Why Did Hiram Page Remain Faithful to the Book of Mormon? #599

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🗓️ 15 March 2021

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Hiram Page is best remembered among Latter-day Saints as the subject of the revelation given to Joseph Smith now canonized as section 28 of the Doctrine and Covenants where the Lord appoints Joseph Smith as the only one authorized to receive revelation on behalf of the whole Church. However, Page is also counted among the eight witnesses who hefted the plates from which the Book of Mormon was translated and gave their names to the world to testify to the plates' reality. This KnoWhy tracks Page's contributions to the Restoration--including his abiding witnesses to the Book of Mormon's divinity--up to his early death in the 1850s.

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0:00.0	As many of the leaves of the said Smith translated, we did handle with our hands, and we also saw
0:05.0	the engravings thereon, all of which has the appearance of ancient work and curious workmanship.
0:10.2	The testimony of the eight witnesses.
0:12.7	Hey listeners, this is Neil from Book of Mormon Central, and today's podcast addresses the question,
0:17.4	why did Hiram Page remain faithful to the Book of Mormon?
0:22.3	At the beginning of the Book of Mormon, a statement approved by eight named witnesses declares that Joseph Smith has shown
0:27.4	unto us the plates, which have the appearance of gold, and as many of the leaves as the said
0:32.9	Smith has translated, we did handle with our hands. They added that they also saw the engravings thereon,
0:39.4	all of which has the appearance of ancient work and of curious workmanship.
0:45.2	Among these eight, the name Hiram Page stands out as the only one who is not named Whitmer
0:51.0	or Smith. Nonetheless, he is among the lesser known witnesses today. Despite not being named Whitmer or Smith. Nonetheless, he is among the lesser-known witnesses today.
0:56.2	Despite not being named Whitmer, Page was, in fact, part of the Whitmer clan. In 1825,
1:02.6	he had married Catherine Whitmer, daughter of Peter and Mary Whitmer. They lived at or near Catherine's
1:08.3	parents' farm when Joseph and Oliver were there translating
1:11.8	the Book of Mormon and thus became acquainted with the work.
1:15.7	In June 1829, as Joseph completed the translation, he selected Page to be among the eight
1:21.3	witnesses.
1:23.0	Later, as the Book of Mormon was being printed early in the winter of 1830, Page was commissioned by
1:28.0	revelation to travel with two others to Canada to try to secure the copyright in that country
1:34.3	and throughout the British Empire by printing and selling the Book of Mormon in the Canadian
1:38.5	domain. Page obediently joined Oliver Cowdery and perhaps others on the trip, the prophesied success
1:44.7	of which was dependent upon if the people hardened not their hearts against the enticing
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