Then , emphasizing his words with his loud voice and frequent gestures , he related the history of the mormons from biblical times : how that , in israel , a mormon prophet of the tribe of joseph published the annals of the new religion , and bequeathed them to his son mormon ; how , many centuries later , a translation of this precious book , which was written in egyptian , as made by joseph smith , junior , a vermont farmer , who revealed himself as a mystical prophet in 1825 ; and how , in short , the celestial messenger appeared to him in an illuminated forest , and gave him the annals of the lord 此外, ?氢新教年史传留给他儿子摩门后来又经过了很多世纪,这本珍贵的年史又如何经小约瑟史密斯之手从埃及文翻译出来。小约瑟史密斯是弗蒙特州的一个司税官, 1825年,人家才知道他是个神奇的先知,后来他又如何在一个金光四射的森林里遇见了天使,天使又如何把真主的年史交给了小约瑟史密斯。