Youth Gems: President Gordon B. Hinckley on Joseph Smith and the Word of Wisdom

Gems for Youth
President Gordon B. Hinckley on Joseph Smith and the Word of Wisdom
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“The code of health followed by Latter-day Saints, which is so widely praised in these days of cancer and heart research, is in reality a revelation given to Joseph Smith in 1833 as ‘a Word of Wisdom’ from the Lord (see D&C 89:1). In no conceivable way could it have come of the dietary literature of the time nor from the mind of the man who announced it. Today, in terms of medical research, it is a miracle whose observance has saved incalculable suffering and premature death for uncounted tens of thousands.”

Topics: Joseph Smith, Word of Wisdom

(“Joseph Smith Jr.–Prophet of God, Mighty Servant,” Ensign, Dec. 2005, 2)