Joseph records an appearance of the archangel Michael on the banks of the Susquehanna river "detecting the devil" who appeared as an angel of light.

Date
Sep 7, 1842
Type
Letter
Source
Joseph Smith, Jr.
LDS
Hearsay
Scribed Verbatim
Reference

Letter to the Church, 7 September 1842 [D&C 128]: 7, The Joseph Smith Papers website, accessed February 18, 2022

Scribe/Publisher
William Clayton
People
Michael, James, Moroni, Peter, John, Joseph Smith, Jr.
Audience
Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Transcription

And again, what do we hear? Glad tidings from Cumorah! Moroni, An Angel from heaven, declaring the fulfilment of the prophets— the book to be revealed. A voice of the Lord in the wilderness of Fayette, Senneca County, declaring the three witnesses to bear record of the book. A voice The voice of Michael on the banks of the Susquehanna detecting the devil when he appeared as an Angel of light. The voice of Peter, James, and John in the wilderness between <​Harmony​> Susquehanna <​county​> and Colesville, Broom County; on the Susquehanna river, declaring themselves as possessing the keys of the kingdom, and of the dispensation of the fulness of times.

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