Elizabeth Sermon Journal Entry: Devils Gate. ... My faith was in my Heavenly Father. I never lost that faith in Him. It is as sweet today to trust and my prayer is, may I always trust Him. He is a friend that has never failed" (as quoted in Journal of the Trail, ed. Stwart E. Glzier and Robert S. Clark, ...

Throughout the stories of Jesus are found miraculous healings as well as acts of service and profound love toward the lonely, the downtrodden, the outsider, and the sinner. Such acts attest not only to the Savior’s desire to seek out the lost sheep in His fold but also to the way in which He sees us as greater than we see ourselves.

A person authorized of God to see with spiritual eyes things which God has hidden from the world (see Moses 6: 35–38). He is a revelator and a prophet (see Mosiah 8:13–16; The Guide to the Scriptures, "Seer," 224). One who reveals the will of God to His children. Members of the First Presidency and the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus ...

Those pages were lost due to disobedience and were never retranslated. In early April 1829, Oliver Cowdery came to meet the Prophet and soon became his new scribe. During the translation, Joseph and Oliver went into the woods and prayed for guidance on the subject of baptism.

At one time after seeking earnestly to know from the Lord if there was anything that I could do for the building up of the Kingdom of God, a most pleasant sensation came over me with the following words. Try to get the Sisters to subscribe one cent per week for the purpose of buying glass and nails for the Temple.

This effect is also seen in an undated, lost painting from circa 1925 that depicts the appearance of the angel Moroni to Joseph Smith. Conversion On June 10, 1924, Joseph Paul Vorst was baptized a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Lost Pages. Personal Tragedy. Preparing for Winter. Before Oliver arrived, Joseph had been praying for help—and now God had sent it. Just two days after his arrival, Oliver began writing full-time as Joseph translated. “These were days never to be forgotten.” ...

Jesus told Joseph that people had turned away from Him; though they still spoke of Christ, they had lost the full power of His truth. The church Joseph was looking for no longer existed on the earth—but the time would soon come when it would be restored, when old prophecies and covenants would begin to be fulfilled.

Joseph never pretended to be perfect or infallible, yet pulled no punches in acknowledging the power of God wielded through him when acting as a prophet: “When I speak as a man it is Joseph only that speaks. But when the Lord speaks through me, it is no longer Joseph Smith who speaks; but it is God, and let all Israel hear.” 33

By the power of God I translated the Book of Mormon from hieroglyphics, the knowledge of which was lost to the world, in which wonderful event I stood alone, an unlearned youth, to combat the worldly wisdom and multiplied ignorance of eighteen centuries, with a new revelation.History of the Church,