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I\u2019ve collected these quotes from, and about, Emma.\u00a0 There was so much to learn and love about her.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Safe in Quincy, Illinois, Emma wrote of her ordeal to Joseph who was still confined in the Liberty Jail:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWas it not for \u2026 the direct interposition of divine mercy, I am very sure I never should have been able to have endured the scenes of suffering that I have passed through \u2026 but I still live and am yet willing to suffer more if it is the will of kind Heaven, that I should for your sake. \u2026 No one but God, knows the reflections of my mind and the feelings of my heart when I left our house and home, and almost all of everything that we possessed excepting our little children, and took my journey out of the State of Missouri, leaving you shut up in that lonesome prison.\u201d ( Emma Smith to Joseph Smith, 7 Mar. 1839, Church History Library)<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cI have never seen a woman in my life, who would endure every species of fatigue and hardship, from month to month, and from year to year, with that unflinching courage, zeal, and patience, which she has ever done; for I know that which she has had to endure\u2014she has been tossed upon the ocean of uncertainty\u2014she has breasted the storms of persecution, and buffeted the rage of men and devils, which would have borne down almost any other woman.\u201d\u00a0 (Lucy Mack Smith, History of Joseph Smith<\/em>)<\/span><\/p>\n

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Emma\u2019s patriarchal blessing, given on 9 December 1834 by her father-in-law, Joseph Smith, Sr., presents important information concerning Emma\u2019s contribution to the Restoration, how the Lord viewed Emma, and what he promised her.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cEmma \u2026 thou art blessed of the Lord, for thy faithfulness and truth, thou shalt be blessed with thy husband, and rejoice in the glory which shall come upon him. Thy soul has been afflicted because of the wickedness of men in seeking the destruction of thy companion, and thy whole soul has been drawn out in prayer for his deliverance; rejoice, for the Lord thy God has heard thy supplication\u2026Thou shalt see thy Redeemer. Thy heart shall rejoice in the great work of the Lord, and no one shall take thy rejoicing from thee. Thou shalt ever remember the great condescension of thy God in permitting thee to accompany my son [Joseph] when the angel delivered the record of the Nephites to his care. \u2026 Thou shalt be blessed with understanding, and have power to instruct thy sex, teach thy family righteousness, and thy little ones the way of life, and the holy angels shall watch over thee and thou shalt be saved in the kingdom of God, even so, Amen.\u201d (Patriarchal blessing given to Emma Hale Smith, 9 December 1834, Kirtland, Ohio, \u00a0Church History Library).<\/span><\/p>\n

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Emmeline B. Wells, a contemporary of Emma, wrote of her: \u201cSister Emma was benevolent and hospitable; she drew around her a large circle of friends, who were like good comrades. She was motherly in nature to young people, always had a houseful to entertain or be entertained. She was very high-spirited and the brethren and sisters paid her great respect. Emma was a great solace to her husband in all his persecutions and the severe ordeals through which he passed; she was always ready to encourage and comfort him, devoted to his interests, and was constantly by him whenever it was possible. She was queen in her home, so to speak, and beloved by the people, who were many of them indebted to her for favors and kindness.\u201d\u00a0 (LDS Women of the Past: Personal Impressions,\u201d Woman\u2019s Exponent<\/em> 36:1)<\/span><\/p>\n

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In an interview with her sons a few months before she died, Emma bore testimony: \u201cMy belief is that the Book of Mormon is of divine authenticity. I have not the slightest doubt of it. \u2026 Though I was an active participant in the scenes that transpired, and was present during the translation of the plates \u2026 and had cognizance of things as they transpired, it is marvelous to me, \u2018a marvel and a wonder,\u2019 as much as to anyone else.\u201d Describing her experience, she said: \u201cThe plates often lay on the table without any attempt at concealment, wrapped in a small linen tablecloth which I had given [Joseph] to fold them in. I once felt the plates as they lay on the table, tracing their outline and shape. They seemed to be pliable like thick paper, and would rustle with a metallic sound when the edges were moved by the thumb, as one does sometimes thumb the edges of a book.\u201d She also testified, \u201cI know Mormonism to be the truth; and believe the church to have been established by divine direction. My belief is that the Book of Mormon is of divine authenticity.\u00a0 I have no doubt about it.\u201d (Emma Smith\u2019s Last Testimony,\u201d Feb. 1879, RLDS Archives.)<\/span><\/p>\n

