Maria Wilcox - I was also present at the time he preached his last public sermon, while standing on the roof of a shed or small building, with a large congregation gathered around to listen. This was also a very impressive occasion. When the Prophet Joseph and his brother were

Samuel Miles - My recollections and acquaintance with the Prophet Joseph are those of a boy from the age of eight when I first saw him in the town of Freedom, Catturagus County, New York, where my parents joined the Church in the early part of 1834, until I was eighteen years

I concluded to ride over to Far West some fourteen miles from where we lived and I saw Brother Joseph Smith. He resided there. He asked me if I had removed my family. I told him no, I had not. "Then," said he, "go and move them directly and do not sleep another night there."

When Joseph Smith obtained the Book of Mormon record he also received the Urim and Thumim. In Hebrew that word means "lights and perfections." Joseph took Emma and borrowed Joseph Knights wagon. This is the conversation that Joseph Knight recorded when Joseph Smith brought

"I went with my mother to Nauvoo. My mother and I heard the Prophet preach his last sermon. He told the people what to do to avoid apostasy. He stood in the pulpit and then said "Attend to your prayers, pay an honest tithing, obey the authorities and follow the records of this

Oliver B Huntington: . Springville, Utah.Oct. 27th, 1890.[To] Sister Susa Gates [Editor, The Young Woman's Journal].I have just learned from Brother Peter W. Cownover another evidence of the certainty in the Prophet's mind that he was going to Carthage to be slain as a.sacrifice

Andrew Jensen - Brother Hunter and his companions reached Nauvoo June 27, 1844, the very day that Joseph and Hyrum Smith were murdered in Carthage jail. "Next.day," says his narrative, "their bodies were brought from Carthage to Nauvoo. We formed two lines to receive them; I was

James Boice ". At the time of the martyrdom of the Prophet Joseph and Hyrum, James Boice and his family were living a few miles from Carthage. He with others were called in haste to Nauvoo by the Prophet as he was going to prison and he desired to talk to them. They heard

John Lowe Butler about the ride to Carthage: ."The Temple was being fixed up so that the folks could get their Indowments and recive their washings and anointings. The Mob issued a writ for Brother Joseph and Hyrum and they were taken to Carthage goal. I and some more of his

Henry Day, was not LDS. Saw the mob go to and return from Carthage Jail: ."During this time there was a mob gathering on the prairie about one mile from where I lived for the purpose of capturing Joseph Smith and taking him as prisoner. Also for the purpose of destroying the.

Benjamin Ashby: I was in my father's garden one morning, the memorable June 1844, when he rode past on his way to Carthage. Never shall I forget the look of deep sorrow that covered his noble countenance—that was the last time I saw him alive. Joseph then said, "Well, if they

Anson Call - "June 24, 1844, was the last day that he saw the Prophet alive. Joseph bade farewell to the Legion near the Masonic Hall saying: "Boys, I have come to bid you good bye; I am going to leave you for a while." .He turned in the saddle, raised his hand and added, "You

. I am not able to describe the sorrow and lamentation of the Saints in beholding the dead bodies of the Prophet and Patriarch, butchered in cold blood by assassins and murdered under the promise of protection by the governor of the state of Illinois. The curse of God must

Joseph Fielding Smith “So I pray everyday of my life that the Lord will hasten His work; and while all this has to take place, I hope He will hasten it, that it may soon come to an end, that peace may come; and so I repeat, as I said in one of the talks sometime ago, I am praying.

Wandel Mace: "Meetings in Nauvoo were held in a Jack Oak Grove, in the open air, and here I listened to the words of inspiration as they fell from the lips of the Prophet, as he taught the congregations of the Saints. Who could listen to these words of inspiration and honestly

Joseph (Prophet) and Hyrum (Patriarch) Smith were both martyred on June 27, 1844. Dan Jones wrote about the events that happened in the jail the night before:. "During the evening the Patriarch read and commented upon copious extracts from the Book of Mormon, the imprisonments

Orson F Whitney - "The Prophet Joseph also declares that this earth is composed of the broken up fragments of other earths; and here again the wisdom of God answers the folly of man. While man stands aghast with all his learning and is tempted to reject the Mosaic account of the

Favorite Orson F Whitney statement - "the Lord teaches through symbols, it is His favorite method of teaching.".

Orson F Whitney - I refer to Oliver Cowdery, though I would not say anything of him in an uncharitable spirit, yet his example now comes before me. It is said that he.told the Prophet Joseph, "If I leave the Church it will fall and go to pieces.".Joseph said, "Oliver, you try