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The LDS Church purchased historic artifacts and buildings for an undisclosed price from the Community of Christ in 2024. This ‘Caractors’ document is believed to contain a sample of inscriptions from the gold plates.
Joseph Smith claimed these characters were reformed Egyptian but critics think they are deformed English.
"When I ask for more missionaries, I am not asking for more testimony-barren or unworthy missionaries. I am asking that we start earlier and train our missionaries better in every branch and every ward in the world. That is another challenge—that the young people will understand that it is a great privilege to go on a mission and that they must be physically well, mentally well, spiritually well, and that “the Lord cannot look upon sin with the least degree of allowance. I am asking for missionaries who have been carefully indoctrinated and trained through the family and the organizations of the Church, and who come to the mission with a great desire. I am asking for better interviews, more searching interviews, more sympathetic and understanding interviews, but especially that we train prospective missionaries much better, much earlier, much longer, so that each anticipates his mission with great joy." - Spencer W. Kimball, 1974
"I am asking for missionaries who have been carefully indoctrinated" - LDS President, Spencer W. Kimball, 1974
"In 1890, the Lord told Wilford Woodruff, the President of the Church, that men should not marry more than one wife anymore. The leaders of the Church shared this commandment with the Saints. This is still the Lord’s commandment today—a man should be married to only one wife." - LDS Scripture Stories, Doctrine and Covenants: 1831–1890 Plural Marriage
Faith to obey a law from the Lord even when it's hard
"For many years, some of the Saints were asked to be in plural marriages. People outside the Church did not like plural marriage. They made laws against it. Some Saints, including Church leaders, were put in prison. But the Lord blessed the families who obeyed His commandments, even when it was hard." - LDS Scripture Stories, Doctrine and Covenants: 1831–1890 Plural Marriage
Faith to obey a law from the Lord even when it's hard
"Brigham Young and his wife Mary Ann prayed a lot to the Lord about what to do. They learned that they should obey the commandment of plural marriage." - LDS Scripture Stories, Doctrine and Covenants: 1831–1890 Plural Marriage
Faith to obey a law from the Lord even when it's hard
"Joseph taught the Twelve Apostles about plural marriage. It was a hard commandment for them too." - LDS Scripture Stories, Doctrine and Covenants: 1831–1890 Plural Marriage
Faith to obey a law from the Lord even when it's hard