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Jesus Christ restored the gospel through Joseph Smith.

Jennifer Smith February 10, 2010

Do you know the name of the person who organized The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; established a bank, a newspaper, and a printing office; supervised the building of the Church’s first temple; initiated extensive missionary work; made a translation of the Bible; received keys of authority from Moses, Elias, and Elijah; and translated the Book of Mormon? If you answered Joseph Smith, you are correct.* Joseph lived…
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Jesus Christ restored the gospel through Joseph Smith.

Jennifer Smith February 10, 2010

Abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost (Rom. 15:13). It had been only a few months since Peter’s father, Dr. Mattias Koteles, a professor at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, had attended an important scientific conference in Austria. On his return, he had told his family an exciting story that had nothing to do with the conference but that he had heard from one of the American…
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Joseph Smith translated the Book of Mormon by the power of God.

Jennifer Smith February 10, 2010

There is a hill in western New York called Cumorah. It may appear to be an ordinary hill, but for hundreds of years an extraordinary treasure lay hidden in it. When this sacred treasure was finally brought forth, it began to change the world. Over eighteen hundred years had gone by since Jesus lived upon the earth, and people had changed His doctrines and teachings. These changes caused a great…
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Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ appeared to Joseph Smith.

Jennifer Smith February 10, 2010

Fourteen-year-old Joseph Smith was worried about religion. He didn’t know which church to join. One day he read in the Bible, “If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, … and it shall be given him” (James 1:5). Joseph decided he would do as the scripture said and ask God which church was the right one to join. He went to a grove of trees near his…
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Jesus Christ restored the gospel through Joseph Smith.

Jesus Christ restored the gospel through Joseph Smith.

Joseph Smith translated the Book of Mormon by the power of God.

Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ appeared to Joseph Smith.