A clergyman's belief in the truth of the Book of Mormon and the restored Church

“Fortunately or unfortunately for me, I say, I believe you people are right in following the word given with such wonderful power and certainty, as witnessed by the disinterested men who saw with their own eyes and heard with their own ears, at the beginning. Who can believe these, with Joseph and Hyruni Smith, were all liars and worse? I cannot. But here, dear cousin, is a question for you and your elders: What is to become of such as me, who believe this about you, and yet are tied and bound by circumstances such as mine? Here I have been a minister for fifty-five years, and an ordained priest in the English church, the church of our forefathers, thirty-eight years. I have exercised this ministry all those years, unbroken—I cannot change now if I would. I am an old man, seventy-eight years next birthday (March 10th, 1835, I was born). Yes, let there be no mistake about my belief. I preach three sermons every week and execute other ministerial duties, but I never preach anything contrary to the doctrines of 'Mormonism,' not designedly but necessarily, because I see the fundamentals of Holy Scripture are the same as those restored by what people call 'Mormonism.' ... my visit to you and my uncle quite satisfied me that you were not the sort of bad people you were described to be in certain quarters. — Millennial Star 76:36”