Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship:

Vast Prairies and Trackless Wilds of Snow: A Good Test of Sincerity

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Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship
Published:
4/22/2021
Specs:
Digest / 5.25" x 8.25"
16 pages Saddle-stitched
Category:
Religion
Tags:
church history, church of jesus christ of latter-day saints, lamanites, lds, Missionaries, Mormonism, Witnesses

Abstract: Embarking roughly six months after the organization of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the 1830–1831 “mission to the Lamanites” faced challenges that we pampered moderns can scarcely imagine. Oliver Cowdery, Peter Whitmer Jr., Parley P. Pratt, Ziba Peterson, and, eventually, Frederick G. Williams demonstrated beyond reasonable dispute the depth of their commitment to the Restoration and to the promises extended by the Book of Mormon to the surviving children of Lehi. Given that Cowdery and Whitmer were witnesses of the golden plates, this demonstration of their genuine belief seems significant.

Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship: Vast P...


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