Adam Smith said, " People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public, or in some contrivance to raise prices.

Initial converts were drawn to the church in part because of the newly published Book of Mormon, a self-described chronicle of indigenous American prophets that Smith said he had translated from golden plates.

Joseph Smith gained a small following in the late 1820s as he was dictating the Book of Mormon, which he said was a translation of words found on a set of golden plates that had been buried near his home in western New York by an indigenous American prophet.

Smith gained a small following in the late 1820s as he was dictating the Book of Mormon, which he said was a translation of words found on a set of golden plates that had been buried near his home in western New York by an indigenous American prophet.

Smith said he had been in contact with an angel Moroni, who showed him the plates ' location and had been grooming him for a role as a religious leader.

In contrast, Huston Smith, scholar of world religions, said of the Mitchell version, " This translation comes as close to being definitive for our time as any I can imagine.

Adam Smith said, " People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public, or in some contrivance to raise prices.

The elder Smith was given the " keys of the patriarchal Priesthood over the kingdom of God on earth ", the same power said to be held by the Biblical Patriarchs, which included the power to give blessings upon one's posterity.

Smith said that his religion " believe in the same organization that existed in the primitive church, viz: apostles, prophets, pastors, teachers, evangelists ".

Although Joseph Smith said that " an Evangelist is a Patriarch ", the church has retained the term Patriarch.

Stephen Smith, Australian Foreign Minister, rejected any accusations of meddling in Fiji's affairs and said that he was " deeply disappointed " by Fiji's actions.

In an interview, Burger King president Donald Smith said that his chain's fries are sprayed with a sugar solution shortly before being packaged and shipped to individual outlets.

Supporters of the idea of spontaneous order trace their views to the concept of the invisible hand proposed by Adam Smith in The Wealth of Nations who said that the individual who:

Young, Smith, and numerous other early leaders frequently cautioned against the public exercise of glossolalia unless there was someone who could exercise the corresponding spiritual gift of interpretation of tongues, so that listeners could be edified by what had been said.

Disney's archivist Dave Smith, in " Disney A to Z ," said, " Note that the brightest hue of the three is red ( Huey ), the color of water, dew, is blue ( Dewey ), and that leaves Louie, and leaves are green.

Clive Stafford Smith, Legal Director of the UK branch of the human rights group Reprieve, said " We are told that al-Libi committed suicide in his Libyan prison.

In 1823 Smith said an angel directed him to a buried book written on golden plates containing the religious history of an ancient people.

Smith published what he said was a translation of these plates in March 1830 as the Book of Mormon, named after Mormon, the ancient prophet-historian who compiled the book, and on April 6, 1830, Smith founded the Church of Christ.

The creature was said to be very large, according to Smith, and to leave large, round, three-clawed footprints.

According to Smith's grandnephew, Van Buren said to Smith, " Your cause is just, but I can do nothing for you ; if I take up for you I shall lose the vote of Missouri.

Partly as a result, he agreed to sell Talkback Productions, but Smith admitted to restlessness: " I said to my wife that I needed to do something to get me out of the house ".

" Smith further claimed that in answer to his prayer: " I was answered Jesus that I must join none of them, for they were all wrong ; and the Personage who addressed me said that all their creeds were an abomination in his sight ; that those professors were all corrupt ; that: " they draw near to me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me, they teach for doctrines the commandments of men, having a form of godliness, but they deny the power thereof.

Three Witnesses besides Joseph Smith also reported that they saw Moroni in visions in 1829, as did several other witnesses who each said they had their own vision.

As a further complication, Mary Whitmer, mother to one of the Three Witnesses and four of the Eight Witnesses, said she had a vision of the golden plates, shown to her by an angel whom she always called " Brother Nephi ", who may or may not have been the same angel to which Smith referred.

Joseph F. Smith of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints presents an elaborate vision of the Afterlife.

To some extent Smith was influenced in his vision of such lost worlds by the teachings of Theosophy and the writings of Helena Blavatsky.

Smith later wrote that he had seen a vision of God the Father and Jesus Christ in spring 1820 in answer to his question of which denomination he should join.

He was taken 150 miles to Fort Smith, Arkansas for treatment ( his earliest memories post-accident were there ), where he stayed three months, trying to recover from symptoms of double vision, confused thinking, impaired sense of taste and smell, and other problems.

Smith reported having a vision in 1823 that eventually led him to the discovery of golden plates that documented a group of ancient Israelites journey to the Americas, 960 years of their descendants history and their dealings with the god of the Israelites.

Not without controversy, Ms. Smith has expressed her concern at deviating from the original vision of " fine art only ", and has been critical of what she terms downgrading to arts and crafts from juried fine art.

Unlike this restoration, however, which Smith described in detail and gave an exact date when it happened, Smith never gave a description of any vision in which he saw an angel separately confer the Melchizedek priesthood.

Alex and Rita Smith encouraged their children's musical development, as Smith told French magazine Les Inrockuptibles: " my parents were lending us their stuff ; my mum made me listen to a lot of classical music to enable me to have a larger vision of music ".

" Smith was noted for being a very durable back with excellent vision, tremendous leg strength, and great balance, and was known as one of the best second-effort runners ever.

" Smith described another vision in 1823 as being visited in his bedroom by an " angel Moroni " who told him of a record of an ancient people written in an ancient language on golden plates.

Stained glass depiction of the first vision of Joseph Smith, Jr., completed in 1913 by an unknown artist ( Museum of Church History and Art ).

The First Vision ( also called the grove experience ) refers to a vision that Joseph Smith, Jr. said he received in April 1820, in a wooded area in Manchester, New York, which his followers call the Sacred Grove.

Smith wrote several accounts of the vision beginning in 1832, but none of the accounts was published until the 1840s.

Joseph Smith wrote or dictated several versions of his vision story, and told the story to others who later published what they remember hearing.

Joseph Smith said that his first vision occurred in a grove of trees near his home.

After the vision withdrew, Smith said he " came to myself " and found himself sprawled on his back.

" She also stated that Smith, Sr. had a number of dreams or visions between 1811 and 1819, the first vision occurring when his mind was " much excited upon the subject of religion.

" Quinn also notes that the Smith family " participated in a wide range of magic practices, and Smith's first vision occurred within the context of his family's treasure quest.

In 1832, Smith wrote that the vision had occurred " in the 16th year of age " ( about 1821 ), after he became concerned about religious matters beginning in his " twelfth year " ( about 1817 ).

In a later account Smith said the vision took place " early in the spring of 1820 " after an " unusual excitement on the subject of religion " ending during his 15th year ( 1820 ).

But Lucy Mack Smith said that she and some of her children sought comfort in the church after the death of her oldest son, Alvin, in November 1823, which if her memory was correct, would place the date of the first vision no earlier than 1824.