Most Latter-day Saints are quite familiar with Joseph Smith's 1838 account of the First Vision as recounted in the Pearl of Great Price, but few are acquainted with some of the lesser-known accounts that exist. In this insightful talk, popular author and speaker Paul Thomas Smith describes a compilation of sixteen accounts of Joseph Smith's glorious first vision. "They are just as inspiring and contain many valuable details which help us better understand this transcendent experience" says Brother Smith. "Are you aware, for example, that Joseph pondered for nearly three years before praying in the grove? Did you know that Joseph saw the Father and the Son at least five recorded times in Church history and that he was not alone during four of those occasions?

Are you aware that because of the severe persecution suffered by the boy Joseph, he said relatively little of his sacred experience until the restoration of the Church in 1830? And then, after the mantle of the prophet was firmly on his shoulders, he often spoke freely and without fear of this second most important event in the history of the world."

The First Vision is a valuable resource and provides an inspiring witness of the glorious restoration of the Lord's church on the earth.