Source:Woodruff:General Conference:1891:His first prayer to the God of heaven was offered when he was only fourteen or fifteen years of age

Woodruff (1891): "His first prayer to the God of heaven was offered when he was only fourteen or fifteen years of age"

Woodruff (1891): "His first prayer to the God of heaven was offered when he was only fourteen or fifteen years of age"

Wilford Woodruff:

When the Prophet Joseph was called of God to lay the foundation of this Church and kingdom he was a mere boy. His first prayer to the God of heaven was offered when he was only fourteen or fifteen years of age. He had read and studied the scriptures previously and was anxious to know what religious sect to join. An answer [501] came to him from the Lord thereon. The heavens were opened; God the Father and God the Son appeared to him, and the Father said, ‘This is My beloved Son; hear ye Him.’ The history of Joseph Smith from that time until he organized the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, on the 6th of April, 1830, was a constant scene of revelation and visitation. His counselors were the angels—those who held the Priesthood in the flesh while on the earth and administered upon this continent to the sons of Adam, to the children of Israel who dwelt here. They were his teachers…