Gary Ernest Smith - Captain Moroni Burying the Gold Plates 1982 41.5" x 35.25"

Gary Ernest Smith (1942-)
Captain Moroni Burying the Gold Plates, 1982

Oil on Canvas
Canvas: 41.5" x 35.25"
Frame: 48.5" x 41.5"

Signed Lower Right: Gary E Smith ©

Sometime around AD 421, Moroni took the sacred plates, the breastplate, and the Urim and Thummim to the Hill Cumorah and buried them near the top of the hill in a stone box that he made for them. The box was made of flat stones laid on the bottom and sides which were cemented together to make it waterproof. When the Prophet Joseph Smith first met the angel Moroni at the hill Cumorah about 1,400 years later on the evening of 22 September 1823, Moroni showed him the sacred contents and told Joseph that the sacred objects had been “sealed by the prayer of faith”. The plates remained there until 27 September 1827, when Moroni gave them to Joseph to allow him to translate them into English.

Scripture References:
Mormon 6:6; 8:1, 3–4; Moroni 10:1–5

Literature:
Liahona Magazine, January 2016 "Moroni, My Mom, and a Lesson for My Life" by Louisa Hoe
Book of Mormon Seminary Teacher Manual (2024): Moroni 10:26–34: “Come unto Christ”

Provenance:
The Artist
The Collection of Blain Hudson, Park City, Utah: from above 1982
The Collection of CJ Peterson, Orem, Utah: from above, 2020