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The Morley Farm is sacred soil and one of the most important sites of Church history. It was on this farm that Joseph and Emma Smith lived for six months, where thirteen sections of the Doctrine and Covenants were revealed, and where numerous manifestations were experienced, including visions of Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ. Furthermore, it was here that Joseph was prepared to receive the many revelations that were received in Kirtland constituting nearly half of the Doctrine and Covenants. Of all the Kirtland historical sites, the Morley Farm is one that is least visited and perhaps least appreciated. This book will help readers appreciate the importance of this site, the conduit of divine intelligence that rested over this hallowed ground while Joseph and Emma lived there, and the powerful spirit that still pervades this sacred place.

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Damon L. Bahr is a retired faculty member of Brigham Young University where he taught Doctrine and Covenants and Mathematics Education Courses. He teaches courses on the Kirtland era of the Church at Education Week and provides tours of Church Historic Sites. He is the author of 25 journal articles and three other books on Kirtland Church history, along with his co-author, Thomas P. Aardema--The Voice of the Lord is Unto all Men: A Remarkable Year of Revelations in the Johnson Home, Hearken Ye and Give Ear to Him: Revelations on the Isaac and Lucy Morley Farm, and Search, Ponder, A House of God: Kirtland Temple Stories and Revelations, and Search, Ponder, & Pray: Historic Kirtland Church History Travel Guide. He served a mission at the historic sites in Kirtland and Hiram, Ohio, along with his wife of 44 years, Kim, and they also served a Seminaries and Institutes mission in North Carolina. They also were invited by Community of Christ to conduct tours of the Kirtland Temple several times prior to the temple's acquisition by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They are the parents of four children and eighteen grandchildren. He has served as a full-time missionary three times, as a Primary and Sunday School teacher, a Bishop, Stake President, and a member of two MTC branch presidencies. Thomas Aardema works for Seminaries and Institutes and lives and teaches near the Church historic sites in Ohio. He received a BA in History from Weber State University, an MBA from the University of Utah, and a PhD in Education from Utah State University. He and his wife, Emilee, are the parents of five sons. He loves Church history and feels blessed to live, teach, and serve near the sacred historic sites.

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