while praying Joseph was visited by two "personages" who identified themselves as God the Father and Jesus Christ. He was told not to join any of the churches. In 1823, Joseph Smith said he was ...
More than 200 years ago in 1820, Joseph Smith was a young farm boy with questions about religion and his standing before God. He had worries and fears, much like young people today. His faith in Jesus ...
According to the testimony of Joseph Smith's younger brother William ... He feels the presence of Satan, continues to pray, and has the visitation of the Father and the Son, and is told to ...
His parents, Joseph Smith Sr. and Lucy Mack Smith ... She later wrote that she spent her adolescence “reading the Bible and praying” outside of an organized church. While living in Turnbridge ...
“Gathering the Family of God” “In response to earnest prayer on the evening of Sept. 21, 1823, Joseph’s bedroom filled with light until it ‘was lighter than at noonday’ (Joseph Smith—History 1:30). A ...