You're not going to be here. In every dispensation of the world a witness is called to testify to the people of that day and age that he has seen God

and has talked with him and has received instructions and guidance from him.

That witness is called to testify in his day that God lives,

that he is real, that he cares about his children, that he hears and answers our prayers, and that he has a work for us to do.

Faith comes and is increased by listening to and heeding the testimony of that witness.

In our day, in this the dispensation of the fullness of times,

that witness is Joseph Smith.

Welcome to Meridian magazines's Come Follow Me podcast.

We are Scott and Maureen Proctor and we love being with you each week and discussing with

you the sacred truths of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

In this year's lessons we are immersing ourselves in the doctrine of covenants, the early history

of the church and naturally in the lives of Joseph Smith and his family and associates.

Today we have the immense privilege of exploring and reflecting upon the First Vision, and our

scriptural text is Joseph Smith history chapter 1

verses 1 through 26. To better understand the first vision we need to have some

historical and family context for the young boy Joseph and his family.

We have the great blessing of going back into the Prophet Joseph's mother's writings and original

dictation of her history.

Lucy Max Smith's record is one of the great treasures of the church.

Imagine any world leader or spiritual giant having a biography written by his or her mother.

We have this in the history of Joseph Smith by his mother, Lucy Max Smith.

As we did this project many years ago and became intimately acquainted with Lucy's turn of

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