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Sister EmmaDavid Lindsley, unknown
" My beloved
Emma—she that was my wife, even the wife of my
youth, and the choice of my heart" (History of the
Church, 5:107).
Joseph and EmmaScott Snow, 1992
"She is here . .
. undaunted, firm, and unwavering -- unchangeable,
affectionate Emma" (History of the Church,
5:107).
While Emma SleepsLiz Lemon Swindle
"Children are an
heritage of the Lord" (Psalm 127:3).
Joseph Smith Letter to EmmaVal Brinkerhoff, 2004
In a letter to
Emma, Joseph Smith wrote, "Tongue cannot express the
gratitude of my heart, for the warm and true-hearted
friendship you have manifested . . . towards me"
(History of the Church, 5:103).
Joseph Smith, Jr. at Sickbed of Emma Hale SmithRobert Barrett, 1991"Let thy soul delight in thy husband, and the glory which shall come upon him" (D&C 25:14).Emma Hale SmithLee Green Richards, 1941"Thou art an elect lady, whom I have called" (D&C 25:3).Joseph Smith Letter to Emma Smith, 13 October 1832Joseph Smith writes from New York City and describes the city and expresses his desire for the welfare of Emma while he is gone.
PS while Brother Whitney
[is] Selecting goods I have nothing to [do] but sit in my
room and pray for him that he may have strength to indure
his labours for truly it is [a] tedious Job to stand on the
feet all day to select goods its wants good Judgement and a
long acquantence with goods to git good ones and a man must
be his own Judge for no one will Judge for him and it is
much pepleccity [perplexity] of mind I prefer reading and
praying and holding comuneion with the holy spirit and
writing to [you] then walking the streets and beholding the
distraction of man I have [had] some conversation with few
which gave satisfaction and one very butiful young gentleman
from Jersy whose countinance was very sollam he came and set
by my side and began to converce with me about the Cholra
and I learned he had been seased with it and came very near
die[i]ng with it he said the Lord had spared him for some
wise pu[r]pose I took advantage of this and opened a long
discours with him he received my teaching with appearan[t]ly
with much pleasure and becam[e] very strongly attacth to me
we talkd till late at night and concluded to omit
[conversation] till the next day but having some business to
do he was detained untill the boat was ready to go out and
must leave he came to me and bid me Farewell [and we parted]
with much reluctance Brother Whitney is received with great
kindness by all his old acquaintance[s] he is faithful in
prayr and fervant in spirit and he we take great comfort
together there is about one hundred boarders and sometimes
more in this house every [day] from one to two from all
parts of the world I think you would hav[e] laughed right
harty if you could [have] been whe[r]e you could se the
waiters to day noon [as they] waited on the table both Black
and white and molato runing bowing and maneuvering but I
must conclude I remain your affectionate Husband until Death
Joseph Smith Junior
Joseph Smith Letter to Emma Smith, 13 October 1832Joseph Smith writes from New York City and describes the city and expresses his desire for the welfare of Emma while he is gone.
Oct 13 1832
P Pearl Street House N Y
My Dear Wife
This day I have been
walking through the most splended part of the City of n New
Y- the buildings are truly great and wonderful to the
astonishing [of] to eve[r]y beholder and the language of my
heart is like this can the great God of all the Earth maker
of all thing[s] magnificent and splendid be displeased with
man for all these great inventions saught out by them my
answer is no it can not be seeing these works are are
calculated to mak[e] men comfortable wise and happy
therefore not for the works can the Lord be displeased only
aganst man is the anger of the Lord Kindled because they
Give him not the Glory therefore their iniquities shall [be]
visited upon their heads and their works shall be burned up
with unquenchable fire the inequity of the people is printed
in every countinance and nothing but the dress of the people
makes them look fair and butiful all is deformity their is
something in every countinance that is disagreable with few
exceptions Oh how long Oh Lord Shall this order of things
exist and darkness cover the Earth and gross darkness cover
the people after beholding all that I had any desire to
behold I returned to my room to meditate and calm my mind
and behold the thaughts of home of Emma and Julia rushes
upon my mind like a flood and I could wish for
Joseph Playing with His ChildrenRobert Barrett, 1991"I have commanded you to bring up your children in light and truth" (D&C 93:40).Emma Hale SmithSutcliffe Maudsley, unknown
"And the office of thy
calling shall be for a comfort unto my servant, Joseph
Smith, Jun., thy husband, in his afflictions" (D&C 25:5).
Joseph Smith Letter to Emma Smith, 13 October 1832Joseph Smith writes from New York City and describes the city and expresses his desire for the welfare of Emma while he is gone.
[a] moment to be with
them my breast is filld with all the feelings and tenderness
of a parent and a Husband and could I be with you I would
tell you many things yet when I reflect upon this great city
like Ninevah not desearning their right hand from their left
yea more then two hundred [thousand] souls my bowels is
filled with compasion towards them and I am determined to
lift up my voice in this City and leave the Event with God
who holdeth all things in his hands and will not suffer an
hair of our heads unnoticed to fall to the ground there is
but few Cases of the cholra in this City now and i you
should see the people you would not that know that they
people had ever heard of the [cholra] I hope you will excuse
me for writting this letter so soon after w[r]iting for I
feel as if I wanted to [say] you say something to you to
comfort you in your beculier triel and presant affliction I
hope God will give you strength that you may not faint I
pray God to soften the hearts of those arou[n]d you to be
kind to you and take [the] burdon of[f] your shoulders as
much as posable and not afflict you I feel for you for I
know you[r] state and that others do not but you must
cumfort yourself knowing that God is your friend in heaven
and that you hav[e] one true and living friend on Earth your Husband
Joseph Smith Jr.
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