Without Disclosing My True Identity
(^13) HR, 5:11.
(^14) HR, 5:Summary.
(^15) BOM, 2 Nephi 2:21.
(^16) HR, 5:17.
(^17) BOM, Mormon 7:1–3.
(^18) BOM, Mormon 7:4.
(^19) BOM, Mormon 7:5.
(^20) BOM, Mormon 7:8.
(^21) BOM, Mormon 5:15, 20; 1 Nephi 13:14.
(^22) BOM, Mormon 1:6–7.
(^23) DHC, 1:2, which states: “My father, Joseph Smith, Senior, left the state of Vermont, and
moved to Palmyra, Ontario (now Wayne) county, in the state of New York, when I was in my
tenth year, or thereabouts.”
(^24) BOM, Mormon 1:15.
(^25) JSH 1:7.
(^26) See for example any of the voluminous book reviews from 1989 to 2010 that the Maxwell
Institute has produced in response to books such as No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith,
the Mormon Prophet; One Nation under Gods: A History of the Mormon Church; Archaeology and the Book of
Mormon, Covering Up the Black Hole in the Book of Mormon; and The Mormon Hierarchy: Extensions of
Power. (“FARMS Review of books – Browsing by Books Reviewed,” Neal A. Maxwell Institute for
Religious Scholarship, 2011, Brigham Young University | Maxwell Institute, 28 Jun. 2011
http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/review/?reviewed_books.) The review site states:
“The principal purpose of the FARMS Review is to help serious readers make informed choices and
judgments about books published, primarily on the Book of Mormon. The evaluations are intended
to encourage reliable scholarship on the Book of Mormon and the other ancient scriptures. Reviews
are written by invitation. Any person interested in writing a review should first contact the editor.
Style guidelines will be sent to the reviewers.” Amazingly, the author of this book (Christopher) does
not appear on their “Authors with Books reviewed” page, although The Sealed Portion has been in
print for over 6 years. http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/review/?reviewed_author.)
(^27) “Map of Comoros,” WorldAtlas.com, 2010, Graphic Maps, 28 Jun. 2011
http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/africa/km.htm;
“Madagascar,” history-map.com, 2009, 28 Jun. 2011 http://www.history-
map.com/picture/003/Madagascar.htm. (Map made in 2003.)
(^28) “Geography of Comoros,” Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, 6 Dec.2010, Wikimedia
Foundation, Inc., 28 Jun. 2011 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_comoros/.
(^29) “Map of Africa from 1800’s,” history-map.com, 2009, 28 Jun. 2011 http://www.history-
map.com/picture/000/Africa-1800s-from-Map.htm. (The map was made in 1820.)
(^30) TSP, 61–2.
(^31) It is interesting to note that if a string is placed on the globe to mark the shortest distance
between the Comoros Islands and Palmyra, New York (Hill Cumorah), that line passes directly
through La Palma Island and Las Palmos de Gran Canaria; The Canary Islands, from which
Christopher Columbus embarked on his famous sea-fairing journey in the quest for “gold, and silver,
and silks, and scarlets, and fine-twined linen, and all manner of precious clothing.”
(^32) “Comoros,” Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, 15 Jun. 2011, Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., 28
Jun. 2011 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comoros. Taken from “A Country Study: Comoros,”
Country Studies, 1994, Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress 28 Jun. 2011
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/kmtoc.html.
(^33) JSH 1:34, BOM, 3 Nephi 12–14.
(^34) Compare Matthew 5, 6, and 7 with BOM, 3 Nephi 12, 13, and 14.
(^35) BOM, Mormon 1:16–17.