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Each item in the exhibit has a deep story behind it, not only in what it is, in the matter itself, but in who owned it as well. There's no replacement for being able to see something in reality. There is something that visitors to the exhibit will be able to gain from seeing these original documents that you really wouldn't otherwise be able to experience by looking at images or other copies--something profound by knowing that the brother of the Prophet himself held this particular copy of this book and read from it only days before the martyrdom. The reason why people should be starstruck, I guess, when they come and see the first edition is that it's the first. It's not the most rare, but it's the edition that's used for the first seven years of the Church. There's something special to that, to just--I think people are attracted to it because it is the first edition. We can't travel back in time, unfortunately. But we do have artifacts from the past that have been preserved for us. There's a certain power--power in the manuscript, the document. Holding one of these pages brings to light that this was a real event. I think in our world we're used to a lot of two-dimensional things, like on the TV screen or on the printed page or on the internet. But we hardly ever get to see something in 3D that is real, that was in the hands of these early leaders, representing and being history.

Foundations of Faith Exhibit at the Church History Library

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The Foundations of Faith exhibit at the Church History Library features priceless artifacts from Church history. Visitors may view these treasures in person or online at ChurchHistoryLibrary.org.
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