“Another Mormon Miracle”

Luke Johnson

Luke Johnson, who had left the Church prior to this incident, did what to help Joseph Smith Sr.?

a.      Help him escape court while charged on a vexations suit

b.      Plant his garden

c.       Move Joseph Sr. and Lucy Mack Smith from Kirtland to Missouri

d.      Give patriarchal blessings when Joseph Sr. was too busy

Yesterday’s answer:

b.      He heard the prayer of a child asking to watch over the prophet

Oliver Huntington, The Prophet’s bodyguard, tells how one prayer was answered: At a time when Joseph Smith was guarded day and night by his brethren from mob violence, that he might perform his necessary business labors and get the necessary night’s rest and that his life should be safe; he was in a log house at night. Several brethren were with him and were making arrangements as to who should stand guard that night.

   Joseph was listening to the prayer of a little boy in the room adjoining. The boy prayed for the Prophet, that he might be secure and safe from his enemies, the mob, that night.

   When the boy had done praying, Joseph turned to his brethren and told them all to go to bed and all sleep and rest themselves that night, for God had heard and would answer that boy’s prayer. They all went to bed and slept safely until morning undisturbed.

Joseph Smith’s Kirtland, Karl Ricks Anderson (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 1989), 165.