Source Report Card
Chapter 37: Disavowed, Part Two: The White Horse Prophecy
| Source | Who | When | Chain | Rung | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D&C 77:6-7 (seals and eras of earth's history) | Joseph Smith (revelation) | March 1832 | 1st-hand | 1 | A+ |
| Revelation 19:11-16 (white-horse rider, "King of Kings"); Revelation 17:14 (the Lamb, "Lord of lords, and King of kings") | John the Revelator | New Testament | 1st-hand | 1 | A+ |
| 2014 New Testament Student Manual, ch. 54 (seals 1-5 as past), ch. 56 ("John saw the Savior riding 'a white horse'") | The Church (CES manual) | 2014 | 1st-hand | 2 | A |
| D&C 101:80 (Constitution established by God) | Joseph Smith (revelation) | December 1833 | 1st-hand | 1 | A+ |
| Church statement (White Horse; political neutrality) | The Church | January 2010 | 1st-hand | 2 | A |
| Conference Report, Oct. 1918, pp. 57-58, "a lot of trash," "simply false" | President Joseph F. Smith, then Church President | Oct. 1918 | 1st-hand | 3 | A |
| Don L. Penrod, "Edwin Rushton as the Source of the White Horse Prophecy," BYU Studies 49:3 | Don L. Penrod (CES teacher; BYU MA, Church history) | 2010 | - | - | Not graded: research, not prophecy. Solid, peer-reviewed. |
| Coray-B polished copy ("brink of ruin," "staff") | Joseph Smith via Martha Jane Coray | c. 19 Jul 1840 (copied fall 1843-1850s) | 3rd-hand (added in later copy) | 4 | C for "brink of ruin" (Pratt's early report backs near-ruin, but says "government"); D for "staff" (this copy only, Ch. 31) |
| Parley P. Pratt, via Orson Pratt letter to George A. Smith ("single hair"; "government," not "Constitution") | Elder Parley P. Pratt, then of the Quorum of the Twelve, reporting Joseph (secondhand); Orson Pratt and George A. Smith, also then apostles | Parley's letter c. Nov 1840 (per the Joseph Smith Papers); Orson's copy 21 Jan 1841 | 3rd-hand | 4 | C (bumped: early, independent of Coray) |
| Rushton manuscripts ("Chineas or Japs," "strangers and comissioners") | Edwin Rushton (claimed ear-witness) | Undated (after 1890, per Penrod) | 3rd-hand (his own claim, written 50+ years later) | 6 | ✖ Disavowed |
| John J. Roberts journal copy (via Robert Pearce), the full White Horse text | Edwin Rushton, via unknown hands | Claimed 1843; copied 1902 | 3rd-hand | 6 | ✖ Disavowed |
| Modern horse remaps (Red = China, etc.) | Anonymous, online | 2000s to now | Untraceable | 6 | ✖ (still the White Horse text) |
| "A Latter-day Saint will save the Constitution" / "this candidate is the one" election posts | Anonymous, online | 2000s to now | Untraceable | 6 | ✖ (White Horse in a new outfit; the real Constitution teaching is a C, Ch. 31) |