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Additional Internal Evidence of the Authenticity of the Book of Mormon - II

TitleAdditional Internal Evidence of the Authenticity of the Book of Mormon - II
Publication TypeMagazine Article
Year of Publication1931
AuthorsBall, Isaac B.
MagazineImprovement Era
Volume34
Issue Number6
Pagination457-459, 494-495
Date PublishedJune 1931
KeywordsEarthquake; Natural Disasters; Volcanic Eruption
Abstract

Defends the reality of the natural catastrophes described in 3 Nephi 8-10. Quotes descriptions of more recent hurricanes and earthquakes to show how similar the details are and how accurate the Book of Mormon account is. The account in 3 Nephi 8-10 is so accurate that neither Joseph Smith nor Oliver Cowdery could have had sufficient knowledge of the facts of natural disasters to have invented this description.