In the summer of 1829,
a man named Thomas B. Marsh received a prompting from the Holy Ghost
that he should make a nearly 400 mile
journey from Boston to upstate New York.
Although he didn’t have any real idea of
what exactly he’d find,
it’s likely that he was hoping to find a church that corresponded to what he found in the Bible.
After three months of searching, and just
as he was deciding to turn back home,
he heard of a “Golden Book”
found by a young man named Joseph Smith.
Thomas was suddenly overwhelmed with a desire
to know more about it.
When he asked more about this book, he was
told to go to Palmyra,
and find a man named Martin Harris.
Thomas found Martin there at the printing office.
He arrived just in time to get a fresh copy of the first sixteen pages of the Book of Mormon.
Seeing how interested Thomas was,
Martin Harris took him to meet Joseph Smith.
After spending two days talking,
Thomas returned to Boston,
where he showed the pages of the Book of Mormon to his wife, Elizabeth.
She also read them and knew they were the
word of God.
Because of his testimony, Thomas Marsh played
an important role in Church history,
and after a time he moved to Utah to join the Saints.
Ultimately it was the Spirit that led him
to the Book of Mormon
and convinced him of its truthfulness.
The same is true for many people today.
And now you know why.
