Born on December 23, 1805, in Sharon, Vermont, to Joseph and Lucy Mack Smith, Joseph Smith Jr. grew up on a series of tenant farms in Vermont, New Hampshire, and New York. Though in his youth ...

"Happiness is the object and design of our existence" (Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, p. 255). All people on earth have a physical body and a spirit body that make up the soul of each person.