Welcome to part two of this week's podcast.

I'm ready to hear about Hiram Smith.

This is not someone we've talked about at length in any podcast yet, but someone who deserves

to be talked about at length.

The Hiram is one of these heroes of the restoration.

One thing I've noticed, Hank and John, that you do very well, as you think about parents

doing, come follow me.

I think one story about Hiram that every parent should know, every family should know.

I have loved talking to my kids about this, that Hiram, so he's five years old and in

Joseph, and thinking back to that episode when Joseph was suffering his terrible leg infection

and surgery, one thing that Lucy Mack Smith remembered when she later writes the history.

I think this must have stood out so much because it probably wasn't some ways unexpected

for a 12-year-old, but that Hiram asked to take Lucy's place to press day and night,

she says, Joseph's leg because of that pressure, that sort of rubbing it provided Joseph

a little bit of relief.

I love this image of a 12-year-old brother and a seven-year-old brother, and Hiram sitting

there rubbing, pressing the leg to give day after day to give his little brother some

relief.

That, to me, pretty much encapsulates what I think is true about Hiram.

His mother used these two great words that he was filled with tender sympathy.

Obviously, we're going to look more and more at this relationship over the course of this

year, right?

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