Latter Day Light DAILY DEVOTIONAL June 27, 2018 Joseph Smith
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SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY Doctrine & Covenants 1:17
"Wherefore, I the Lord, knowing the calamity which should come upon the inhabitants of the earth, called upon my servant Joseph Smith, Jun., and spake unto him from heaven, and gave him commandments."
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| QUOTE OF THE DAY Spencer W. Kimball
"Joseph Smith came into this world that was crying for help; for hundreds of years it had been helpless. . . . It had been hundreds and hundreds of years since there had been a prophet. . . . And so it was time" (Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Spencer W. Kimball, p. 228).
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The hearth had barely been replaced when a group of armed men approached the house. Joseph threw open the door and everyone in the Smith's house stormed into the yard as though they were a whole regiment bent upon arresting the intruders. The trespassers dispersed instantly in all directions, but Joseph felt that they would be back the next night, and more than likely with a bigger crowd.
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1844 - A few moments later the attack on the jail began. Hyrum was killed first. John Taylor was shot and he fell under the bed, but survived. Willard Richards was not injured. The Prophet Joseph sprang to the window and was shot. Falling out the window he said, "O Lord, my God!" The mob dispersed almost immediately when a call went up that "the Mormons are coming." A message was sent to Nauvoo written by Willard Richards that stated, "Joseph and Hyrum are dead. Taylor wounded, not very badly. I am well. Our guard was forced, as we believe, by a hand of Missourians from 100 to 200. The job was done in an instant, and the party fled towards Nauvoo instantly. This is as I believe it. The citizens here are afraid of the Mormons attacking them. I promise them no!" ( History of the Church, 6:621-622). To read more events in Church History,
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