{"id":876,"date":"2020-08-12T03:12:22","date_gmt":"2020-08-12T03:12:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailywool.net\/wp\/?p=876"},"modified":"2020-08-13T03:13:08","modified_gmt":"2020-08-13T03:13:08","slug":"joseph-the-pioneer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailywool.net\/wp\/joseph-the-pioneer\/","title":{"rendered":"Joseph, the Pioneer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Volumes have been written concerning the life and accomplishments of Joseph Smith, but for our purposes here today perhaps a highlight or two will suffice: He was visited by the angel Moroni. He translated, from the precious plates to which he was directed, the Book of Mormon, with its new witness of Christ to all the world. He was the instrument in the hands of the Lord through whom came mighty revelations pertaining to the establishment of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In the course of his ministry he was visited by John the Baptist, Moses, Elijah, Peter, James, and John, that the restoration of all things might be accomplished. He endured persecution; he suffered grievously, as did his followers. He trusted in God. He was true to his prophetic calling. He commenced a marvelous missionary effort to the entire world, which today brings light and truth to the souls of mankind. At length, Joseph Smith died the martyr\u2019s death, as did his brother Hyrum. \u2013 <em>Thomas S. Monson, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.churchofjesuschrist.org\/study\/general-conference\/1997\/04\/they-showed-the-way?lang=eng\">They Showed the Way<\/a>,\u201d Ensign (CR) May 1997<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Volumes have been written concerning the life and accomplishments of Joseph Smith, but for our purposes here today perhaps a highlight or two will suffice: He was visited by the angel Moroni. He translated, from the precious plates to which he was directed, the Book of Mormon, with its new witness of Christ to all [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[213],"class_list":["post-876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wool-quote","tag-joseph-smith"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailywool.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailywool.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailywool.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailywool.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailywool.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=876"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailywool.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/876\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":877,"href":"https:\/\/dailywool.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/876\/revisions\/877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailywool.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailywool.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailywool.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}