Tuesday, April 12, 2022

Testimonies of Descendants of Joseph & Emma

Joseph Smith, Jr.
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Further to my two previous posts:
      Conflation of Testimony?1
      Staying? or Leaving?2

In these latter-days, as we process our own testimonies and witness of what is true, perhaps these experiences, testimonies, and witness of descendants of Joseph and Emma Smith might be of help:
      Gracia Jones Full Interview 1st part3
      Gracia Jones Full Interview 2nd Part4 

      Joseph Smith Descendant Testimonies Kimberly Smith 6 275

See additional resources below.6
Emma Hale Smith
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In light of these testimonies and witnesses,7 what should we make of the belief or claims that the Church was rejected years ago, along with its dead? Aren't we all under varying degrees of condemnation because of our propensity to go our own way, to think thoughts that oppose the Spirit of Truth; to confuse, assume, presume, fear, retaliate, mis-perceive, treat lightly, and on and on? The scriptures are full of stories of chosen leaders and followers who made mistakes or sinned, repeatedly — some repented, some did not; thus the continual necessity for the witness of the Holy Ghost in all things  — to be watchmen, not just of the course and claims of things and people, but of our own predispositions.

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1. https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2022/04/conflation-of-testimony.html
2. https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2022/03/staying-or-leaving.html
3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGGw8lgh__0&t=954s
4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkOJTQaRCe0&t=1199s
5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAqW2AFUV4A&t=316s
6. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwezWHpMhrs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv25pFpKw9c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJFOV3Y39H8
Short Version of Descendant Joseph Smith Testimonies (Michael Kennedy | Feb 20, 2022 | Time 20:41 min.) at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdUqumrgAJs
The Joseph Smith and Emma Hale Smith Historical Society: https://www.josephsmithjr.org/
Michael kennedy's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/RogerAllanKennedy/videos
7. (and thousands of others throughout Church history by Temple workers, family history enthusiasts, and faith-filled saints receiving or acting upon similar dreams and visions)

Image Sources:
Joseph Smith Jr.
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File URL: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8d/Joseph_smith.jpg
Attribution: unknown painter, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Discretion: Joseph Smith, Jr.
Source: http://www.helpingmormons.org/The_Prophets_Have_Spoken.htm
Permision: This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 70 years or fewer.

Emma Hale Smith:
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File URL: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/EmmaSmith.jpg
Attribution: Lee Greene Richards (July 27, 1878 – February 20, 1950) Original Publisher and Copyright holder: LDS Church Archives (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Description: English: Emma Smith, wife married of Joseph Smith, Jr.. An early leader of the Latter Day Saint movement, during Joseph Smith's lifetime and afterward as a member of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (RLDS, now the Community of Christ).
Date: before 1950
Source: Harold B. Lee Library, Digital Collections, Religious Education Image Archive: here. Courtesy of LDS Church Archives | Can also be viewed here including reference to authorship by Lee Greene Richards.
Author: Lee Greene Richards (July 27, 1878 – February 20, 1950)
Original Publisher and Copyright holder: LDS Church Archives (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
Permission: See "Copyright Status/Owner" on page. Reads "Public Domain, Courtesy of LDS Church Archives".
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