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Excerpt from The Latter-Day Saints' Millennial Star, Vol. 93: December 17, 1931 In order to Show you the greatness of this modern Prophet, let me give you a summary of the work which he accomplished after he was about twenty years of age. You know he was martyred in 1844. It is hardly conceivable what that man did, and unless we put the facts together and pause for reflection we will hardly realize it. Well here it is: Before the Prophet was twenty-five years of age he had seen the Father and the Son had held eight conversations with the Prophet Moroni; had received the Aaronic Priesthood from John the Baptist, and the Melchi zedek Priesthood from Peter, James and John. He had trans lated the Book of Mormon by the power of God, and had it printed and circulated among the people of the nation. He had organized the Church of Christ by instruction from heaven; had received a number of revelations from God, and then four teen years afterward had seen Elijah who committed unto him the keys of turning the hearts of the children to the fathers; received a visit from Moses, who committed unto him the keys of the gathering; held communion with Elias, who committed unto him the dispensation of the Gospel of Abraham; had built two temples, one in Kirtland and one in Nauvoo. In the former he received the personal ministrations of Jesus. The latter temple was not completed before he was murdered. He received nearly two hundred revelations from God. He completed an entire edition of the Old and New Testament; he translated the Book of Abraham from rolls of papyrus Written by Abraham himself while he was in Egypt, which came from the catacombs of Egypt. He had had revealed to him the visions and writings Of Moses, contained in the Pearl of Great Price, and which con tained a minute account of the rebellion in heaven and of the creation. He had mastered the Greek and Hebrew and other languages, although an illiterate boy when he first received heavenly messengers. I testify to you, brethren and sisters, in all solemnity that I do know that Jesus is the Christ, the Saviour of the world, and that I do know that Joseph Smith was a true Prophet of God, a mighty minister of righteousness, who held the keys Of the kingdom of heaven, and now stands at the head of this great and last dispensation. I bear this testimony in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen. - Address delivered at the Grant Stake M. I. A. Convention, held in the Tabernacle, Salt Lake City, Utah, Sunday, November 14th, 1926. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.