Joseph Bailey Smith writes to his son, mentions that Joseph F. Smith prophesied that the papyri would return to the Church.
- Type
- Letter
- Source
- Joseph Bailey Smith LDS
- Hearsay
- Scribed Paraphrase2nd Hand
- Reference
Joseph Bailey Smith, Letter to Joseph Byron Smith, January 1, 1923, CHL, MS 1137
- Scribe/Publisher
- Joseph Bailey Smith
- People
- Samuel Harrison Smith, Joseph Bailey Smith, Joseph Byron Smith, Joseph F. Smith, Effie Field Howell
- Audience
- Joseph Byron Smith
- Transcription
My Son Joseph you are all I have from Effie [Field Howell] that will listen an not always make one feel bad I love you more than I can tell and my first blessing go to you, you will build the Lord work as did Samuel H Smith you shall have part in the construction of many Wards. You was bless by Joseph F. Smith. Prophet of the church, and when You and were in his office YOU was part of a REVELATION given when I spoke that it has to bad that the Abraham papyraham were burnt in the Chicago fire Joseph F. Smith put his hans to his face and said Bro Joseph they are not gon and before your son is 63 years old they will be in the hands of the Church. You will live to see this and you will know the truth. I have not seen Young <Joseph> tell truth.
- BHR Staff Commentary
Joseph Bailey Smith was born in 1870, the son of Samuel Harrison Smith and Mary Catherine Smith, and died in 1944. His son, Joseph Byron Smith, was born in 1906 to Effie Field Howell (1869–1941) and died in 1997. Joseph Byron was 61 years old when the Joseph Smith Papyri were returned to the Church in 1967.
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