“He lived great, and he died great in the eyes of God and his people.” The Prophet Joseph said many times that the Lord would preserve him until his mission was fulfilled. In August 1842, the Prophet said: “…He will continue to preserve me, by the united faith and prayers of the Saints, until I have fully accomplished my mission in this life, and so firmly established the dispensation of the fullness of the priesthood in the last days, that all the powers of earth and hell can never prevail against it.”
Each of us are beneficiaries of the Prophet’s devotion to his mission and are testimonies of what was said in 1842. The Church continues to be a force for good and all the powers of earth and hell have not prevailed against it!
The martyrdom of the Prophet Joseph “…has always been an inspiration to the people of the Lord. It has helped them in their individual trials; has given them courage to pursue a course in righteousness and to know and to live the truth, and must ever be held in sacred memory by the Latter-day Saints who have learned the great truths that God revealed through His servant, Joseph Smith.”
May each of us read and feel the spirit of Doctrine and Covenants, section 135. We are so blessed by the lives of Joseph and his brother Hyrum, “…they were examples of the wonderful love of which the Redeemer speaks: ‘Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.’ (John 15:13.) This wonderful love they manifested to the Saints and to the world; …their courage, their faith, their love for the people were without bounds, and they gave all that they had for their people. Such devotion and love left no doubt in the minds of those who enjoyed the companionship of the Holy Spirit that these good men and true, were indeed the authorized servants of the Lord.”
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