Ezra Booth says he heard the Three Witnesses preach their testimony in public; says they saw the plates by "faith or imagination."

Date
Oct 24, 1831
Type
Letter
Source
Ezra Booth
Excommunicated
Critic
Hearsay
Direct
Reprint
Reference

Ezra Booth, Letter to Ira Eddy, rep. in "Mormonism—No. III," Ohio Star, October 27, 1831

Scribe/Publisher
Ohio Star
People
Ezra Booth, Martin Harris, David Whitmer, Ira Eddy, Oliver Cowdery
Audience
Ira Eddy, Reading Public
Transcription

You have probably read the testimony of the three witnesses appended to the Book of Mormon. These witnesses testify, that an angel appeared to them, and presented them the golden plates, and the voice of God declared it to be a Divine Record. To this they frequently testify, in the presence oflarge congregations. When in Missouri, I had an opportunity to examine a commandment given to these witnesses, previous to their seeing the plates. They were informed that they should see and hear those things by faith, and then they should testify to the world, as though they had seen and heard, as I see a man, and hear his voice: but after all, it amounts simply to this; that by faith or imagination, they saw the plates and the angel, and by faith or imagination, they heard the voice of the Lord.

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