Seeking God's Truth

Online Resources at LDS.org

• "The Need for a Restoration" – Our Heritage: A Brief History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1996), 1
• "The Setting in Western New York" – Church History in the Fulness of Times Student Manual (Church Educational System Manual, 2003), 29–30
• "Joseph Smith Was Persecuted and Ridiculed for His Witness That God Had Spoken to Him" – Presidents of the Church Student Manual (Church Educational System Manual, 2003), 6
• "Reaction to Joseph's Vision" – Church History in the Fulness of Times Student Manual (Church Educational System Manual, 2003), 33–34
• "Additional Details from Joseph Smith's 1832 Account of the First Vision" – Presidents of the Church Student Manual (Church Educational System Manual, 2003), 5–6

Online Resources at BYU

• "Awakenings in the Burned-over District: New Light on the Historical Setting of the First Vision" – 

  Study of the evidence of the revival atmosphere in and around Palmyra which inspired Joseph's prayer and vision.

   Milton V. Backman Jr., Brigham Young University Studies 9, no. 3 (1969): 301–20