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Brothers, I believe there is an angel here to hear what I am going to say to you and you will never forget what I say.
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¶ I will tell you of the most wonderful thing that happened, after Joseph received the plates.
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Three of us, myself and two more, took some tools and went to the hill to dig for more plates of gold or something and indeed we found a stone box.
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We got quite excited and dug around it very carefully, and just when we were ready to lift it up out of the hole, some unseen power slid it back into the hill.
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We stood and looked at it and one of us tried to drive a crowbar through the lid to hold it, but the crowbar glanced off and the corner of the lid was chipped off.
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¶ Sometime that box will be found, and you will find one corner of the lid broken, and you will know that I have spoken the truth.
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Brothers, just as sure as you are standing here and see me, just so sure did we see the Angel with the golden plates in his hand.
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He showed them to me, and I promised I would bear witness of this truth both here and hereafter.
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¶ The Prophet Joseph Smith Jr., Oliver Cowdery, David Whitmer and I went into a small grove to pray to obtain a promise that we should behold with our own eyes that we could testify to the whole world.
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At length the angel stood before Oliver and David with the plates in his hand.
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I had gone a little apart to pray, and in my desperation, I asked the prophet to kneel and pray with me.
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He did so and immediately the angel stood before me and said: Look.
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When I glanced at him, I fell to the ground, but immediately got up and saw the angel turn the leaves of the golden plates over and I said: It is enough, my Lord and my God!
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I then heard the voice of God say, The Book of Mormon is true, and translated correctly.
Note
The order in which this testimony was given has been altered here to create a better flowing narrative.