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Martyrdom of Joseph and Hyrum Smith

June 27

Some days ago my wife and I were discussing the thread we put up about plural marriage and we associated that with Joseph's death. What is the connection? Well think about it. In those days if you heard there was a religion growing in number and taking over vast parts of your own home town and one of their beliefs is that a man could marry more than one woman and it could possibly be even yours, would'nt you be angry? Would be angry enough to start a mob if it was your local parish or church's membership being taken away by the new Truth? I think any honest person would admit they would be shocked and angry. What are your thoughts on the subject?

From LDS Church News:

One hundred and fifty-nine years ago, the Prophet Joseph Smith and his
older brother Hyrum were shot to death by a mob of over 100 angry men. They
had been imprisoned in Carthage Jail on false charges of treason after
surrendering themselves to the law. Joseph was 38; Hyrum was 44. The bodies
of Joseph and Hyrum were prepared and laid out on 28 June for the estimated
10,000 mourners to view, and on the following day were buried secretly to
avoid further attacks or desecration by mobs.

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Of course the other view to this is that the members generally were not keeping the covenants they had made to the Lord. What do you think?

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I think the Devil (in the hearts of men) was a BUSY BEAVER during that time by spreading a LOT of VERY negative falsehoods of which many of course were simply "perversions" of the Truth, but false nevertheless.

I mean, you can't have a FULL Revelatory and Authorized Prophet on the earth without ALSO the "dark-side" having the SAME kind of freedom.

Moses, Christ, Joseph, and many others who did "significant" things on behalf of God seemed to have ALL the minions of darkness come up against them.

I think it's simply the dual nature of this earth life which can't be escaped from.

Ignorance simply seems to breed that kind of behavior, no matter the "rumors".
All you have to do is look at some country's once in awhile like in Indonesia a few time recently where the same kind of bigotry and ignorance incites mob violence.
Really though, everywhere has it in some form and degree once awhile, be it Race riots in L.A. or what's occured in Indonesia.