Mr. Howe was wary about including the affidavits in his book, Mormonism Unveiled, because he knew that Hurlbut was having legal difficulties with Joseph Smith. With so many witnesses, surely some evidence of rebuttal would have surfaced. It is the Word of God that contradicts his teachings and condemns his doctrines. It is a gem in that it reproduces the affidavits collected by Philastus Hurlburt of over one hundred of. Therefore, the negative opinions of Anderson and Brodie on this issue carry far less weight and amount to nothing more than what they are: opinions. In fact, these affidavits were signed in front of Thomas P. Baldwin, a Judge of Wayne County Court in New York; Fred K. Smith, Justice of the Peace of Wayne County; Jonathan Lapham, Justice of the peace; Charles Dimon, Justice of the Peace; and, some of the signers of the testimonies even had people who signed off as character references for them! I will use his comments as a springboard of my own to counter the general claims of those attempting to discredit Mr. Hurlbut's affidavits. Again, the Mormons have a strong need to discredit the critics of Mormonism. Remember, these are legal documents. Mr. Hurlbut is merely the messenger. What we can see in this chart is that the eyewitnesses are saying the same things. by the author, 1834 - Mormon Church - 290 pages. He first wrote to Isaac Hale and received in reply a long notarized statement and an affidavit from Hale's son Alva testifying that the notarized statement was "correct and true. Eber D. Howe, with critical comments by Dan Vogel, Mormonism Unvailed, Eber D. Howe, Dan Vogel, Signature Books. He has taken Richard L. Anderson's article and found many glaring weaknesses in it. It is a gem in that it reproduces the affidavits collected by Philastus Hurlburt of over one hundred of Joseph Smith's neighbors and cohorts during his money digging days. It's the first to present the Spalding-Rigdon theory. Nevertheless, if what Mrs. Brodie says is true, that Mr. Hurlbut was excommunicated from the LDS church, it does not necessarily discredit the information presented by him. The book Mormonism Unvailed (sic)1 by Eber D. Howe, printed in 1834, contains sworn testimonies from neighbors and acquaintances of Joseph Smith concerning the dubious character of him and his family. mormonism unvailed: or, a faithful account of that singular imposition and d e l u s i o n, from its rise to the present time. It is then signed by 51 people. click, Contact | Facebook | Twitter | Store | Radio | Copying and Linking | Statement of Faith | The Warning TractCARM, PO BOX 1353, Nampa ID 83653 | 385-246-1048 | [email protected] by EverythingsA.com  Powered by the Connectivity.Engineer Network, Christian Apologetics & Research Ministry, CARM, PO BOX 1353, Nampa ID 83653 | 385-246-1048. (Mormonism Unveiled, page 262). I am glad that this book has been preserved and now can be found so easily on the internet. Matt Slick is the President and Founder of the Christian Apologetics and Research Ministry. (Mormonism Unveiled, p. 248). Copy and paste this code into your Wikipedia page. Les membres Amazon Prime profitent de la livraison accélérée gratuite sur des millions d’articles, d’un accès à des milliers de films et séries sur Prime Video, et de nombreux autres avantages. With sketches of the characters of its propagators, and a full detail of the manner in which the famous Golden Bible was brought before the world. In the booklet Book of Mormon Authorship: A Closer Look, Vernal Holley states that Joseph Smith in 1826 was arrested and stood trial for "glass Looking," a misdemeanor. © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. ou ses filiales. If this is true, then we can actually read what people who knew Smith and his family had to say about their character, manners, disposition, etc. The testimonies were gathered by a Mr. Philastus Hurlbut and were included in E. D. Howe's Book. Mormonism Unveiled is a book written in 1834 by E. D. Howe.