Oliver Cowdery
Oliver H. P. Cowdery was an American religious leader who, with Joseph Smith, was an important participant in the formative period of the Latter Day Saint movement in the 1820s and 1830s.
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"But, dear brother, think, further think for a moment, what joy filled our hearts, and with what surprise we must have bowed, when we received under his hand the Holy Priesthood as he said, ‘Upon you m…"
"I beheld with my eyes. And handled with my hands the gold plates from which it was translated. I also beheld the Interpreters."
"While darkness covered the earth and gross darkness the people, long after the authority to administer in holy things had been taken away, the Lord opened the heavens and sent forth his word for the s…"
"This was not long desired before it was realized. The Lord, who is rich in mercy, and ever willing to answer the consistent prayer of the humble, after we had called upon Him in a fervent manner, asid…"
"These were days never to be forgotten—to sit under the sound of a voice dictated by the inspiration of heaven, awakened the utmost gratitude of this bosom! Day after day I continued, uninterrupted, to…"
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1806
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Birth1850
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