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This week our religion class had the opportunity of touring the Crandall Historical Printing Museum, always advocated by our professor. Since I had visited twice before, I didn't visit it this week, but I will make some new obsevations based on what I have learned since that time. I have learned that writing and copying before the printing press was tedious, it was arduous, and fraught with undiscoverable errors. I am so grateful for technology that still is constantly improved as we open new insights into our history. Here is my post with details from my earlier visit in February:

Oh, wow, have we been blessed. This past week, to expand on our knowledge of Church history through the ages and the works of God throughout it all, we visited the Crandall Historical Printing Museum. (See their website) It was a fabulous experience that taught us a ton about how God's hand has moved through history, inspiring the works of many important men.
We started in a room with a replica of Gutenberg's printing press, and we saw how the first instruments were made that made printing possible. We saw how his press revolutionized the world and brought about the Renaissance. Next we entered a room where we could see a replica of a printing press from the American Revolution era, and learned how the printing of Thomas Paine's "Common Sense" and The Declaration of Independence among other publications were the real reason that the colonies could be united under the strength of wise individuals seeking freedom, like Benjamin Franklin. Following that, we entered a room that let us envision the exact print shop that was used by Joseph Smith, Jr., the first modern prophet, to publish 5000 of the first copies ever printed of the Book of Mormon. It was amazing to feel the spiritual energy and amazement as we saw that the process could all work out in the Lord's time.
Today, it amazes me that my thoughts, words, and testimony of this true gospel can be processed and broadcast to an unlimited number of viewers at no extra cost. Type has come a very long way. I'm grateful for this gift of the Internet, and all the inspired advanced that make such things possible. I know that all this was not just a natural process of man, but foreseen and foretold by God through his prophets, and through this and other media will all people hear the word of God and be given the choice to live. Have any questions inside you? Find the answers: www.mormon.org