Ether 5 – 7
Had I been among those helping Joseph during the period of translating the Book of Mormon I have no doubt that I would have desired and asked to be one of the three who would stand as a witness to the world, along with Joseph and the book itself, to the truthfullness of the work. The question is, with the pressures that would come with such a position, would I have remained faithful to the church throughout my life or would I have fallen away had I been among the three witnesses? As much as I would like to say I would have stayed faithful, I must admit that I cannot know the weight they carried well enough to honestly give that answer and history gives strong evidence that no witness chosen as one of the three would withstand and remain faithful to the church without lapse – only to the Book of Mormon.
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