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Testimony of Jacob Gates
| Title | Testimony of Jacob Gates |
| Publication Type | Magazine Article |
| Year of Publication | 1912 |
| Authors | Gates, Jacob F. |
| Magazine | Improvement Era |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue Number | 5 |
| Pagination | 418-419 |
| Date Published | March 1912 |
| Keywords | Book of Mormon Translation; Cowdery, Oliver; John the Baptist; Priesthood Restoration |
| Abstract | Jacob F. Gates relates the interview which his father, Jacob Gates, had with Oliver Cowdery in 1849. In response to Gates' questions, Oliver Cowdery testified that the Book of Mormon "was translated by the gift and power of God" and that he had received the priesthood by an angel whose hand "I felt...as plainly as I could feel yours." |
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Bibliographic Citation
"Testimony of Jacob Gates." Improvement Era 15, no. 5 (1912): 418-419.
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