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Mo Li Hua appeared in a 1937 Hollywood movie The Good Earth (based on a novel by Pearl S. Buck). [6]: 51– During World War II, some Hollywood films used the "Mo Li Hua" tune to represent the Chinese. [8] The tune, without lyrics, was also used as a musical theme in Avatar: The Last Airbender, a 2005–2008 television series. [40]
Joseph Smith was born on December 23, 1805, in Vermont, on the border between the villages of South Royalton and Sharon, to Lucy Mack Smith and her husband Joseph Smith Sr., a merchant and farmer. [6] He was one of eleven children. At the age of seven, Smith had a bone infection and, after receiving surgery, used crutches for three years. [7]
Shortly thereafter, Joseph's eldest brother, Alvin, dies. Smith meets and marries Emma Hale, against the objections of her parents. A few years later, Smith retrieves and translates the golden plates. During one session of translation, Smith and his scribe, Oliver Cowdery, pray to learn more about a
Joseph Smith reportedly guided local seer Samuel T. Lawrence to the hill, where the two used a seer stone to view the golden plates; Lawrence reportedly was the first to see a pair of spectacles in addition to the plates. [220] Oliver Cowdrey, one of the Three Witnesses, was a distant relative of Joseph Smith who also engaged in divination. [221]
Full-scale model of the golden plates based on Joseph Smith's description. The golden plates are a set of bound and engraved metal plates that Latter Day Saint denominations believe are the source of Joseph Smith's English translation of the Book of Mormon. Although several witnesses said they saw the plates, Smith said that he returned them to ...
Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter-day Saint movement, is viewed by the movement's adherents as a prophet in the tradition of the ancient prophets recorded in the Bible. During his life, Smith made several prophecies, many documented in the Doctrine and Covenants , a book of scripture in several of the movement's denominations .
The murder of Joseph and Hyrum Smith Pepper-box pistol used by Joseph Smith to defend himself on June 27, 1844 After a hearing, Smith was released but stayed in the jail at the request of Governor Dunklin as there were to be additional charges filed the following day.
Smith and several other Church leaders surrendered to state authorities on charges of treason. [16] Although they were civilians, Smith was immediately brought before a military court , accused of treason , and sentenced to be executed the next morning, but Alexander Doniphan , who was Smith's former attorney and a brigadier general in the ...