 | John Hyde - Ex-church members - 1857 - 388 pages
...are upon the plates ; and 11* they haye been shown unto us by the power of God, and not of man. And we declare with words of soberness, that an angel...beheld and saw the plates, and the engravings thereon ; and we know that it is by the grace of God the Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, that we beheld... | |
 | Jules Remy, Julius Lucius Brenchley - History - 1861 - 632 pages
...engravings that are upon the plates ; and they have been shown to us by the power of God and not of man. And we declare with words of soberness, that an angel...beheld and saw the plates and the engravings thereon ; and we know it is by the grace of God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ that we beheld and bare... | |
 | Sir Richard Francis Burton - History - 1862 - 604 pages
...had been translated by the gift and power of God. Furthermore they " declare with words of solemnness that an angel of God came down from heaven, and he...beheld and saw the plates and the engravings thereon." They conclude with these solemn words: "And the honor be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the... | |
 | John Timbs - Characters and characteristics - 1866 - 336 pages
...prefix,ed to every printed copy of the Book of Mormon. These witnesses aver, in their strange language, " that an angel of God came down from heaven, and he brought and lay before our eyes, that we beheld and saw the plates, and the engravings thereon." But a more specific... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Anthologies - 1869 - 530 pages
...three persons (hence known among Mormons as 'the three witnesses'), in which they solemnly declare that ' an angel of God came down from heaven, and...before our eyes that we beheld and saw the plates and engravings thereon.' This statement was presently supported by eight other witnesses, who testify expressly... | |
 | Nelson Winch Green - History - 1870 - 482 pages
...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...beheld and saw the plates, and the engravings thereon; and we know that it is by the graee of God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ, that we beheld and... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1870 - 274 pages
...three persons (hence known among Mormons as 'the three witnesses'), in which they solemnly 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.' This statement was presently supported by eight other witnesses, who testify expressly... | |
 | John Hanson Beadle - Americana - 1870 - 584 pages
...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 of God came down from heaven, and brought and laid before our eyes, that we beheld and saw the plates and the engravings thereon." The... | |
 | Rolander Guy McClellan - British Columbia - 1872 - 794 pages
...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 of God came down from heaven, and brought and laid before our eyes, that we beheld and saw the plates and the engravings thereon." .... | |
 | John Jaques (Mormon.) - Latter Day Saint churches - 1870 - 94 pages
...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 an angel...beheld and saw the plates, and the engravings thereon ; and we know that it is by the grace of God the Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, that we beheld... | |
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And we declare with words of soberness, that an angel of God came down from heaven, and he brought and laid before our eyes, that we beheld and saw the plates, and the engravings thereon... 
