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Joseph and HyrumKenneth Corbett, 1996
"Like most of the Lord's
anointed in ancient times, [Joseph] has sealed his mission
and his works with his own blood; and so has his brother
Hyrum" (D&C 135:3).
Taking the Martyrs to NauvooGary Smith, 1971"The testators are now dead, and their testament is in force" (D&C 135:5).Joseph SmithDavid Rogers, 1842"They lived for glory; they died for glory; and glory is their eternal reward. From age to age shall their names go down to posterity as gems for the sanctified" (D&C 135:6).Death of the ProphetGary Smith, 1976"About 8 a.m. Dr. Richards started for Nauvoo with the bodies of Joseph and Hyrum on two wagons, accompanied by their brother Samuel H. Smith, Mr. Hamilton, and a guard of eight soldiers" (History of the Church, 6:626).Joseph SmithUnknown, unknown
"Praise to the
man who communed with Jehovah! Jesus anointed that
prophet and seer" ("Praise to the Man," Hymns, no.
27).
Joseph and Hyrum SmithUnknown, unknown"In life they were not divided, and in death they were not separated" (D&C 135:3).William W. Phelps, Joseph and Hyrum Smith Funeral SermonIn 1855 Phelps spoke before the Deseret Theological Institute the sermon he had originally given in 1844 as a funeral sermon after deaths of Joseph and Hyrum Smith
The prophet and
patriarch have gone to paradise to bear testimony of the
wickedness of the world, and help hasten the deliverance of
the saints. Joseph goes back among his old associates of the
elder world, who have waded through like scenes of
affliction in the several ages past, and being beyond the
power of death, as he was mighty for life, liberty and the
pursuit of happiness, among good men, to raise and exalt
them for eternal lives; how much more almighty will he be
with the spirits of first men made perfect, and the Holy
ones, to prune the vineyard; remove the bitter branches; and
give room for the speedy fulfillment of his great and last
revelation? And how long, as David said, to the end of these
wonders? How long till the children of Israel, gathered from
the four quarters of the earth, will begin to multiply
according to the promises made to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob,
and endorsed by the Savior with an hundred fate of wives and
children? Verily, how long til the Israel of God become as
numerous as the sands upon the sea shore; as the stars of
the heavens for number; and death and the devil have no
power to trouble the saints upon the earth? And the Spirits
echo How long?
William W. Phelps, Joseph and Hyrum Smith Funeral SermonIn 1855 Phelps spoke before the Deseret Theological Institute the sermon he had originally given in 1844 as a funeral sermon after deaths of Joseph and Hyrum Smith
The Funeral
Sermon
For the occasion
of the martyrdom of Joseph Smith the prophet and Hyrum
Smith the patriarch who was shot by a christian mob, in
Carthage Jail, June 27, 1844 Delivered in Nauvoo on
Saturday the 29 following, by W. W. Phelps.
Revelations chap.
14, v. 13: - (corrected from the Greek), "and I heard
a voice from heaven saying unto me, write; congratulate the
dead that die in the Lord from this time, verily says
the spirit, for they can rest from their labors, and
their works shall follow them."
William W. Phelps, Joseph and Hyrum Smith Funeral SermonIn 1855 Phelps spoke before the Deseret Theological Institute the sermon he had originally given in 1844 as a funeral sermon after deaths of Joseph and Hyrum SmithTo the real mourners, and all saints are such, let me say, mourn not; these sons of God are safe; dry up your tears; "confess the hand of the Lord in all things, and comfort each other with the sweet hope that their lives were precious in the sight of all heaven; and learn by this blast of Satan, that the fighters are leaving, the summer is near"; Urge not the gentiles to punish their criminals; neither seek revenge, but soothe one another with the promise that the harvest of the earth is nigh; and, that vengeance belongs to the Lord and he will repay: our Saviour said, pray for thine enemies: So when they rage, pray; when they reach, fast; when they kill, watch; when nation wars with nation, hark; when Judgments sweep, see; and when Jehovah speaks, do; that in the hour of wo, every saint may live by faith, and be ready to enter into that Joy which eye hath not seen, ear hath not heard, nor a heart of flesh thought of; the endless peace of God. Amen.William W. Phelps, Joseph and Hyrum Smith Funeral SermonIn 1855 Phelps spoke before the Deseret Theological Institute the sermon he had originally given in 1844 as a funeral sermon after deaths of Joseph and Hyrum SmithAnciently, as well as now, weak minded persons supposed that prophets and saints suffered death or trouble for there sins. I wish to correct this notion. The righteous are undoubtedly removed from evils to come by death; and chastened to learn the love of their father for their eternal welfare, but with a few questions and answers, I think friendship and punishment and good and evil will exhibit their own characters so, let me ask Was Joseph Smith the friend of gamblers, drunkards, robbers, fornicators, adulterers, liars and hypocrites? No: read his life from Vermont to Carthage Jail, and ever line and every act, shines with virtuous principles, and words of wisdom, that warms the heart with a God like sensation that he labored like the angels with Soddum and Gamorrah, to save this generation from the "fire shower of ruin." Did Joseph ever grind the face of the poor, or mingle with the wicked to ridicule the worship of God whether it relates to the highest or heathen rites of religion as practiced in America, Europe Asia, or Africa? Not he; The revelations he brought forth are everlasting witnesses that he, like the savior, came not "to eat drink and be merry, for tomorrow we die," but to point out the way of life, and call upon all men, to repent and be saved.Hyrum SmithAttributed to Dan Weggeland, 1844
"Hyrum was shot
first and fell calmly, exclaiming: I am a dead man!"
(D&C 135:1).
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