About Joseph Smith, Jr
Joseph Smith Jr., an American religious and political figure, started the Latter Day Saint movement. He published the Book of Mormon when he was 24, and by the time of his death fourteen years later he had attracted tens of thousands of followers.
![“[God] never will institute an ordinance or give a commandment to His people that is not calculated in its nature to promote that happiness which He has designed, and which will not end in the greatest amount of good and glory to those who become the recipients of His law and ordinances.” quote by Joseph Smith, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/9fd/joseph-smith-jr-1647_commandment_god-never-will-institute-an-ordinance-or_2364955.png)
![“You will see the constitution of the United States almost destroyed. It will hang like a thread… A terrible revolution will take place in the land of America… [T]he land will be left without a Supreme Government,... [Mormonism] will have gathered strength, sending out Elders to gather the honest…” quote by Joseph Smith, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/780/joseph-smith-jr-1647_america_you-will-see-the-constitution-of-the-uni_1280191.jpg)
