[Revelations] Fayette, New York. Doctrine and Covenants 17. Instructions to the Three Witnesses prior to their viewing the Book of Mormon plates. Must have faith.
In October 1831 Ezra Booth saw this revelation while visiting Missouri with Joseph and other leaders the preceding summer. Ezra Booth Letters (1-3).
Kirtland Revelations Book, 119-120, heading: {A} Revelation to Oliver <Cowdery> David <Whitmer> and Martin Harris given Fayett, Senica Co. New York [DEL: given :DEL] previous to them having a view of the plates &c.
Not printed in Book of Commandments.
1835 Doctrine and Covenants 42 heading: Revelation to Oliver Cowdery, David Whitmer and Martin Harris, June, 1829, given previous to their viewing the plates containing the book of Mormon:. (1)
-- 17 June 1829
[Lucy Mack Smith] Jesse Smith, answering a letter from his nephew Hyrum Smith, violently repudiates Mormonism's claims and calls "a fool story" the report that Joseph Sr. has a "wand or rod" like the Egyptian magicians. (2)
-- about Saturday, June 20, 1829
2Nephi 27 Three Witnesses Specified (3)
-- 21/28 June 1829
[Lucy Mack Smith] Oliver Cowdery, David Whitmer (who remembered that it was a Sunday), and Martin Harris become, at their request, the Three Witnesses. (2)
-- about Monday, June 22, 1829
Jacob 1 D&C 17 received ? (3)
-- 22/23 June or 29/30 June 1829
[Lucy Mack Smith] The Eight Witnesses sign their statement that they have seen and "hefted" the plates. Joseph Jr. returns the plates to Moroni at Manchester. (2)
-- about Tuesday, June 23, 1829
Jacob 4 (3)
-- about Wednesday, June 24, 1829
Jacob 5:50 (3)
Footnotes:
1 - http://saintswithouthalos.com/s/_dc.phtml
2 - Lucy's Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith's Family Memoir, Edited by Lavina Fielding Anderson, 2001, Signature Books
3 - http://www.eldenwatson.net/BoM.htm
Clair Barrus
