“When they returned to the house it was between three and
four o’clock p. m. Mrs. Whitmer, Mr. Smith and myself, were sitting in a
bedroom at the time. On coming in, Joseph threw himself down beside me, and
exclaimed, ‘Father, mother, you do not know how happy I am: The Lord has now
caused the plates to be shown to three more besides myself. They have seen an
angel, who has testified to them, and they will have to bear witness to the
truth of what I have said, for now they know for themselves, that I do not go
about to deceive the people, and I feel as if I was relieved of a burden which
was almost too heavy for me to bear, and it rejoices my soul, that I am not any
longer to be entirely alone in the world.’ Upon this, Martin Harris came in: he
seemed almost overcome with joy and testified boldly to what he had both seen
and heard. And so, did David and Oliver, adding that no tongue could express
the joy of their hearts, and the greatness of the things which they had both
seen and heard” (History of Joseph Smith by His Mother, 152).
