"THE STANDARD OF TRUTH"
A Preface to the LDS Articles of Faith
By Artist Frank M. Thomas
Original Art Canvas, 20 sq. ft. (48" x 60") Since 2001....Permanently Displayed at the MTC, Provo, Utah
Historical Background:
March 1, 1842.---At the request of Mr. John Wentworth, Editor and Proprietor of the Chicago Democrat. I have written the following sketch of the rise, progress, persecution, and faith of the Latter-day Saints, of which I have the honor, under God, of being the founder.
"I was born in the town of Sharon, Windsor County, Vermont, on the 23rd of December, A.D. 1805. When ten years old, my parents removed to Palmyra, New York, where we resided about four years, and...[So begins the familiar story.....After describing the establishment and growth of the Church, coming forth of the Book Of Mormon and the intense persecutions that followed, the bloodshed, theft, misery and woe caused by lawless proceedings, the Prophet Joseph Smith continued.....]
"...We arrived in the state of Illinois in 1839, where we found a hospitable people and a friendly home... We have commenced to build a city called "Nauvoo," in Hancock County. Persecution has not stopped the progress of truth, but has only added fuel to the flame, it has spread with increasing rapidity...the Elders of this Church [have] gone forth, and planted the Gospel in almost every state in the Union... It has also spread into England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales, where, in the year 1840, a few of our missionaries were sent, and over five thousand joined the Standard of Truth; there are numbers now joining in every land.
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"...The Standard of Truth has been erected; no unhallowed hand can stop the work from progressing; persecutions may rage, mobs may combine, armies may assemble, calumny may defame, but the truth of God will go forth boldly, nobly, and independent, till it has penetrated every continent, visited every clime, swept every country, and sounded in every ear, till the purposes of God shall be accomplished, and the Great Jehovah shall say the work is done."
Respectfully, &c., JOSEPH SMITH.
Painted at the request of Missionaries of the Utah Provo Mission to celebrate 175 years of teaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ by Elder and Sister Missionaries Worldwide. The original painting was donated to the Missionary Training Center (MTC) and a 32" x 40" framed art print was donated to his Ohio Cleveland Mission Office by Artist Frank Thomas (Elder Thomas) who produced this work of love as a tribute to the Elders who taught him the Gospel more than fifty years ago.
Canvas Art Print Offerings:
14" x 18" (signed by artist/rolled - ready to stretch)..........................$99.00
tube shipped.......................+$11.50
14" x 18" (signed by artist/stretched - ready to frame)......................$123.00
flat package shipped.............+$17.50
20" x 24" (signed by artist/rolled - ready to stretch)..........................$214.50
tube shipped........................+$11.25
20" x 24" (signed by artist/stretched - ready to frame)......................$240.50
flat package shipped.............+$17.50
24" x 30" (signed by artist/rolled only - ready to stretch)...................$264.00
tube shipped.........................+$13.50
32" x 40" (signed by artist/rolled only - ready to stretch)...................$429.00
tube shipped.........................+$14.75
40" x 50" (signed by artist/rolled only - ready to stretch....................$685.25
tube shipped.........................+$17.50
(NOTE: The rolled print may be stretched in most frame shops before framing. The 14"x 18", the
20" x 24" and the 32" x 40" sized prints may use standard sized frames after they are stretched.)
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Lithographic [Art Paper] Print Offering:
5" x 7" (bundle of 10) - each signed by artist - ready to mat & frame...or give to your
missionary......................$15.00
Flat package - mailer shipped.............$4.40
11" x 14" (signed by artist - ready to mat & frame...or give to your
Missionary...or for home display)......................$22.00
Plastic wrapped/flat package - shipped.............$9.50
18" x 24" (signed by artist - ready to mat & frame...or for home
display while your missionary is away)...................$42.00
Plastic wrapped/flat package - shipped.............$16.50
*Please note*: Artist Frank Thomas' studio lithographic art print and giclee' canvas art print sales have now been resumed as of November 1st, 2008. He and his wife, Patreecia, have completed an eighteen month mission in the Ohio-Cleveland Mission, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, at the Kirtland Historic Village Sites, Kirtland, Ohio. He was asked by LDS Church General Authorities to paint early Church history scenes of 1830's Kirtland.
He has now returned home to his art studio at 206 North 100 East, Holden, Utah 84636 and is producing LDS historical paintings and Old West paintings at that site. His art prints may be purchased online by credit card or by personal check.
Call Frank at his Studio" (435) 795-2206 or (435) 406-9526, or contact directly by email wildgoose@crystalpeaks.com.