How can I get info. on the prizon witch Joseph Smith was shot
How old was he? Can I get any free Mormon books CDs DVDs or free other media (including Mormon news
2007-06-25 07:49:49 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Joseph Smith and Hyrum Smith were held in Carthage jail, Illinois where a mob gathered. With them were John Taylor and Willard Richards. Hearing the mob start shooting, "Joseph sprang to his coat for his six-shooter, Hyrum for his single barrel, Taylor for Markham's large hickory cane and Dr Richards for Taylor's cane. All sprang against the door, the balls whistled up the stairway, and in an instant one came through the door... Hyrum was retreating back in front of the door and snapped his pistol when a ball struck him in the left side of the nose, and he fell on his back to the floor... Joseph reached round the door casing and discharged his six-shooter into the passage, some barrels missing fire." This is recorded in Documentary History of the Church 1960, Vol VI pp 617-618.
However, in the Introduction to this volume, page xli, it reads, "...the Prophet turned from the prostrate form of his murdered brother to face death-dealing guns and bravely returned the fire of his assailants, bringing his man down every time, and compelling John Hay [former Secretary of State] who but reluctantly accords the Prophet any quality of virtue to confess that he 'made a handsome fight' in the jail." John Taylor, who became the third Prophet of the LDS Church, was in the jail with Smith and records how Joseph "opened the door slightly, and snapped the pistol six successive times. Only three of the barrels, however, were discharged. I afterwards understood that two or three were wounded by these discharges, two of whom, I am informed, died." (TheGospel Kingdom, p360. The same account is in the DHC Vol VII pp 100-103)
This hardly seems to accord with Doctrine and Covenants 135:4 which reports Smith as saying shortly before his death, "I am going like a lamb to the slaughter." I hope these references will be helpful to you as you check out Mormon books etc.
2007-06-25 08:28:02 · answer #1 · answered by Annsan_In_Him 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The location is Carthage, Illinois. It it near the Iowa, Illinois border, by Keokuk, Iowa.
There are several books and DVDs produced by the LDS Church regarding this event. Go to www.lds.org for more information.
2007-06-25 10:36:45 · answer #2 · answered by Kerry 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The website I listed has a very informative DVD about Joseph Smith. It is free! They have a host of other information on the LDS church that you can get for free.
2007-06-25 16:21:15 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Joseph Smith was shot in the Carthage Jail in Carthage, Illinois. He was 39 years old.
Go to www.mormon.org, www.lds.org, www.meridianmagazine.com, or search for other such sites on the internet.
www.mormon.org is for people not familiar with the Church who want to learn more about it. You can get free literature and videos through that website.
2007-06-25 07:57:01 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
Go to Carthage, Illinois.
2007-06-25 07:54:49 · answer #5 · answered by Nijg 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i believe it was carthage right. there is a musem.
http://www.lds.org/placestovisit/location/0,10634,1844-1-1-1,00.html
and if you go to http://www.mormon.org/mormonorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=3ff8ca451c69f010VgnVCM1000003a94610aRCRD&locale=0
there the free crap.
actually the whole mormon cannon and publictaions are available at lds.org.
2007-06-25 08:02:16 · answer #6 · answered by redjedi182 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