In the sections, 14-17, we meet the Whitmer family. We’ll talk about their role as witnesses to the Book of Mormon, and touch on what happened to the family later in the church’s history. I also discuss the identical sections of 15 and 16 and I’ll finish by giving you some questions to ponder this week during your Come, Follow Me study.


Links

Saints – Whitmer stories 

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/history/saints-v1/07-fellow-servants?lang=eng¶=13-29#p13

Witnesses to the Book of Mormon Church Essay

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/history/topics/witnesses-of-the-book-of-mormon?lang=eng

Encyclopedia of Mormonism entry about David Whitmer

https://eom.byu.edu/index.php/Whitmer,_David

Moroni- Joseph Smith’s Tutor (on the road story)

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/1992/01/moroni-joseph-smiths-tutor?lang=eng

Three Witnesses Book of Mormon Central

https://knowhy.bookofmormoncentral.org/knowhy/why-were-three-key-witnesses-chosen-to-testify-of-the-book-of-mormon

Revelations in Context – Whitmer Family

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/revelations-in-context/the-knight-and-whitmer-families?lang=eng¶=10-12#p10

Whitmer Farm

https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/content/historic-sites/new-york/fayette/peter-whitmer-log-home-in-fayette-ny?lang=eng&groupid=46327668782952647300-eng

Patriarchal Blessings

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/gospel-topics/patriarchal-blessings?lang=eng

April 6, 1830

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/1971/01/april-6-1830-the-day-the-church-was-organized?lang=eng

Women’s Rights in Colonial America

https://ap.gilderlehrman.org/essay/legal-status-women-1776–1830