This is done by raising both hands high above the head, and while lowering the hands,

repeating three times the words,

O God, hear the words of my mouth.

O God, hear the words of my mouth.

Oh God, hear the words of my mouth. O God, hear the words of my mouth.

We have here a list of names of persons who are sick or otherwise afflicted, whom we are

requested to remember in our prayer.

We will place this list upon the altar and request the faith of those present in behalf of these persons.

The sisters in the room will please veil their faces.

Each brother in the circle will take the sister at his left by the right hand and the patriarchal grip.

I am Ryan McKnight. I'm Kara Santa Maria. I am Christopher Smith. Hi, I'm Andrew Torres.

This is Naked Mormonism. The Serial Mormon History Podcast.

We spent last episode in Missouri alone, but life in Navu was busy as ever, while Pistol Pack and Porter Rockwell was off fulfilling prophecy with

the stolen pistol in Missouri. Two days before Ports bullets struck ex-governor and senatorial

candidate Lilburn Boggs, on May 4, 1842, Joseph Smith, altered the trajectory of Mormonism

forever.

According to Hebrosey Kimball, Joseph recognized that, quote,

Masonry was taken from priesthood but has become degenerated, end quote.

Joe had ascended to the sublime degree of masonry in the newly dedicated Navu Masonic Lodge in mid-March.

Now, seven weeks later, he co-opted the procedure to make his own ascendancy ritual, complete with Mormon proprietary drama. Those familiar with the Masonic passion

narrative, Joseph's passion narrative was similarly based in the Bible, whereas Masonic passion narratives

dependent on right, of course, usually act out

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