Testimony of Prophet Joseph Smith
“Satan would try to tempt me (in consequence of the indigent circumstances of my father’s family), to get the plates for the purpose of getting rich. This he forbade me, saying that I must have no other object in view in getting the plates but to glorify God, and must not be influenced by any other motive than that of building His kingdom; otherwise I could not get them.”
More than the value of the volume of gold to the world, was the value of the record (even to the world), which likely could have been sold to scholarship for a large sum.
An ancient record in upper state New York? Written on Gold? Simply amazing! We see, however, as a common theme in the Book of Mormon, that prosperity doesn’t bring lasting happiness. Only obedience to the gospel of Jesus Christ can bring that.
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