Footnotes
[1]. Having reference to the man who should bring forth the Nephite Record to the world, that is, to Joseph Smith.
[2]. That is to Joseph Smith.
[3]. II Nephi 27:12-14.
[4]. Ether 5:2-4.
[5]. The great prophet who led a colony from the Tower of Babel to the western hemisphere.
[6]. This was a curious instrument called by the Nephites Liahona. It was found by the prophet Lehi at the door of his tent one morning, in the wilderness, not long after the departure of his colony from Jerusalem. It was a round ball of fine brass with two spindles in it, one of which indicated the course to be traveled by the colony. But the instrument worked according to the faith and diligence with which the colony gave heed to it. From time to time also there appeared upon it written instructions or reproofs according as the colony required the one or the other.
[7]. History of the Church, vol. I, p. 53, and also Doc. and Cov. Sec. 17.
[8]. Joseph Smith the Prophet, by Lucy Smith, ch. 31.
[9]. Ibid.
[10]. Joseph Smith the Prophet, by Lucy Smith, ch. 31.
[11]. Joseph Smith the Prophet, by Lucy Smith, ch. 31.
[12]. History of the Church, vol. I, pp. 54, 55.
[13]. Statement by Oliver Cowdery, Deseret News of 13th April, 1859.
[14]. Letters of Edward Stevenson to Millennial Star, vol. 48, pp. 367-389.
[15]. Millennial Star, vol. 40, nos. 49, 50, report of Pratt and Smith, is signed by them and bears date of Sept. 17, 1878.