Original sentence: "  The history, written in close proximity to the events it described, is at odds on a number of issues with the "official" history of the Church as promoted by the Church for well over a century and a half now.For instance, Cowdery never mentions that Smith had a vision in which God the Father and Jesus Christ appeared to him, called by Mormons the First Vision, or other events prior to his relationship with Smith.In 1834 and 1835, Cowdery, with Smith's aid, published a "history" of the Church as a series of articles in the Church's "Messenger and Advocate
Edited sentence: For instance, Cowdery never mentions that Smith had a vision in which God the Father and Jesus Christ appeared to him, called by Mormons the First Vision.In 1834 and 1835, Cowdery, with Smith's aid, published a "history" of the Church as a series of articles in the Church's _Messenger and Advocate_.The history, written in close proximity to the events it described, is at odds on a number of issues with the "official" history of the Church as promoted by the Church for well over a century and a half now.The omission is striking given Cowdery's intimacy with Smith