The Martyrdom of Joseph Smith: June 27, 1844

Joseph Smith

Who was Joseph Smith?

Joseph Smith

the first prophet and president of 

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

is Killed

June 27, 1844

Joseph Smith was Shot and Killed

Joseph Smith gave his life for his testimony of Jesus Christ.

The Prophet Joseph Smith and his brother, Hyrum, were shot and killed while under the protection of the state of Illinois in Carthage Jail. They were in Carthage for trial to answer charges related to the destruction of a newspaper press, the Nauvoo Expositor. The jail and its rooms are shown as the story unfolds. After being kept in a dungeon cell and a debtors’ cell, Joseph Smith and those accompanying him were eventually given the jailors bedroom as their quarters. The events of June 24-27 are related in some detail leading to a mob of men storming the jail, murdering Joseph and Hyrum Smith, and leaving John Taylor severely wounded. The feelings and thoughts of Wilford Woodruff were that their deaths were part of the Lord’s plan and that Joseph is now continuing his mission in the world of the spirits of the dead

Joseph Smith is killed in Carthage, Illinois

Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer of the Lord, has done more, save Jesus only, for the salvation of men in this world, than any other man that ever lived in it. In the short space of twenty years, he has brought forth the Book of Mormon, which he translated by the gift and power of God, and has been the means of publishing it on two continents; has sent the fulness of the everlasting gospel, which it contained, to the four quarters of the earth; has brought forth the revelations and commandments which compose this book of Doctrine and Covenants, and many other wise documents and instructions for the benefit of the children of men; gathered many thousands of the Latter-day Saints, founded a great city, and left a fame and name that cannot be slain. He lived great, and he died great in the eyes of God and his people; and like most of the Lord’s anointed in ancient times, has sealed his mission and his works with his own blood; and so has his brother Hyrum. In life they were not divided, and in death they were not separated!

Joseph Smith was a true prophet and disciple of 

Jesus Christ.

God the Father and Jesus Christ Appeared to Joseph Smith when he was 14 years old.

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Mr. Haymore's testimony of Joseph Smith: "I know for a sure fact that Joseph Smith was a true prophet of Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ."