This is the first in a series of caches named for and dedicated to the presidents of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. This cache is named for the first president of the modern Church of Christ, Joseph Smith Jr.
President of the Church from April 6, 1830 to June 27, 1844
Joseph Smith Jr. was born December 23, 1805, in Sharon, Vermont, the fifth of eleven children of Joseph Smith and Lucy Mack Smith. He worked on the family farm in Vermont as a boy and later in western New York.after the family moved to the Palmyra area.
A series of remarkable spiritual experiences prepared him for his prophetic calling. Beginning in 1820 at Palmyra, New York, Joseph Smith saw God the Father and Jesus Christ in a vision. Through revelation, he translated and published the Book of Mormon, organized The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on April 6, 1830, and received revelations to guide the Church. By inspiration, he called Apostles and other Church leaders, defined doctrines, and taught the principles and ordinances that would lead to exaltation. Under his leadership, Latter-day Saints founded communities in Ohio, Missouri, and Illinois.
Joseph Smith, Jr. was sustained as First Elder and President of the Church on April 6, 1830. On June 27, 1844, at Carthage, Illinois, Joseph Smith, Jr. died a martyr to his faith.
“If men do not comprehend the character of God, they do not comprehend themselves..." Joseph Smith, Jr., History of the Church, 6:303.
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