the Prophet Joseph was a young adult (just twenty-four years old) when the Church was organized. He had never had a bishop, never been in a quorum, never attended seminary, never had a priesthood leader to nurture him along, never heard a prophet speak. He was the prophet. He had no precedent, no manuals, no handbook of instructions. He had to translate the Book of Mormon and then find a way to get it published. All of the revelations expounding doctrine that we turn to so readily and easily in the Doctrine and Covenants were revelations he had to receive. And everything he accomplished was
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