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Lesson 5: Satan's Opposition to the Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon

TitleLesson 5: Satan's Opposition to the Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon
Publication TypeMagazine Article
Year of Publication1957
AuthorsDoxey, Roy W.
MagazineRelief Society Magazine
Volume44
Issue Number11
Pagination760-764
Date PublishedNovember 1957
KeywordsAdversary; Adversity; First Vision; Lost 116 Pages; Satan; Smith, Joseph, Jr.
Abstract

In opposition to the Lord’s great work of saving the souls of mankind, Satan has sought to destroy the same. Joseph Smith was cautioned that temptations would arise concerning the gold plates. The loss of the manuscript was not a frustration to God’s work, it was an important lesson.