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Joseph Smith’s life is a testimony to the reality of that calling. “I was called of my Heavenly Father to lay the foundation of this great work and kingdom in this dispensation, and testify of His revealed will to scattered Israel.” Mission of the Prophet Joseph Smith The First Vision This Is My Beloved Son. Hear Him! A Marvelous Work and a Wonder The Greatest Gospel Dispensation of All Time Moroni: Messenger of the Restoration The Book of Mormon God Reveals His Word in Our Time The Book of Mormon The Authority to Baptize The Church of Jesus Christ Restored Following Jesus Christ The Church of Jesus Christ Restored Missionaries Sent among the Nations Building the Kingdom of God Preparing for the Return of Jesus Christ Building the Kingdom of God The House of the Lord Jesus Christ Comes to His Temple Blessings of the Temple The House of the Lord The Prophet’s Legacy Martyred for the Cause of Christ Praise to the Man The Prophet’s Legacy The Book of Mormon Another Testament of Jesus Christ Joseph Smith Translates the Gold Plates The Book of Mormon The Church of Jesus Christ Restored The Rise of the Church of Christ in These Last Days The Priesthood of God Returns to the Earth The Church of Jesus Christ Restored Building the Kingdom of God To Bless the Whole Human Race The Saints Gather to Worship God Building the Kingdom of God Modern Scripture Revealed Building the Kingdom of God Power to Seal on Earth and in Heaven The House of the Lord The Saints’ Devotion to the Temple The House of the Lord Knowledge of God’s Plan The Prophet’s Legacy The Work of God Rolls Forward The Prophet’s Legacy The First Vision “I had actually seen a light, and in the midst of that light I saw two Personages, and they did in reality speak to me; and though I was hated and persecuted for saying that I had seen a vision, yet it was true. . . . I had seen a vision; I knew it, and I knew that God knew it, and I could not deny it, neither dared I do it; at least I knew that by so doing I would offend God, and come under condemnation.” Joseph Smith—History 1:25. The First Vision Seeking God’s Truth The First Vision God Answers Joseph’s Prayer The First Vision Joseph Comes to Know God Life of the Prophet Joseph Smith Foreordained of God I Was Ordained to This Very Calling A Christian Heritage Born of Goodly Parents Joseph and Emma The Choice of My Heart Trials and Persecutions His Name Should Be Had for Good and Evil Missionary Labors The Truth of God Will Go Forth Prisoner for Jesus Christ Peace Be unto Thy Soul Temple Builder We Need the Temple More Than Anything Else Martyr for God I Am a Lover of the Cause of Christ Called of God I the Lord . . . Called upon My Servant Joseph Prophet, Seer, and Revelator Like unto Moses Teacher of God’s Truth A Voice like the Thunders of Heaven Leading with Love A Servant of All Character of Joseph Smith Gentleness and Meekness and Love Unfeigned Friend of Man Honored and Blest Be His Ever Great Name Witnesses of the Prophet Joseph Smith “I am a witness that Joseph Smith was a prophet of God. . . . He was a man of God and had the revelations of Jesus Christ, and the words of Jesus Christ to the people. He did build and establish the kingdom of God on earth, and through him the Lord Almighty again restored the priesthood to the children of men. . . . “I am a witness of this; and all who will hear the voice of the servants of God, pay attention to what they say and obey the commandments given to the people, shall receive a testimony and know that we tell them the truth, that Joseph is a prophet of God, and did actually finish the work which the Lord gave him to do, sealed his testimony with his blood, and has gone to dwell in the world of spirits” (Brigham Young, Deseret News, Feb. 27, 1856, 403). Latter-day Prophets’ Witnesses of the Prophet Brigham Young Latter-day Prophets John Taylor Latter-day Prophets Wilford Woodruff Latter-day Prophets Lorenzo Snow Latter-day Prophets Joseph F. Smith Latter-day Prophets Heber J. Grant Latter-day Prophets George Albert Smith Latter-day Prophets David O. McKay Latter-day Prophets Joseph Fielding Smith Latter-day Prophets Harold B. Lee Latter-day Prophets Spencer W. Kimball Latter-day Prophets Ezra Taft Benson Latter-day Prophets Howard W. Hunter Latter-day Prophets Gordon B. Hinckley Latter-day Prophets Thomas S. Monson Latter-day Prophets Russell M. Nelson President First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles Russell M. Nelson President Dallin H. Oaks First Counselor M. Russell Ballard Quorum of the Twelve Apostles Dieter F. Uchtdorf Quorum of the Twelve Apostles Quentin L. Cook Quorum of the Twelve Apostles Neil L. Andersen Quorum of the Twelve Apostles Gary E. Stevenson Quorum of the Twelve Apostles Gerrit W. Gong Quorum of the Twelve Apostles Henry B. Eyring Second Counselor Jeffrey R. Holland Quorum of the Twelve Apostles David A. Bednar Quorum of the Twelve Apostles D. Todd Christofferson Quorum of the Twelve Apostles Ronald A. Rasband Quorum of the Twelve Apostles Dale G. Renlund Quorum of the Twelve Apostles Ulisses Soares Quorum of the Twelve Apostles Reminiscences John Needham Reminiscences Parley P. Pratt Reminiscences Martin Harris Reminiscences Sarah DeArmon Pea Rich Reminiscences Eliza R. Snow Reminiscences Daniel D. McArthur Reminiscences Emmeline B. Wells Reminiscences Gilbert Belnap Reminiscences Lucy W. Kimball Reminiscences Jane Snyder Richards Reminiscences Jacob Butterfield Reminiscences George Q. Cannon Reminiscences Angus Cannon Reminiscences William Clayton Reminiscences Howard Coray Reminiscences Joseph Smith Quotes View Quotes by Topic Image Galleries The First Vision Gallery Spring 1820 The Book of Mormon Gallery Another Testament of Jesus Christ The Church of Jesus Christ Restored Gallery April 6, 1830 Building the Kingdom of God Gallery Painting by Robert Theodore Barrett The House of the Lord Gallery Painting by Glen Hopkinson The Prophet’s Legacy Gallery Martyred for the Cause of Christ Joseph the Man Gallery 1805–1844 Ministry Gallery 1832–1844 Trials and Persecutions Gallery 1805–1844 Church History home...