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“Rest Assured, Martin Harris Will Be Here in Time”

Title“Rest Assured, Martin Harris Will Be Here in Time”
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2011
AuthorsBlack, Susan Easton, and Larry C. Porter
JournalJournal of the Book of Mormon and Other Restoration Scripture
Volume20
Issue1
Pagination5-27
KeywordsEarly Church History; Harris, Martin; Testimony; Three Witnesses; Translation
Abstract

Martin Harris, one of the Three Witnesses of the Book of Mormon, was the only witness to join the Saints in Utah. This journey was commenced only after missionaries passed through Kirtland for decades and attempted to convince Harris to make the journey to the Salt Lake Valley. Although each missionary over the course of decades was unsuccessful in his attempts to convince the impoverished, lonely Harris to go to Utah, each was spiritually renewed through the ever-present testimony of the witness of the Book of Mormon and “custodian” of the Kirtland Temple. This is the testimony Harris spread even as he traveled to Utah after a former acquaintance of his finally convinced him to make the trip at the age of eighty-seven. Finally in Utah, Harris enjoyed again the blessings of the church and continued to pronounce, even until he died, his powerful testimony of the Book of Mormon.

URLhttps://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jbms/vol20/iss1/2