W. W. Phelps (acting as Joseph's ghostwriter) publishes a poetical rendition of D&C 76; teaches that Jesus is the Savior of multiple worlds.

Date
Feb 1, 1843
Type
Periodical
Source
W. W. Phelps
LDS
Hearsay
Direct
Reference

W. W. Phelps (acting as the ghostwriter for Joseph Smith), "THE ANSWER. TO W. W. PHELPS, ESQ. A Vision," Times and Seasons 4, no. 6 (February 1843): 82-83, The Joseph Smith Papers website, accessed May 31, 2022

Scribe/Publisher
Times and Seasons
People
W. W. Phelps, Joseph Smith, Jr.
Audience
Reading Public, Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Transcription

11. I, Joseph, the prophet, in spirit beheld,

And the eyes of the inner man truly did see

Eternity sketch’d in a vision from God,

Of what was, and now is, and yet is to be.

12. Those things which the Father ordained of old,

Before the world was, or a system had run,—

Through Jesus the Maker and Savior of all;

The only begotten, (Messiah) his son

. . .

18. And now after all of the proofs made of him,

By witnesses truly, by whom he was known,

This is mine, last of all, that he lives; yea he lives!

And sits at the right hand of God, on his throne.

19. And I heard a great voice, bearing record from heav'n,

He's the Saviour, and only begotten of God-

By him, of him, and through him, the worlds were all made,

Even all that career in the heavens so broad,

20. Whose inhabitants, too, from the first to the last,

Are sav'd by the very same Saviour of ours;

And, of course, are begotten God's daughters and sons,

By the very same truths, and the very same pow'rs.

BHR Staff Commentary

It is generally agreed that W. W. Phelps acted as the ghostwriter for Joseph Smith for this text. For more, see Samuel Brown, "The Translator and the Ghost Writer: Joseph Smith and W.W. Phelps," Journal of Mormon History 34, no. 1 (Winter 2008): 26-6 2and Bruce A. Van Orden, "Newspaper Editing and Ghostwriting" available online at https://rsc.byu.edu/well-sing-well-shout/newspaper-editing-ghostwriting

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