Joseph Smith/Martyrdom/Masonic cry of distress

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Joseph Smith, Jr.
RESOURCES
Martyrdom Healings and miracles Priesthood restore date Alleged false prophecies
Legal trials 1826 trial Kirtland Safety Society Nauvoo city charter Nauvoo Expositor The Council of Fifty The Hurlbut affidavits Politics
"Amusing recitals"/Tall Tales? Occultism and magic Jupiter talisman Masonic distress cry Treasure seeking Seer stones
As Holy Ghost? Personal failings Boastful about the Church? Role in LDS belief
PERSPECTIVES
Joseph Smith’s Visions: His Style and his Record
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Endnotes

• [note] Reed C. Durham, Is there no help for the widow's son?, Presentation to the Mormon History Association, Nauvoo, Illinois, April 20, 1974.

Further reading

FAIR web site

• David Ferguson, "Miraculous Events in Early Church History," ((fairlink|url=http://www.fairlds.org/apol/misc/misc38.html}}