...joins with two other witnesses in testifying the authenticity of the revelation, as follows: — ' We declare with words of soberness, that an angel...from heaven, and he brought and laid before our eyes [«c] that we beheld and saw the plates and the engravings thereon.' Eight other witnesses also testify...

...certificates, one of which is signed by three, and the other by eight witnesses. The three witnesses testify, " That an Angel of God came down from heaven, and he...beheld and saw the plates and the engravings thereon." The eight witnesses testify, " We have seen and hefted, and know of a surety that the said Smith has...

...workmanship." The other was to the same effect "That an angel of God ", such are the words nsed, " came down from heaven, and he brought and laid before...beheld and saw the plates and the engravings thereon." Absurd as this " account " i«, or perhaps because it is absurd, it has imposed upon many ; while the...

...engravings which are upon the plates ; and they have been shewn unto us by the power of God, and not of man. And we declare with words of soberness, that...down from heaven, and he brought and laid before our eyesr that we beheld and saw the plates^ and the engravings thereon ; and we know that it is by the...

...record;" and know that they have been translated by the gift and power of God, and that they " declare that an angel of God came down from heaven, and he...before our eyes, that we beheld and saw the plates and engravings thereon." There is also the testimony of eight witnesses, " that the plates of which Joseph...

...God; for his voice hath declared it unto us; wherefore we know of a surety that the work is true — and we declare with words of soberness that an angel...from heaven and he brought and laid before our eyes, and we bebeld and saw the plates and the engravings thereon; and we know that it is'by the grace of...

...little doubt that he bore the same relation to it that Cowdery did. The declaration in the testimony ' that an angel of God came down from heaven, and he...beheld and saw the plates, and the engravings thereon," show but too well what sort of jugglery to blind people's eyes, this certificate is. They seem themselves...

...engravings, which are upon the plates, and they have been shown unto us by the power of God, and not of man. And we declare, with words of soberness, that an angel of God came from heaven, and he brought and laid before our eyes, that we beheld and saw the plates and the engravings...

...engravings, which are upon the plates, and they have been shown unto us by the power of God, and not of man. And we declare, with words of soberness, that an angel of God came from heaven, and he brought and laid before our eyes that we beheld and saw the plates and the engravings...

...— for his voice hath declared it unto us ; wherefore, we know of a surety that the work is true ; and we declare, with words of soberness, that an angel...beheld and saw the plates and the engravings thereon." Eight olher witnesses, to wit : Christian Whitman, Jacob Whitman, Peter Whitman, jun., John Whitman,...