This morning we visited Carthage Jail, the site of the martyrdom of Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrum. It is a beautiful property like all church properties. The building has been well preserved, to sit in the room is to take a step back into time. The spirit in that room is as if the Prophet Joseph was just there. I would have liked to sit and soak in more of that feeling of love and peace, the affirmation that all he lived for lives on.
Outside the building are numerous monuments with quotes from Joseph Smith. As we were coming out of the building, I saw one with the quote: “And now, after the many testimonies which have been given of him, this is the testimony, last of all, which we give of him: That he lives! For we saw him, even on the right hand of God; and we heard the voice bearing record that he is the Only Begotten of the Father" What a statement to have sealed with his blood. It would be hard to study the gospel and not be overwhelmed with gratitude for the power of that testimony.
View out the window that Joseph Smith fell out of.
The door that Hyrum was shot through, the bullet hole is still there.
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