Joseph Smith — "I was answered that I must join none of them [the religious sects of the day], f…"

I was answered that I must join none of them [the religious sects of the day], for they were all wrong; and the Personage who addressed me said that all their creeds were an abomination in his sight; that those professors were all corrupt; that: 'they draw near to me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me, they teach for doctrines the commandments of men, having a form of godliness, but they deny the power thereof.'
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Joseph Smith—History 1:19, describing the First Vision

Date: 1838 (account of 1820 event)

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