Church History Gems: The Church of Jesus Christ Was Organized

Gems on Church History
The Church of Jesus Christ Was Organized
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“About 1820, religious excitement led Joseph Smith to seek the right church, the proper mode of worship, the right way to live. The desire to know impelled the youth to seek the Lord in earnest prayer. One result of the answer to his prayer was the organization of the Church in Peter Whitmer’s home on . . . April 6, 1830. In that organization may be found the comprehension of the whole plan of man’s salvation.

“Now I wish to consider that organization as one evidence of his inspiration. . . . [It] has survived financial panics, social upheavals, and religious turmoil; and today stands as a means of supplying the highest needs of mankind. . . .

“. . . ‘The Church of Jesus Christ was organized in accordance with the order of the Church as recorded in the New Testament,’ said Joseph Smith [see History of the Church, 1:79]. The practical and beneficent workings of this organization prove its divine authenticity.”

Topic: Restoration

(David O. McKay, in Teachings of Presidents of the Church: David O. McKay [2003], 95-96)