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==Joseph F. Smith (circa 1918): "President Smith declined to officially approve of the map, saying that the Lord had not yet revealed it" | ==Joseph F. Smith (circa 1918): "President Smith declined to officially approve of the map, saying that the Lord had not yet revealed it"== | ||
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The present associate editor of ''The Instructor'' was one day in the office of the late President Joseph F. Smith when some brethren were asking him to approve a map showing the exact landing place of Lehi and his company. President Smith declined to officially approve of the map, saying that the Lord had not yet revealed it, and that if it were officially approved and afterwards found to be in error, it would affect the faith of the people.<ref>{{Instructor1|author=George D. Pyper|article=The Book of Mormon Geography|num=73|date=April 1938|start=160}} Event discussed occurred in about 1918; see {{MormonsMap1|start=7}}</ref> | The present associate editor of ''The Instructor'' was one day in the office of the late President Joseph F. Smith when some brethren were asking him to approve a map showing the exact landing place of Lehi and his company. President Smith declined to officially approve of the map, saying that the Lord had not yet revealed it, and that if it were officially approved and afterwards found to be in error, it would affect the faith of the people.<ref>{{Instructor1|author=George D. Pyper|article=The Book of Mormon Geography|num=73|date=April 1938|start=160}} Event discussed occurred in about 1918; see {{MormonsMap1|start=7}}</ref> | ||
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The present associate editor of The Instructor was one day in the office of the late President Joseph F. Smith when some brethren were asking him to approve a map showing the exact landing place of Lehi and his company. President Smith declined to officially approve of the map, saying that the Lord had not yet revealed it, and that if it were officially approved and afterwards found to be in error, it would affect the faith of the people.[1]
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