Im way busy today, so Im just putting some stuff about Joseph Smith.
"...no man or woman in this dispensation will ever enter into the celestial kingdom without the consent of Joseph Smith. Every man and woman must have the certificate of Joseph Smith, Junior, as a passport to their entrance into the mansion where God and Christ are...I cannot go there without his consent. He reigns there as supreme a being in his sphere, capacity, and calling, as God does in heaven." Brigham Young Journal of Discourses, Vol. 7, p. 289
And heres one of my favrite hyms. Its all about the prophet Joseph and we sing it a lot at meeting on sundays. Its called "Praise to the Man" -
1) Praise to the man who communed with Jehovah! Jesus anointed that Prophet and Seer.Blessed to open the last dispensation, Kings shall extol him, and nations revere.
chorus: Hail to the Prophet, ascended to heaven! Traitors and tyrants now fight him in vain.Mingling with Gods, he can plan for his brethren; Death cannot conquer the hero again.
2) Praise to his memory, he died as a martyr; Honored and blest be his ever great name!Long shall his blood, which was shed by assassins, Stain Illinois while the earth lauds his fame.chorus: Hail to the Prophet, ascended to heaven! Traitors and tyrants now fight him in vain.Mingling with Gods, he can plan for his brethren; Death cannot conquer the hero again.3) Great is his glory and endless his priesthood: Ever and ever the keys he will hold. Faithful and true, he will enter his kingdom, Crowned in the midst of the prophets of old.chorus: Hail to the Prophet, ascended to heaven! Traitors and tyrants now fight him in vain.Mingling with Gods, he can plan for his brethren; Death cannot conquer the hero again.
4) Sacrifice brings forth the blessings of heaven; Earth must atone for the blood of that man.Wake up the world for the conflict of justice,Millions shall know brother Joseph again.
chorus: Hail to the Prophet, ascended to heaven! Traitors and tyrants now fight him in vain.Mingling with Gods, he can plan for his brethren; Death cannot conquer the hero again.
When Joseph got martered the folk in the church back then were mad so Brigham Young made the folk promise to keep praying for god to get the guys who did it. Pratt thinks some of the folk were thinking they needed to help god out some, and thats why the Arkansas folk got killed at Mountain Meadows near Cedar City. The guys at Cedar were thinking the Arkansas wagon train folk coming through Utah were bad and had a part in Joseph getting killed, (or maybe it was something about Parley P Pratt getting killed in Arkansas after his new cute polygamy wife ran off with her kids from her gentile husband?) Nobody really knows. (We're not doing that venjeance promise now.)Wish me luck for the pajeant tonight!
Blessings!
HoneyDawn
