Nauvoo Temple and Carthage Jail

When the Nauvoo temple was announced to be built. It made me so emotional every time I thought of it, I do not know why. Dylan was a baby when it was dedicated. John and I watched the dedication broadcast. This temple has always held a special meaning to me. It was so fun and neat to be able to see it.

This statue and sign is in front of the Nauvoo temple.





The sign says, "The Prophet's Last Ride: On the morning of June 24, 1844, Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrun left their families, homes, and fellow Saints for the last time. Traveling on horseback, they paused on this bluff. Joseph looked admiringly at the unfinished temple and the city of Nauvoo and declared: This is the loveliest place and the best people under the heavens; little do they know the trials that await them. Joseph and Hyrum continued on to Carthage, Illinois, where they faced legal charges and eventual death at the hands of a mob.

Carthage Jail: The feeling when we went upstairs in the jail is hard to explain. Unlike anything I have felt.

I took a picture of the signs by the jail. I liked what they said. This one is hard to read it says: "PATIENCE IS HEAVENLY OBEDIENCE IS NOBLE, FORGIVENESS IS MERCIFUL, AND EXALTATION IS GODLY AND HE THAT HOLDS OUT FAITHFUL TO THE END SHALL IN NO WISE LOSE HIS REWARDS. A GOOD MAN WILL ENDURE ALL THINGS TO HONOR CHRIST, AND EVEN DISPOSE OF THE WHOLE WORLD, AND ALL IN IT, TO SAVE HIS SOUL." Joseph Smith Jr. and Hyrum Smith

This sign says, "WHEN A MAN HAS OFFERED IN SACRIFICE ALL THAT HE HAS FOR THE TRUTH'S SAKE NOT EVEN WITHHOLDING HIS LIFE AND BELIEVING BEFORE GOD THAT HE HAS BEEN CALLED TO MAKE THIS SACRIFICE BECAUSE HE WEEKS TO DO HIS WILL, HE DOES KNOW, MOST ASSUREDLY, THAT GOD DOES AND WILL ACCEPT HIS SACRIFICE AND OFFERING, AND THAT HE HAS NOT, NOT WILL NOT SEEK HIS FACE IN VAIN." Joseph Smith Jr.