Tuesday, March 9, 2021

Emma not Heeding Joseph Smith's Request that Joseph Smith III and David Smith to Walk in their Father's Footsteps

 

 

A REQUEST THAT WAS NEVER HEEDED

 

When Joseph, the prophet, was leaving the Mansion House, on his way to Carthage for the last time, father was standing near the gates when Joseph said to his wife, “Emma, can you train my sons to walk in their father’s footsteps?” She answered, “Oh, Brother Joseph, you are coming back.” Father says Joseph asked the same question three times and that Emma gate the same answer each time. The Prophet then rode away to Carthage and to his death.

Diary of Edwin Rushton.

(N.B. Lundwall, comp., Assorted Gems of Priceless Value [Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1944], 313)