angel came t.
his room at midnight, awoke hin
and read TO him five chapters o
the Bible and afterwards took hin
TO a hill which he called Cumorah
This is four miles from Palmyri
and is now the property Of Admi
raj Sampson. He said the ange
had told him about these plate
four years before, but had for
bidden him to unearth them unit
now, which he proceeded to q
by she help Of the angel, the.
: being covered by a stone Of con
siderable size.
lie described the plates as be
ing deposited in a stone bo
: formed by laying stones togethe
in some kind of cement. The,
were bound by rings in the forr
of a book, four inches wide, eigh
: inches long and six inches thick
: Accompanying these were tn
g Urim and Thummin, the tw
{, stones by which he was enable
e to interpret them. During tn
! winter Of 1928 Smith copied
8 number Of the engravings by tn
aid Of an amanuensis, Marti
]. Harris. He concealed himse
: behind a curtain, which was
r bed blanket, and there read b
d means ofthe Urim and Thummin
0 what he claimed was a transla
a ton of the engravings on th
0 plates, and Harris wrote dow
r what he read. Afterwards oil
yer Cowdery performed this sci
Al vice. The work thus produce
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