Sunday Tidbits—Book of Mormon Facts

 

1.      Where in the gold plates did Joseph Smith say the title page of the Book of Mormon was found?

a.      It wasn’t in the gold plates. Joseph Smith wrote it himself

b.      On the last page

c.       On the first page

d.      The first page belonging to the book of Moroni

2.      What portion of the Book of Mormon was published twice to the public before the Book of Mormon was actually published?

a.      A synopsis of the Book of Mormon

b.      The book of Moroni

c.       The title page

d.      The testimony of the three and eight witnesses

Yesterday’s answer:

(D)   W. W. Phelps

In June 1832 the first issue of the Church’s first periodical, The Evening and Morning Star, greeted the public. On page 6 editor William W. Phelps focused on the Book of Mormon, declaring that to bear testimony of its truth “is our duty.” He also commented on Genesis 49: 22-26 regarding Joseph and a “fruitful bough . . . whose branches run over the wall . . . unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills” and tied this scripture with the coming forth of the Book of Mormon. Ezekiel 37: 16-19 was called to the readers’ attention, and for the first time in print the world was told that the two sticks spoken of by that ancient prophet were the Bible and the Book of Mormon.

Book of Mormon Reference Companion, Dennis Largey, ed. (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Co., 2004) 106.