Shortly after receiving the Aaronic Priesthood, Joseph and Oliver were returning home to Harmony when the Lord’s chief Apostles, Peter, James and John, appeared to them on the banks of the Susquehanna River. They conferred upon Joseph and Oliver the holy Melchizedek Priesthood and the keys of apostleship. Joseph and Oliver now had the authority to act as legal agents for the Lord in building the kingdom of God upon the earth.

I am struck by the magnitude of this event for thousands of years, the world had struggled in darkness. Christ’s . . .