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Asael Smith's Will, April 10, 1799Asael Smith, Joseph Smith's paternal grandfather, writes his religious feelings to his posterity about Christ.
That there is one god,
and one mediator, between God and man the man Christ Jesus
who gave himself aransome for all, to be testifyed in Due
time. And when you Believe this you will Enter into his rest
and when you enter into his rest you will know what the rest
is, and not before, and having gotne this Evidence that god
is true be still adding to your evidence and enjoy you
present assurance; Do all to God as to your father, for his
love is ten thousand times great toards you, than ever any
earthly fathers could to his offspring.
Lucy Mack SmithUnknown, unknown
"Blessed is my
mother for her soul is ever filled with benevolence
and philanthropy . . . she shall have eternal life"
(Personal Writings of Joseph Smith, 32).
Birth of Joseph SmithDouglas Fryer, 1989"I was born in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and five, on the twenty-third day of December" (Joseph Smith—History 1:3).Smith Family Counseling TogetherPaul Mann, 2000
"I was born of
goodly parents who spared no pains to instruct me in
the Christian religion" (in The Papers of Joseph
Smith, ed. Dean C. Jessee [1989], 1:3).
Joseph Smith Sr. Greeted by His FamilyPaul Mann, 2001"My father, Joseph Smith, Sen., left the State of Vermont, and moved to Palmyra" (Joseph Smith—History 1:3).Joseph as a BoyTheodore Gorka, 1982"I was an obscure boy . . . and my circumstances in life such as to make [me] of no consequence in the world" (Joseph Smith—History 1:22).Joseph Smith, Sr. FamilyDan Baxter, 1982
"[Joseph Smith
Sr.'s] family consisting of eleven souls" (Joseph
Smith—History 1:4).
Joseph Smith, Sr.Unknown, unknown
"Blessed is my
father . . . and when his head is fully ripe he shall
behold himself as an olive tree whose branches are bowed
down with much fruit. He shall also possess a mansion
on high" (Personal Writings of Joseph Smith, 32, text
standardized).
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