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Nothing could be more pleasing to the Saints upon the order of the kingdom of the Lord, than the light which burst upon the world through the [D&C 76] vision. Every law, every commandment, every promise, every truth, and every point touching the destiny of man, from Genesis to Revelation, where the purity of the scriptures remains unsullied by the folly of men, go to show the perfection of the theory [of different degrees of glory in the future life] and witnesses the fact that that document is a transcript from the records of the eternal world. The sublimity of the ideas; the purity of the language; the scope for action; the continued duration for completion, in order that the heirs of salvation may confess the Lord and bow the knee; the rewards for faithfulness, and the punishments for sins, are so much beyond the narrow-mindedness of men, that every honest man is constrained to exclaim: "It came from God."
History of the Church, 1:252–53.
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Features
View images of historical documents from the life and times of Joseph Smith.
View historical photographs of many of the sites of the Restoration. These include, the Kirtland Temple, Sacred Grove, Hill Cumorah, and Carthage Jail.
An essential resource for scholars and serious students of the life and work of Joseph Smith, early Mormonism, or nineteenth-century American religion.
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On This Day...
July 23, 1833
Kirtland, Ohio. Joseph Smith participated in laying the cornerstones of the Kirtland Temple.
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