OP recalls that JS used a seer stone to receive revelation.

Date
Dec 16, 1878
Type
Periodical
Source
Orson Pratt
LDS
Hearsay
Direct
Late
Reference

"Report of Elders Orson Pratt and Joseph F. Smith," The Latter-Day Saints' Millennial Star 40:49 (Dec. 16, 1878): 787

Scribe/Publisher
The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star
People
Orson Pratt, Joseph Smith, Jr., Joseph F. Smith
Audience
Latter-day Saints
Transcription

Declared that sometimes Joseph used a seer stone when enquiring of the Lord, and receiving revelation, but that he was so thoroughly endowed with the inspiration of the Almighty and the spirit of revelation that he often received them without any instrument or other means than the operation of the spirit upon his mind.

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