Come Follow Me #121: The Publication of the Book of Mormon
The Book of Mormon, Digging Deeper
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Show Notes
The Book of Mormon had now been fully translated, and the brethren were tasked with the challenge of getting it published. But that was no simple feat; the type- setting and the actual printing of 5,000 copies was an enormous ...and very expensive job and suddenly, the effort to form a new church was becoming very serious and very real. How was this going to be accomplished? Where would the money come from? Both good questions. The answer lay with Martin Harris, the first man to join Joseph Smith in the project and the one who had very nearly derailed it before it began.
Let's see how this all transpired.