Stolen first-edition Book of Mormon returned to Arizona woman

“That’s when I first heard of the Book of Mormon, the Doctrine and Covenants, and the Pearl of Great Price,” Schlie said. “I believed that was the answer I had been looking for and that God had revealed his word to other people.”

Although the Book of Mormon was stolen, Schlie still plans to extend her generosity of sharing the book with the public.

“I absolutely will have people come and see it,” Schlie said. “When people want to come and see it, they can come and hold it and feel the spirit of it. I have an 1829 Bible, too, so when people come to take pictures, I let them hold the Book of Mormon in one hand and the Bible in the other so they have the stick of Judah and the stick of Joseph in their hands.”