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The Best 3 Nephite Story Ever Told

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You may have heard three Nephite stories before. Remember these ones? They are much cooler than these Cain sighting stories . The Nephite stories usually involve an unexpected appearance, a heavenly interaction and a mysterious disappearance. Most of the stories don’t go beyond a few paragraphs. The story of Robert Edge, however, is incredibly long and detailed. It’s the most detailed of such stories I’ve ever seen. And it first appeared, as far as I can tell, in the Millenial Star on 21 June 1880 . ( http://www.belnapfamily.org/LDS_Millennial_Star_vol_42_(1880-06-21)_p399.pdf ) What that tells us is that this story was at least believed enough, back when it was first told, to make it into a pretty major church periodical. However you feel about 3 Nephite stories – this is a fun read. Now on with it! “One calm, sunny day, in the month of May, 1878, a supposed clap of thunder directly over the city of Lexington, Henderson County, Tennessee, rebounding from the ...