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To
seal
the
testimony
of
this
book
and
the
Book
of
Mormon,
we
announce
the
a
martyrdom
of
Joseph
Smith
the
Prophet,
and
Hyrum
Smith
the
Patriarch.
They
were
shot
in
Carthage
jail,
on
the
27th
of
June,
1844,
about
five
o'clock
p.m.,
by
an
armed
mob—painted
black—of
from
150
to
200
persons.
b
Hyrum
was
shot
first
and
fell
calmly,
exclaiming:
I
am
a
c
dead
man!
Joseph
leaped
from
the
window,
and
was
shot
dead
in
the
attempt,
exclaiming:
d
O
Lord
my
God!
They
were
both
shot
after
they
were
dead,
in
a
brutal
manner,
and
both
received
four
balls.
2 John
Taylor
and
Willard
Richards,
two
of
the
Twelve,
were
the
only
persons
in
the
room
at
the
time;
the
former
was
wounded
in
a
savage
manner
with
four
balls,
but
has
since
recovered;
the
latter,
through
the
providence
of
God,
escaped,
without
even
a
hole
in
his
robe.
3 Joseph
Smith,
the
a
Prophet
and
b
Seer
of
the
Lord,
has
done
more,
c
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
d
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
e
blood;
and
so
has
his
brother
Hyrum.
In
life
they
were
not
divided,
and
in
death
they
were
not
f
separated!
4 When
Joseph
went
to
Carthage
to
deliver
himself
up
to
the
pretended
requirements
of
the
law,
two
or
three
days
previous
to
his
assassination,
he
said:
"I
am
going
like
a
a
lamb
to
the
slaughter;
but
I
am
calm
as
a
summer's
morning;
I
have
a
b
conscience
c
void
of
offense
towards
God,
and
towards
all
men.
I
shall
die
innocent,
and
it
shall
yet
be
said
of
me—he
was
murdered
in
cold
blood."—The
same
morning,
after
Hyrum
had
made
ready
to
go—shall
it
be
said
to
the
slaughter?
yes,
for
so
it
was—he
read
the
following
paragraph,
near
the
close
of
the
twelfth
chapter
of
Ether,
in
the
Book
of
Mormon,
and
turned
down
the
leaf
upon
it:
5 And
it
came
to
pass
that
I
prayed
unto
the
Lord
that
he
would
give
unto
the
Gentiles
grace,
that
they
might
have
charity.
And
it
came
to
pass
that
the
Lord
said
unto
me:
If
they
have
not
charity
it
mattereth
not
unto
thee,
thou
hast
been
a
faithful;
wherefore
thy
garments
shall
be
made
b
clean.
And
because
thou
hast
seen
thy
weakness,
thou
shalt
be
made
strong,
even
unto
the
sitting
down
in
the
place
which
I
have
prepared
in
the
mansions
of
my
Father.
And
now
I
...
bid
farewell
unto
the
Gentiles;
yea,
and
also
unto
my
brethren
whom
I
love,
until
we
shall
meet
before
the
c
judgment-seat
of
Christ,
where
all
men
shall
know
that
my
garments
are
not
spotted
with
your
blood.
The
d
testators
are
now
dead,
and
their
e
testament
is
in
force.
6 Hyrum
Smith
was
forty-four
years
old
in
February,
1844,
and
Joseph
Smith
was
thirty-eight
in
December,
1843;
and
henceforward
their
names
will
be
classed
among
the
a
martyrs
of
religion;
and
the
reader
in
every
nation
will
be
reminded
that
the
Book
of
Mormon,
and
this
book
of
Doctrine
and
Covenants
of
the
church,
cost
the
best
blood
of
the
nineteenth
century
to
bring
them
forth
for
the
salvation
of
a
ruined
world;
and
that
if
the
fire
can
scathe
a
b
green
tree
for
the
glory
of
God,
how
easy
it
will
burn
up
the
dry
trees
to
purify
the
vineyard
of
corruption.
They
lived
for
glory;
they
died
for
glory;
and
glory
is
their
eternal
c
reward.
From
age
to
age
shall
their
names
go
down
to
posterity
as
gems
for
the
sanctified.
7 They
were
innocent
of
any
crime,
as
they
had
often
been
proved
before,
and
were
only
confined
in
jail
by
the
conspiracy
of
traitors
and
wicked
men;
and
their
innocent
blood
on
the
floor
of
Carthage
jail
is
a
broad
seal
affixed
to
"Mormonism"
that
cannot
be
rejected
by
any
court
on
earth,
and
their
innocent
blood
on
the
a
escutcheon
of
the
State
of
Illinois,
with
the
broken
faith
of
the
State
as
pledged
by
the
governor,
is
a
witness
to
the
truth
of
the
everlasting
gospel
that
all
the
world
cannot
impeach;
and
their
innocent
blood
on
the
banner
of
liberty,
and
on
the
magna
charta
of
the
United
States,
is
an
ambassador
for
the
religion
of
Jesus
Christ,
that
will
touch
the
hearts
of
honest
men
among
all
nations;
and
their
innocent
blood,
with
the
innocent
blood
of
all
the
martyrs
under
the
altar
that
John
b
a
saw,
will
cry
unto
the
Lord
of
Hosts
till
he
avenges
that
blood
on
the
earth.
Amen.
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