The LDS Church provided a new glimpse of its origins Tuesday by publishing the handwritten “printer’s manuscript” of the Book of Mormon and photos of the “seer stone,” a dark, egg-size polished rock founder Joseph Smith claimed to have used to produce the faith’s sacred scripture.
Both items are included in the just-released “Revelations and Translations: Volume 3,” the 11th publication in the groundbreaking Joseph Smith Papers Project, as part of an effort to be “more transparent” about Mormonism’s past, LDS Church Historian Steven E. Snow said at a news conference.
Smith said he was led to a set of buried gold plates, which recorded the history of ancient American civilizations and a visit to this continent by Jesus Christ. The Mormon prophet said he was able to “translate” the “reformed Egyptian” language, using spiritual tools, including his “seer stone.”
Read the rest at the Salt Lake Tribune
Also read the related essay that was written about this on LDS.org
The acronym for this necklace is taken from 2 Nephi 9:39
(to be spiritually minded is life eternal “SMILE”) and is a perfect reminder of how we can be spiritually minded
(just smile!).
A perfect gift for a friend, mother, daughter or youth group.
