The story, which was later made in to a Novel, was told by Floyd Weston. However he stated during the telling of the story that he could not remember exactly how many points there were, only an approximation of 17. The original list of points he had was apparently long gone and he only cited a couple of the points in his talk. The list of the 17 points appears to have been made by someone else to coincide with the talk and was not necessarily based on the original list let alone the original references.
I've wondered the origins of the story - and as some have pointed it out, it seemed to coincidental.
However, we know that a similar and true story exists in Parley P Pratt's autobiography when he travels to Canada. He met a group of people that had similar questions and a 'list' of sorts and where wondering if such a 'true' church existed that could meet their criteria. After Parley presented his evidence (over what sounded like about 8 hours of lectures....ouch) and stories about the restoration, many were baptized. It's a cool story. Chapter 17 and 18.
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I've wondered the origins of the story - and as some have pointed it out, it seemed to coincidental.
However, we know that a similar and true story exists in Parley P Pratt's autobiography when he travels to Canada. He met a group of people that had similar questions and a 'list' of sorts and where wondering if such a 'true' church existed that could meet their criteria. After Parley presented his evidence (over what sounded like about 8 hours of lectures....ouch) and stories about the restoration, many were baptized. It's a cool story. Chapter 17 and 18.