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	* David bore his testimony of standing in the presence of the angel....		* David bore his testimony of standing in the presence of the angel....

	:David said to Mrs S[tevenson], "My testimony as found ~~int eh~~ Book of Mormon is ~~verifly~~ true and I cannot deny it." "I know," he said, "that the Book of Mormon is as true as the Bible." He relates seeing a messenger while plowing who said "Blessed is the name of the Lord and thehy who keep his Commandments." Soon after Joseph Smith and O[liver] Cowdery came along. David tied his team to the fence. The three were about 40 rods from his father's. While sitting on a log and angel appeared in the midst of a brightness that preceeded him. ON a table in front of him was the ball or compass...sword of Laban, Urim and Thummim or INterpreters. Also the plates, which was shown to them and they were commanded to bear testimony of these things, and he said as he lived those things were true. He fired up with zeal."<ref>David Whitmer, Interview with Edward Stevenson, Journal, 28:123-130, entry of 2 January 1887, LDS Church Archives (spelling, capitalization, and punctuation modernized); original cited in {{EMD\|vol=5\|pages=187}}</ref>		:David said to Mrs S[tevenson], "My testimony as found in the Book of Mormon is verily true and I cannot deny it." "I know," he said, "that the Book of Mormon is as true as the Bible." He relates seeing a messenger while plowing who said "Blessed is the name of the Lord and thehy who keep his Commandments." Soon after Joseph Smith and O[liver] Cowdery came along. David tied his team to the fence. The three were about 40 rods from his father's. While sitting on a log and angel appeared in the midst of a brightness that preceeded him. ON a table in front of him was the ball or compass...sword of Laban, Urim and Thummim or INterpreters. Also the plates, which was shown to them and they were commanded to bear testimony of these things, and he said as he lived those things were true. He fired up with zeal."<ref>David Whitmer, Interview with Edward Stevenson, Journal, 28:123-130, entry of 2 January 1887, LDS Church Archives (spelling, capitalization, and punctuation modernized); original cited in {{EMD\|vol=5\|pages=187}}</ref>

	* In June, 1829, the Lord called Oliver Cowdery, Martin Harris, and myself as the three witnesses, to behold the vision of the Angel, as recorded in the fore part of the Book of Mormon, and to bear testimony to the world that the Book of Mormon is true. I was not called to bear testimony to the mission of Brother Joseph Smith any farther than his work of translating the Book of Mormon, as you can see by reading the testimony of us three witnesses.<ref>{{Book:Whitmer:Address to All Believers in Christ\|pages=31}} ; cited in {{EMD\|vol=5\|pages=200}}</ref>		* In June, 1829, the Lord called Oliver Cowdery, Martin Harris, and myself as the three witnesses, to behold the vision of the Angel, as recorded in the fore part of the Book of Mormon, and to bear testimony to the world that the Book of Mormon is true. I was not called to bear testimony to the mission of Brother Joseph Smith any farther than his work of translating the Book of Mormon, as you can see by reading the testimony of us three witnesses.<ref>{{Book:Whitmer:Address to All Believers in Christ\|pages=31}} ; cited in {{EMD\|vol=5\|pages=200}}</ref>

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	Whitmer was interviewed by Joseph Smith III, in the presence of others, not all of whom were disposed to believe his account. Significantly, he listed several items that he had seen, besides the golden plates:		Whitmer was interviewed by Joseph Smith III, in the presence of others, not all of whom were disposed to believe his account. Significantly, he listed several items that he had seen, besides the golden plates:

	:Rather suggestively [Colonel Giles] asked if it might not have been possible that he, Mr. Whitmer, had been mistaken and had simply been moved upon by some mental disturbance, or hallucination, which had deceived them into thinking he saw the Personage, the Angel, the plates, the Urim and Thummim, and the sword of Laban. How well and distinctly I remember the manner in which Elder Whitmer arose and drew himself up to his full height—a little over six feet—and said, in solemn and impressive tones: "No, sir! I was not under any hallucination, nor was I deceived! I saw with these eyes and I heard with these ears! ''I know whereof I speak!''"<ref>Interview with Joseph Smith III et al. (Richmond, Missouri, July 1884), originally published in ''The Saints' Herald'' (28 January 1936) and reprinted in Cook, ed., David Whitmer Interviews, 134—35, emphasis in the original. Cited in {{Book:Parry Peterson Welch:Echoes and Evidences of the Book of Mormon\|pages=[~~http~~://publications.~~maxwellinstitute~~.byu.edu/fullscreen/?pub=1082&index=3 Chapter 2], {{sofr}}\|author=Daniel C. Peterson\|article=Not Joseph's, and Not Modern}} Also quoted in {{InvestigatingWitnesses1\|start=88}}</ref></blockquote>		:Rather suggestively [Colonel Giles] asked if it might not have been possible that he, Mr. Whitmer, had been mistaken and had simply been moved upon by some mental disturbance, or hallucination, which had deceived them into thinking he saw the Personage, the Angel, the plates, the Urim and Thummim, and the sword of Laban. How well and distinctly I remember the manner in which Elder Whitmer arose and drew himself up to his full height—a little over six feet—and said, in solemn and impressive tones: "No, sir! I was not under any hallucination, nor was I deceived! I saw with these eyes and I heard with these ears! ''I know whereof I speak!''"<ref>Interview with Joseph Smith III et al. (Richmond, Missouri, July 1884), originally published in ''The Saints' Herald'' (28 January 1936) and reprinted in Cook, ed., David Whitmer Interviews, 134—35, emphasis in the original. Cited in {{Book:Parry Peterson Welch:Echoes and Evidences of the Book of Mormon\|pages=[https://publications.mi.byu.edu/fullscreen/?pub=1082&index=3 Chapter 2], {{sofr}}\|author=Daniel C. Peterson\|article=Not Joseph's, and Not Modern}} Also quoted in {{InvestigatingWitnesses1\|start=88}}</ref></blockquote>

	* I saw the angel as plainly as I see you; he was surrounded by the glory of God, which overshadowed us, and we heard his voice, and we saw the records of the Book of Mormon...My testimony is the same as at the beginning, as is true.<ref>David Whitmer, interview with J. Frank McDowell on 8 May 1884, ''Saints' Herald'' 31 (9 August 1884): 508; cited in {{EMD\|vol=5\|pages=223}}</ref>		* I saw the angel as plainly as I see you; he was surrounded by the glory of God, which overshadowed us, and we heard his voice, and we saw the records of the Book of Mormon...My testimony is the same as at the beginning, as is true.<ref>David Whitmer, interview with J. Frank McDowell on 8 May 1884, ''Saints' Herald'' 31 (9 August 1884): 508; cited in {{EMD\|vol=5\|pages=223}}</ref>

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