[March 2, 1935]
Guy C. Wilson called and showed me a
copy of something in connection with what was called the “Deadly Peril” being a
quotation from a book published in 1823. He said that the statements were being
circulated in an effort to show that Joseph Smith had seen this book [Ethan Smith, View of the Hebrews] and copied
from it. The little I read from the book didn’t amount to anything. My own
impression is that B. H. Roberts wrote this with the idea of writing an article
to show that there was nothing in the book to in any way reflect upon the Book
of Mormon. (Heber J. Grant, Journal, March 2, 1935, in The Diaries of Heber
J. Grant, 1880-1945 Abridged, Digital Edition [Salt Lake City: 2015], comment in square brackets added for clarification)
Further
Reading:
B. H. Roberts's
Testimony QNA and Primary
Sources from the B. H. Roberts Foundation
