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Go Tell Your Father

Jeremy Winborg (1979– )

Medium

United States
ca. 2006
Oil

"In attempting to cross the fence out of the field where we were, my strength entirely failed me, and I fell helpless on the ground. . . . . . . I looked up, and beheld the same messenger standing over my head. . . . He then again related unto me all that he had related to me the previous night, and commanded me to go to my father and tell him." —Joseph Smith—History 1:48–49

“This event was important because it included Joseph’s father and eventually his entire family, who wholeheartedly believed Joseph and whose support was needed for Joseph to complete the work that lay ahead.”