Joseph Smith Log Home
Joseph Smith Junior, founder of the Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-day Saints, lived in this small log home as a young
boy. His father, Joseph Smith Senior, and mother Lucy Mack
Smith, moved him and the rest of his family, consisting of
eight children, to Palmyra, New York in 1815. After a few
years in Palmyra, Joseph's father bought 100 acres of wooded
land. He cleared the land, built a cabin, prepared the soil
for cultivation, and planted crops with the help of his family.
In this small house 14 year old Joseph Smith Jr., third son
of Lucy and Joseph's, learned from the bible. His family studied
the bible at the kitchen table. Here Joseph Smith Jr. read
the verses in James stating "If any of you lack wisdom,
let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and
upbraideth not; and it shall be given him." Joseph, confused
of what church to join, decided to do as James said and ask
of God. In the early spring of 1820, he prayed to God in a
heavily wooded grove of trees about such and such a distance
from his house, in his back yard practically, to ask Him which
of the churches he should join. God the Father and his son
Jesus Christ appeared to the young boy and told him to join
none of the churches.
On the 21st of September 1823, three years later, Joseph
Smith Jr. now 17 years old received a revelation in answer
to another prayer, this time concerning his question of what
God wanted him to do with his life. Joseph received this revelation
in his own bedroom, but this time God sent an angel, Moroni,
to answer Joseph's question. Moroni told him about an ancient
record buried in a hill such and such a distance from his
home. He told Joseph to retrieve the record and translate
it by the power of God. He appeared to Joseph two more times
during the night, repeating his message.
A replica of the Joseph Smith Log Home they built sits located
on the original foundation in Palmyra.
Guides give tours daily of the Joseph Smith Log Home.
Joseph Smith Log Home
843 Stafford Road
Palmyra, New York 14522
Call 1-315-597-5851 for more information
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