Zenas H. Gurley meets with John Whitmer; Whitmer discusses the Book of Mormon translation process.

Date
Dec 15, 1879
Type
Periodical
Source
Zenas H. Gurley
Non-LDS
Hearsay
2nd Hand
Late
Reference

S. F. Walker, "Synopsis of a Discourse by Zenas H. Gurley," The Saints Herald 26, no. 24 (December 15, 1879): 370

Scribe/Publisher
The Saints' Herald
People
Zenas H. Gurley, John Whitmer
Audience
Reading Public
Transcription

. . . When the work of translation was going on and he sat at one table with his writing material and Joseph at another with the breastplate and Urim and Thummim. The latter were attached to the breastplate and were two crystals or glasses, into which he looked and saw the words of the book.

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