Joseph Dies for the Gospel

Many people were angry with Joseph Smith and the Church. They didn’t like what Joseph was teaching. Some even wanted to kill him.

Joseph had to go to the city of Carthage so a judge could decide if he had broken the law. Joseph blessed Emma and his children, kissed them goodbye, and left for Carthage

Joseph and Hyrum riding horses and looking back at the unfinished Nauvoo Temple

Joseph’s brother Hyrum and other friends went with him. As they left, Joseph looked back at Nauvoo. “This is the loveliest place and the best people under the heavens,” he said.

Joseph in Carthage Jail talking to guards, while Hyrum reads the scriptures

In Carthage the men were put in jail. Hyrum read to them from the Book of Mormon. Joseph told the guards that the Book of Mormon is true.

Men with guns trying to get in the room while Joseph and his friends are holding the door closed

Later that day, angry men with guns rushed into the jail. They started shooting into the room where Joseph and his friends were. Hyrum and Joseph were killed.

Early Saints comforting each other with the Nauvoo Temple behind them on a hill

The Saints were very sad when they found out that Joseph and Hyrum had died. But they knew that the Church would keep growing and blessing God’s children all over the world.