"I wrote with my own pen the intire book of Mormon (save a few pages) as it fell from the lips of the prophet" as he translated by the gift and power of God, By means of the urim and Thummim, or as it was called by that book holy interpreters" I beheld with my eyes, And handled with my hands the gold plates from which it was translated. I also beheld the Interpreters" That book is True. Sidney Rigdon did not write it, Mr Spaulding did not write it. I wrote it myself as it fell from the lips of the prophet.

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I wrote, with my own pen, the entire Book of Mormon (save a few pages,) as it fell from the lips of the Prophet Joseph Smith, as he translated it by the gift and power of God, by the means of the Urim and Thummim, or, as it is called by that book, 'holy interpreters.' I beheld with my eyes and handled with my hands the gold plates from which it was translated. I also saw with my eyes and handled with my hands the 'holy interpreters.' That book is true. Sidney Rigdon did not write it. Mr. Spaulding did not write it. I wrote it myself as it fell from the lips of the Prophet.