A Young Folks' History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

s this was the spot he had seen in his vision. On the west side of this hill, not far from the top, Joseph found a large, rounded stone, nearly covered with earth. Prying this up,

side, and Joseph was taught many things about the future. He was s

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t that he should come to the hill in one year from that date when the angel would meet him. This he must do for four years

on the 22nd day of September of each year, at which time Moroni

siah Stoal, who took Joseph to the State of Pennsylvania, and set him with other men, digging for a silver mine which he thought he could find. After worki

e with the family of Isaac Hale. Here he met Emma Hale w

angel Moroni delivered to him the plates and the Urim and Thummim. He was told to take good care of them as evil men would try to take

holes, in the edges of the plates. This made the plates like a book, so that they might be turned as the leaves of a book are turned. On each side of every plate were engraved beautiful letters, in a lan

ow. It was used in ancient times by the seers, and through it they received revelations of things

to hide them in different places to keep them safe. Mobs began to surround his house, men tried to catch him on the

ith his wife, to her old home in Pennsylvania. While on the way an officer overtook him and searched his w

slow writer he did not make much progress, and so he asked the Lord to send someone to help him. In answer to this request a man

n kept on teasing Joseph till at last the Lord permitted him to show them to certain persons. But Martin showed them to others, and the writings were lost. The Lord was displeased at this, and told Joseph not to translate the sam

worked hard at the translation. You will remember that Joseph was poor, and it seemed they would have to stop tra

soon after Joseph was visited by a young man named David Whitmer, who came to invite them to his father's house

dy to be printed. Martin Harris also helped Joseph in getting out the work. The first edition of five thousand copies was printed in Palmyra, in 1830. Since then the book has been

eph in Pennsylvania. 3. Description of the pl

id he make to Cumorah? 5. Where did Joseph go to work? 6. Whom did he marry? 7. When did Joseph get the plates? 8. Describe the plates. 9. What was the Urim and Th