Joseph Smith's Angelic Visit in the Field
Published October 27, 2026 at 6:22 PM
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Lucy Mack Smith History Research
While working in a field with his father and brother Alvin, Joseph became weak and stopped under an apple tree. The messenger (angel) who had visited him the previous night appeared again to reprove him for not telling his father about the previous revelation. Joseph then communicated this information to his father.
In Their Own Words
“He was here but a short time, when the messenger whom he saw the previous night, visited him again, and the first thing he said was, “Why did you not tell your father that which I commanded you to tell him?” Joseph replied, “I was afraid my father would not believe me.” The angel rejoined, “He will believe every word you say to him.” — Lucy Mack Smith, History of Joseph Smith by His Mother, Chapter XIX”
Sources & References
Lucy Mack Smith, History of Joseph Smith by His Mother (Biographical Sketches of Joseph Smith), first published 1853, Chapter XIX. https://archive.org/details/biographicalsket0000lucy (account extracted verbatim from the book's Internet Archive OCR text; research confidence: high)
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