Excerpt from Cumorah's Southern Messenger, Vol. 17: December, 1943 It is true the roll he played was not the roll assigned to all of us alike. He had his particular nitch to fill as the Man of Galilee had His; Moses had his; Washing ton, his; and each of us, our own. All that is required of any of us is that we play the part assigned to us with full devotion and zeal as did this youth of Vermont. Joseph Smith's introduction to the world came with his announcement of the most wonderous experience that has come to mortal man. He was not yet fifteen years of age when he declared that he had been visited by both God the Father and Jesus Christ His Son. Standing before the youth in 'the sacred grove the One introduced the Other, saying, This is my beloved Son, hear Him! Then was given to the boy the answer to the question which had prompted his prayer and brought about the divine visit. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.