We recently visited the Joseph Smith birthplace monument in Sharon, Vermont. There was a spirit on the property the minute we drove up. As this month marks the martyrdom of Joseph Smith, I would like to pay tribute to him:
Praise to the man who communed with Jehovah! Jesus anointed that prophet and seer.
Praise to his memory, he died as a martyr;
honored and blest be his ever great name!
honored and blest be his ever great name!
(Hymn #27, William W. Phelps)
Joseph was born into humble circumstances, yet he was called to be a prophet of God and he was instrumental in the restoration of the Church of Jesus Christ and the translation of the Book of Mormon. Joseph Smith did indeed pray to the Father with a question and was answered with a vision in which he saw God the Father and His son, Jesus Christ. Joseph Smith was a man of great strength, integrity, and purity.
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