Foundations

Just northeast of Boston sits a quiet, well-kept New England village adorned with colonial architecture and rolling hills. Almost four centuries ago, Robert Smith - the Prophet Joseph Smith’s third great-grandfather - settled on a farm in Topsfield after emigrating from England. The next four generations of Smiths would live, serve and worship in Topsfield. The Prophet’s father, Joseph Smith Sr., was born there.
“The world needs to understand that a little community just outside of Boston, about 15 miles or something, was really the gathering place of preparing the Prophet Joseph Smith,” said President M. Russell Ballard, acting president of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and a descendant of Hyrum Smith, Joseph Smith’s brother.
This Church News video, titled “Foundations,” highlights a new monument, erected to honor Joseph Smith’s forefathers and Topsfield’s significant history.
“It's a remarkable family line as it relates to Church service and to dedication to the Lord Jesus Christ,” said President Ballard, who is featured in the video. “I've read everything I can about them, and I stand in awe of the absolute unwavering faith of that branch of the Smith family.”

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Such a beautiful area. - Chad James

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Very special! Joseph's memories

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What a great testimony of remembering and seeking after our ancestors. I am reminded of the following: D&C 128:15 And now, my dearly beloved brethren and sisters, let me assure you that these are principles in relation to the dead and the living that cannot be lightly passed over, as pertaining to our salvation. For their salvation is necessary and essential to our salvation, as Paul says concerning the fathers-that they without us cannot be made perfect-neither can we without our dead be made perfect.

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Cool!

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