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Show Salt Lake City, Utah. Dear Mrs. Tanner: I believe I said in my letter to you that the Nei baur Journal now reposes in a safe in the Church Historian's Office where it belongs. The reason that Alexander N eibaur told no one of his experience for forty years is that it was strictly confidential and should remain so. I think we should respect his confidence. Actually, the last time I asked permission to see the Journal, I was refused. Any at t em p t to reproduce it at this time is out of the question. Hugh Nibley nesses now living can testify, and was adhered to and often reaffirmed without variation.' (Church History, J. V. Pement." Volume 1, Page 19) for June 29, 1959,. Mr. Herald In the Saints' that the Messenger and admittance the makes Pement not published on May 2, 1838 Advocate Mr. and Mrs. Tanner met with the same refusal that Mrs. Moore and I met with. SUCH A CLAIM and then the unwillingness to produce one bit of e e To the law and to authentic evidence to sustain it. the testimony: if they speak not according to this word IT IS BECAUSE THERE IS NO LIGHT IN THEM." HAVE NO The Reorganized Latter Day Saints EVIDENCE "TO SUSTAIN this so-called first vision of 1820 either. In the APRIL 13, 1959 Saints' Herald in the "Questlon Time" thefollowingquestion a vision was asked: "Was Joseph Smith's story of revealed for the woods in of two divine personages the first time when published in the Times and Sea in 1842-twenty-two years after it was sup sons to have taken place? Is it true that in all pre posed accounts people ..... Yours very truly, vious in fOF the Messenger and Advocate then published this Later Oliver ap Ohio Cowdery. by Kirtland, in peared in Times and Seasons as the question he that dicated. The Martyr himself said, however, few (some vision days this of account first repeated the the fact that.he after' it occured, and this despite the experience. of for telling was hated and persecuted in reference remarked III In 1896 Joseph Smith, vision of the concerning father's testimony to his was related to hundreds of (This testimony 1820, before it was written in 1838, as many wit a single e messenger appeared-- an angel of the Lord'? R. J. F." gvn follows: ((Joseph's story of a '!_be VISIon of two divine personages in 1820 was first written by Joseph for publication on May 2, 1838 answer . 14 was being e e and that, Therefore, the words (for the Messenger included Advocate and etc.,' should not have been in this answer." had supplanted He states that the Elders' Journal also states that, He Advocate. and the Messenger ee from the Journal It SEEMS definitely established his history wrote he that of Joseph Smith, Jr., the Question in states closing in 1838." He also e e references that evident is It June 1959, Time of 29, SECOND concerns the to (an angel of the Lord' 1823." VISION, September 21, and the two Now let's examine this question the truth affirm To answers by Mr. J. V. Pement of 1820," vision "first so-called fulness of this in the May 2, was it published states Pement Mr. then has to ad 1838 Messenger and Advocate. He had been dis Advocate and mit that the Messenger in it. not was published vision the that continued and Volume 1, He states that in the Church History, ee was related to hun This that testimony 19, Page in 1838, as dreds of people before it was written can testify, and was now living witnesses many 15 |
