All of Joseph's diaries and journals -- both those he wrote personally and those written for him -- will be published beginning later this month with the release of the first volume in the Joseph Smith Papers Project.
In a revelation dated Nov. 27, 1832, the Lord commanded that a "history and a general church record" be kept "of all things that transpire in Zion" (Doctrine and Covenants 85:1).
That same day, the Prophet Joseph Smith made his first entry in his first diary which, he wrote, had been purchased "for the purpose to keep a minute (meaning exacting and precise) account of all things that come under my observation."
R. Scott Lloyd is a reporter and staff writer for the Deseret News, where he is attached full time to the LDS Church News staff, working in that capacity for the 25-plus years he has been with the newspaper. Prior to that more ..
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