The Tabernacle Choir and the Orchestra at Temple Square, in the Salt Lake Tabernacle
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Here are some further reports about Martin Harris just before and following his arrival in Utah in 1870, from Susan Easton Black and Larry C. Porter,\u00a0Martin Harris: Uncompromising Witness of the Book of Mormon<\/em>\u00a0(Provo: BYU Studies, 2018):<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
Edward Stevenson first heard Martin Harris bear testimony that an angel had shown him the golden plates from which the Book of Mormon was translated near the town of Pontiac, in Oakland County, Michigan Territory, in 1833.<\/p>\n
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Now, thirty-six years later, Stevenson met with Martin once again on February 11, 1870.\u00a0 He saw him coming out of the Kirtland Temple and observed, \u201cHe took from under his arm a copy of the Book of Mormon, the first edition, I believe, and bore a faithful testimony.\u201d\u00a0 He heard Martin say, \u201cit was his duty to continue to lift up his voice as he had been commanded to do in defence of the Book that he held in his hand, and offered to prove from the Bible that just such a book was to come forth out of the ground.\u201d\u00a0 Martin confessed to Stevenson that \u201che was daily bearing testimony to many who visited the Temple.\u201d\u00a0 (417)<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
Eventually, Edward Stevenson brought the aging witness westward to Utah Territory.\u00a0 En route by train, they reached Des Moines, Iowa, on Monday, 22 August, 1870.\u00a0 There, the president of the local LDS branch invited him to speak to a \u201cspecial meeting\u201d of the congregation.\u00a0 \u201cMartin responded by bearing \u2018testimony as to viewing the plates, the angel\u2019s visit, and visiting professor Anthony [Charles Anthon.\u201d\u00a0 (425)<\/p>\n
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On 4 September 1870, arrived in Salt Lake City, Martin Harris gave a public address during which, according to a contemporary account written down by Edward Stevenson, he related that \u201cMartins Wife had hefted them & felt them [the gold plates] under cover as had Martin.\u201d\u00a0 (433)<\/p>\n
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Wanting many to hear his confirming testimony, Edward Stevenson took Martin to meetinghouses throughout the Salt Lake Valley.\u00a0 In each place, Martin testified of the coming forth of the Book of Mormon.\u00a0 (440)<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
During the morning session of the semiannual general conference of the Church in the Salt Lake Tabernacle on Sunday, 9 October 1870, according to a record of the conference,<\/p>\n
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\u201cMr. Martin Harris, one of the three witnesses to the Book of Mormon, arose and bore testimony to its divine authenticity.\u201d\u00a0 Joseph Hunter was in the congregation and was impressed to record Martin\u2019s declaration:\u00a0 \u201cMartin Harris bore his testimony to the truth of the book of Mormon and also that an angle [angel] of the Lord laid the plates before them.\u201d\u00a0 Mary Ann Weston Maughan, wife of Peter Maughan of Cache Valley, wrote in her journal: \u201cMartin Harris bore a faithful testimony to the truth of the Book of Mormon.\u00a0 I was there and heard him speak.\u201d\u00a0 (442)<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
President Brigham Young concluded the session with a rehearsal of the \u201cmanner in which the witnesses of the book of Mormon left the church.\u00a0 He related circumstances showing that none of those witnesses had ever denied their testimony.\u201d\u00a0 (443)<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\u00a0 \u00a0 Here are some further reports about Martin Harris just before and following his arrival in Utah in 1870, from Susan Easton Black and Larry C. Porter,\u00a0Martin Harris: Uncompromising Witness of the Book of Mormon\u00a0(Provo: BYU Studies, 2018): \u00a0 Edward Stevenson first heard Martin Harris bear testimony that an angel had shown him the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1019,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[56,259,1809,16166,316,319,16164,2905,1815,7980,1570,1715,788,55,16170,16168,4357,1573,5688,782,4003,921],"class_list":["post-87994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-book-of-mormon","tag-book-of-mormon-witnesses","tag-church-of-jesus-christ-of-latter-day-saints","tag-des-moines","tag-gold-plates","tag-golden-plates","tag-iowa","tag-latter-day-saint","tag-lds","tag-lucy-harris","tag-martin-harris","tag-michigan","tag-mormon","tag-mormonism","tag-oakland","tag-pontiac","tag-tabernacle","tag-testimony","tag-three-witnesses","tag-utah","tag-witness","tag-witnesses"],"yoast_head":"\n
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