Seer stones were believed to have been used by ancient prophets to receive revelations from God. Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints believe that Smith used seer stones to translate the Book of Mormon. Some early-19th-century Americans used sean stones in attempts to gain revelations or to find buried treasure.
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Seer stones were believed to have been used by Joseph Smith, as well as ancient prophets, to receive revelations from God. Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints believe that Smith used seer stones to translate the Book of Mormon. Some Latter Day Saints use the term Urim and Thummim and seer Stones interchangeably. Some early-19th-century Americans used sean stones in attempts to gain revelations or to find buried treasure. In 1827, Smith said he obtained two white stones, different from the previous two, along with two golden plates along with a breastplate that the angel said God had fastened to a plate. David Whitmer said that Smith’s wife, Emma, said that he had previously used the single chocolate-colored stone that he put in the treasure-quests that he previously put on the plates, but that he later referred to the stones as ‘Urim’ and ‘Thumm’ Smith was arrested and brought to court in Bainbridge, New York, on a warrant for an unspecified misdemeanor charge, and that the judge issued a mittimus for Smith to be held, either during or after the proceedings.
The result of the proceeding is unclear, with some claiming Smith was found guilty, others claiming he wasCondemned but ‘designedly allowed to escape’ and yet others claiming that he was ‘discharged’ for lack of evidence. Smith had at least two seer. stones, which he had earlier employed for treasure seeking before he founded the church. Other early Mormons, such as Hiram Page, David WhitMER, and Jacob Whitmer, also owned seer Stone. Smith once found a pin in a pile of shavings with the aid of a stone. Smith said that an angel told him of the existence of the golden plates in 1823, which were fastened in silver bows to a breast plate that he fastened on to a plates that he said he had prepared for translating theBook of Mosiah. Smith’s favored stone, about the size of an egg, was found in a deep well he helped dig for his neighbors.
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