What was
sent to Joseph Glanvil while serving a mission to confirm to both Joseph and
his family that he was doing the right thing?
a. An angel
b. A towel and loaf of bread
c. A vision of Joseph’s family praying
for him
d. A letter from President Brigham Young
Yesterday’s answer:
a. “O Lord, my God”
“Joseph and
Hyrum were Master Masons, yet they were massacred through the instrumentality
of some of the leading men of that fraternity, and not one soul of them has
ever stepped forth to administer help to me or my brethren belonging to the
Masonic Institution, or to render us assistance, although bound under the strongest
obligations to be true and faithful to each other in every case and under every
circumstance, the commission of crime excepted.
“Yes, Masons, it is said, were even among
the mob that murdered Joseph and Hyrum in Carthage Jail. Joseph, leaping the
fatal window, gave the Masonic signal of distress. The answer was the roar of
his murderers’ muskets and the deadly balls that pierced his heart. . . .
“. . . .When the enemy surrounded the jail,
rushed up the stairway, and killed Hyrum Smith, Joseph stood at the open
window, his martyr-cry being these words, “O Lord My God!” This was not the
beginning of a prayer, because Joseph Smith did not pray in that manner. This
brave, young man who knew that death was near, started to repeat the distress
signal of the Masons, expecting thereby to gain the protection its members are
pledged to give a brother in distress.”
E. Cecil
McGavin, Mormonism and Masonry, (),
16-7.
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