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From the excerpted article: Brother Chase...published a ...volume titled Joseph the Prophet, As He Lives in the Hearts of His People...Many...Smith memorial speakers emphasized the need for all those present to obtain this personal witness of Joseph Smith...."Joseph Smith lies at the heart of it all..." Elder Benson noted, “The greatest activity in this world or in the world to come is directly related to the work and mission of Joseph Smith..."

Why, that's "funny!" I would have thought from reading my Bible that Jesus Christ is the one who "lives in the hearts" of God's people...

...And that Jesus Christ "lies at the heart of it all"...

...And that Jesus Christ is the ONE for whom we are to "obtain" a "personal witness" to...

...And that Jesus Christ's "work and mission" is to be the True Source of "the greatest activity in this world or the world to come..."

I guess I was wrong. The Mormons say it's to be Joseph Smith!

From the article: ...This being the case, appropriately we sing, “Praise to the man who communed with Jehovah!...Praise to his memory...Honored and blest be his ever great name!” For the time is not far distant when “millions shall know Brother Joseph again...”

You might think the Mormon hymn in the Mormon hymnal, "Praise to the Man" is about Jesus Christ. But you would be wrong. It's praising Joseph Smith! Praising the memory of Joseph Smith. Honoring and blessing Joseph Smith. And in the hymn, is the "key" to know Jesus Christ.

No.

Wrong again.

..."the time is not far distant when 'millions lshall know Brother Joseph again...'"