“The Death of the Prophets”: Wilford Woodruff’s Account of the Martyrdom of Joseph and Hyrum Smith
By Brooke R. LeFevre
Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake... But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. —Matthew 24:9, 13
Joseph and Hyrum Smith were killed on June 27, 1844, but almost two weeks passed before Wilford Woodruff learned of the martyrdom. It took another week before he allowed himself to feel the loss...
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