Joseph Smith
This is the State where Joseph Smith was born.
This is the Township in upstate New York where the sacred grove is located.
Palmyra, New York.
Name the 3 people who served as scribes for Joseph Smith as he translated the Book of Mormon.
Emma Smith, Martin Harris, Oliver Cowdery.
This friend of Joseph Smith, scribe, and witness of the Book of Mormon lived his later years and is buried in Clarkston, Utah.
Who is Martin Harris?
In 1870, at 87, Harris moved to the Utah Territory and, shortly afterward, was rebaptized into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Harris, who had been left destitute and without a congregation in Kirtland, accepted the assistance of members of the LDS Church, who raised $200 (equivalent to $4,000 in 2019) to help him move west. Harris lived the last four and a half years of his life with relatives in Cache Valley. He died on July 10, 1875, in Clarkston, Utah Territory, and was buried there.
?This the first temple built in this dispensation. At it's dedication people reported seeing angels. Jesus Christ appeared to Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery in this temple.
What is the Kirtland Temple?
Please read D&C 110:1-8
Joseph Smith was the ___ of ____ children born to Joseph Smith Sr. and Lucy Mack Smith.f (Not counting their first son who died in infancy.)
Joseph Smith was the 4th of 10 children.
Alvin, Hyrum, Sophronia, Joseph Smith Jr., Samuel, Ephraim, William, Katharine, Don Carlos, Lucy.
The majority of the Book of Mormon was translated in these two places.
Joseph and Lucy's home in Susquehanna, PA and the Whitmer Home in Fayetteville, NY.
How did Joseph Smith translate the Book of Mormon?
"By the Gift and Power of God."
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/history/topics/book-of-mormon-translation?lang=eng
This person was a well known minister and leader of baptist congregations in Ohio. When he accepted the gospel hundreds of his followers did to. Amoung the members of his congregations were Parley P. Pratt, Isaac Morley, and Edward Partridge.
This person became a spokesman for the church and counselor to Joseph Smith. He was tarred and feathered along with Joseph Smith.
Who is Sidney Rigdon?
Where and when is the first mention of temple work in this dispensation?
D&C 2:1-2. These are words quoted by Moroni during his first visit to Joseph Smith in September 1823.
Discuss why temples are so important.
Joseph Smith was ___ years old when he first saw the plates and ___ years old when he received them and translated them.
Joseph Smith was 22 years old when first visited by Moroni and when he uncovered the plates for the first time (September 1823). He was 26 when he was permitted to take them home (September 1827).
Where, and by whom, and to whom was the Priesthood Restored?
In Susquehanna, PA. John the Baptist conferred upon Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery the Aaronic Priesthood in May of 1829.
Joseph and Oliver also received the Melchezidek Priesthood shortly after from Peter, James, and John.
Does the original manuscript still exist? If so, where is it?
The very most original was mostly destroyed by water damage after being placed in the cornerstone of the Nauvoo House. 28% was salvaged.
The printers manuscript is completely intact and is owned by the church.
This person was someone who was with Joseph Smith and supported and believed him from the very beginning. "In life they were not divided and in death they were not separated."
Who is Hyrum Smith.
Please read D&C 135: 1, 6-7
Who said this: If you wish this Temple built, go to work and do all you can this season. Some say, “I do not like to do it, for we never began to build a Temple without the bells of hell beginning to ring.” I want to hear them ring again.
Brigham Young. Temple building, Temple ordinances, and temple work for the dead have been an important work since the beginning of the restoration. One may even argue that temple work IS the restoration.
Was Joseph Smith alive and involved in the decision to move the Saints west to the Great Basin?
Yes!
Where were Joseph and Emma living at the time of his Martyrdom?
In the Nauvoo Mansion house. (Although called the Mansion House, it was not all that big and Joseph and Emma rented out many rooms.)
Name at least three truths about Heavenly Father's Plan of Happiness for his children that are taught or clarified in the Book of Mormon.
Discussion
As a young mother, this person was dying of consumption. She pleaded with the Lord to spare her life. If allowed to live she vowed to serve God with her whole soul. She was not only vital to Joseph Smith's early years, but staunchly supported and defended him as the Lord's prophet. She sacrificed much for the benefit of the early saints and the church.
Who is Lucy Mack Smith. The prophet's mother.
It took this many years to build the Salt Lake City Temple.
What is 40. Brigham Young had passed away and so had John Taylor. Wilford Woodruff was the Prophet when it was dedicated in 1893.
Easy Points!! Please read aloud for the group D&C 135:3
Thank You.
This is the date and the location when the church was officially organized.
April 6th, 1830 at the Peter Whitmer Farm house in Fayetteville, NY.
How many official witnesses of the Book of Mormon are there?
11. The 3 witnesses and the 8 witnesses. Did any of them ever deny their testimony of the Book of Mormon? No.
This woman sacrificed A TON in support of Joseph Smith and the work of restoration - Giving and serving alongside him until his death in 1844. Specific sections in the D&C were received specifically for her. She endured poverty, lost children in infancy, suffered persecution and slander, and had to share her husband with the entire church. What an incredible Woman!!
Emma Smith.
This is the number of Temples now in service around the world.
What is 168?