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A granddaughter, Emma Belle Smith Kennedy, remembers Emma: \u201cHer eyes were brown and sad. She would smile with her lips but to me, as small as I was, I never saw the brown eyes smile. I asked my mother one day, why don\u2019t Grandma laugh with her eyes like you do and my mother said because she has a deep sorrow in her heart.\u201d (Journal of Emma Belle Smith Kennedy, daughter of Alexander Hale Smith, in possession of Gracia N. Jones.)<\/span><\/p>\n

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A woman who served as a maid in Emma\u2019s home during Emma\u2019s later years related the fact that each evening after the chores were done, Emma would climb the stairs to her room, sit in her low rocker, and gaze out the window at the western sunset over the Mississippi River. No one dared approach to offer comfort, because they did not know how to touch the depth of sorrow evidenced by the tears that coursed down her cheeks. (Related to Gracia N. Jones in 1980 in Lethbridge, Canada, by a woman who said, \u201cDuring World War I, my mother happened to be traveling through the Midwest and was hospitalized in Kansas City, Missouri. Her roommate was an elderly woman who said she had served as a helper in the home of Emma Smith, and she told her this story.\u201d)<\/span><\/p>\n

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Emma lived almost thirty-five years after the martyrdom of her Prophet-husband. In the last hours of her life she was attended by her family: Louis Bidamon, Julia, Joseph III, and Alexander. According to Alexander, Emma seemed to sink away, but then she raised up and stretched out her hand, calling, \u201cJoseph! Joseph!\u201d Falling back on Alexander\u2019s arm, she clasped her hands on her bosom, and her spirit was gone. Both Alexander and Joseph thought she was calling for her son Joseph, but later, Alexander learned more about the incident. Sister Elizabeth Revel, Emma\u2019s nurse, explained that a few days earlier Emma had told her that Joseph came to her in a vision and said, \u201cEmma, come with me, it is time for you to come with me.\u201d \u201cAs Emma related it, she said, \u2018I went with him into a mansion, \u00a0One room was the nursery. In that nursery was a babe in the cradle. She said, \u2018I knew my babe, my Don Carlos that was taken from me.\u2019 She sprang forward, caught the child up in her arms, and wept with joy over the child. \u2018Joseph, where are the rest of my children.\u2019 He said to her, \u2018Emma, be patient and you shall have all of your children.\u2019 Then she saw standing by his side a personage of light, even the Lord Jesus Christ.\u201d\u00a0 (Alexander Hale Smith, sermon given 1 July 1903, Bottlineau, North Dakota, repeated in Ensign, Aug 1992, My Great-Great-Grandmother, Emma Hale Smith, By Gracia N. Jones.)<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Prophet wrote in his journal, reflecting on a visit from Emma while he was in great danger and difficulty in 1842: \u201cWith what unspeakable delight, and what transports of joy swelled my bosom, when I took by the hand, on that night, my beloved Emma\u2014she that was my wife, even the wife of my youth, and the choice of my heart. I contemplated for a moment the many scenes we had been called to pass through, the fatigues and the toils, the sorrows and sufferings, and the joys and consolations, from time to time, which had strewed our paths and crowned our board. Oh what a commingling of thought filled my mind for the moment, again she is here, even in the seventh trouble\u2014undaunted, firm, and unwavering\u2014unchangeable, affectionate Emma!\u201d\u00a0 (Joseph Smith, History of the Church,<\/em> 5:107)<\/span><\/p>\n

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*Words from\u00a0the song Emma<\/em>, written by\u00a0Jason Deere for Joseph:\u00a0A Nashville Tribute to the Prophet<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

*Photo: copyright Kimberly Jo Smith 2008 used with permission<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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