subserve the cause of righteousness. I am, with feelings of esteem, your fellow-laborer in the Gospel of our Lord,[Signed] Joseph Smith. 2. In the original publication of the history in the _Times and Seasons_ at Nauvoo, this name appears as "Nephi," and the _Millennial Star_ perpetuated the error in its republication of the History. That it is an error is evident, and it is so noted in the manuscripts to which access has been had in the preparation of this work. See also _Book of Doctrine and Covenants_, section 27, par. 5, and section 128, par. 20. 3. Most likely the first part of the chapter; as that deals with the coming of a messenger to prepare the way for the glorious coming of Messiah. 4. The following description of Cumorah is from the pen of Oliver Cowdery: You are acquainted with the mail road from Palmyra, Wayne county, to Canandaigua, Ontario county, New York, and also, as you pass from the former to the latter place, before arriving at the little village of Manchester, say from three to four, or about four miles from Palmyra, you pass a large hill on the east side of the road. Why I say large, is because it is as large perhaps, as any in that country. To a person acquainted with this road a description would be unnecessary, as it is the largest and rises the highest of any on that route. The north end rises quite sudden until it assumes a level with the more southerly extremity, and I think I may say an elevation higher than at the south a short distance, say half or three-fourths of a mile. As you pass toward Canandaigua it lessens gradually until the surface assumes its common level, or is broken by other smaller hills or ridges, water-courses and ravines. I think I am justified in saying that this is the highest hill for some distance round, and I am certain that its appearance, as it rises so suddenly from the plain on the north, must attract the notice of the traveler as he passes by.--_Messenger and Advocate_, 1834. 5. A genealogy of the Prophet's family in the Church records gives the date of Alvin's death, November 19, 1825. Lucy Smith's _History of the Prophet_ agrees with the text above.--1824, November 19. 6. Emma Hale was born in the town of Harmony, Susquehanna county, Pennsylvania, July 10, 1804. It will therefore be observed that Emma Hale was in her twenty-third year at the time of her marriage with the Prophet; hence of age; hence, under the law, mistress of her own actions. This is remarked because the Prophet, in works written against him, is charged with having abducted his wife. {18} Chapter III. The Nephite Record Delivered to Joseph--the Angel's Warning--the Work of Translation. [Sidenote: The Prophet Receives the Plates.]