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==George Mantle (1888): Martin Harris said "Do you know that is the sun shining on us? Because as sure as you know that...he translated that book by the power of God"==
When in England to preach for an LDS splinter group, Martin Harris was ejected from a meeting of Latter-day Saints.  He left, and began to loudly criticize the Church leadership.  Critics of Mormonism arrived quickly.

George Mantle to Marietta Walker, 26 December 1888:
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When we came out of the meeting Martin Harris was beset with a crowd in the street, expecting he would furnish them with material to war against Mormonism; but when asked if Joseph Smith was a true prophet of God, he answered yes; and when asked if the Book of Mormon was true, this was his answer: "Do you know that is the sun shining on us? Because as sure as you know that, I know that Joseph Smith was a true prophet of God, and that he translated that book by the power of God."<ref>George Mantle to Marietta Walker, 26 December 1888, Saint Catherine, Missouri, cited in ''Autumn Leaves'' 2 (1889): 141. Cited in {{JBMS-2-2-11}}</ref>
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