06 - Book of Mormon Translation

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In Sweats "By the Gift and Power of Art", he suggests that artists are often not concerned with being historically accurate. Artists are more concerned with transmitting the feeling or spiritual knowledge associated with an event. Often times, such as in, Del Parson's depiction of Jesus, the art reflects the artist or their people. In the church's essay, they site Oliver Cowdery and Emma Smith's spiritual experiences translating the plates, suggesting that the process was divine. In D&C 6, 8, and 9 we learn about Cowdery's desire to translate, and how he eventually lost the ability to translate. His story teaches us to wait on the Lord's timing and to be satisfied with the gifts he has already given us. We will know it in our heart by a "burning in our bosom"; if the time is not right, we may feel a "stupor of thought".

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