CHAPTER III.

The Nephite Record Delivered to Joseph--The Angel's Warning The Work of Translation.

The Prophet Receives the Plates.

Efforts of Enemies to Get the Plates.

Misrepresentations.

Removal to Pennsylvania.

Words of the Book given to the Learned.

The Loss of 116 Pages of Manuscript.

Prophet's Journey to Manchester and Return to Pennsylvania.

Interpreters and Plates Returned to the Prophet.

Interval in the Work of Translation.

Three Witnesses Promised.

{XI} CHAPTER IV.

Oliver Cowdery Becomes the Prophet's Scribe--The Translation of the Plates Continued.

Oliver Cowdery.

Witness of the Spirit to Cowdery.

The Mission of John the Apostle.

Oliver desires to Translate.