No member of this Church can stand approved in the presence of God who has not seriously and carefully read the Book of Mormon.


Joseph Fielding Smith (1876–1972) was the tenth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1970 until his death. Book of Mormon Student Manual [1989] p.2, originally found in Conference Report, Oct. 1961 p. 18 D&C 20:14,15