Welcome to follow him favorites. This is where John and I share a single story to go with each

week's lesson. John, the two sections of the doctrine covenants we're looking at this week are

sections 135 and 136. They're two and a half years apart. Section 135 is about the

martyrdom of Joseph Smith and Hiram Smith. Section 136 is about the Trek West.

I have what I think is the perfect story for these two sections.

Have you ever heard the name Dan Jones?

Yes.

He was at Carthage in the jail at some point with Joseph.

Dan Jones was in Carthage jail the night

before Joseph Smith was killed. Now, Dan had immigrated from Wales in the UK. He was working on the

Mississippi River as the captain of a steamboat when he joined the church. He was bringing a lot of

Latter-day Saints to Navu.

Did you know that Dan Jones receives Joseph Smith's last recorded prophecy? Here's the story.

The night before the prophet Joseph Smith was killed, he heard gunfire outside the window of

Carthage jail, so he chose to sleep on the floor. Near him was Dan Joan. The prophet asked Dan if he was afraid to die.

Dan replies, has that time come, thank you? Engaged in such a cause, I do not think that death would have

many terrors. But then Joseph prophesied, You will yet see whales and fulfill the mission appointed

you before you die.

The Prophet's promise was fulfilled in 1845, when Dan and his wife, Jane, were called to serve in Wales.

Dan used his talent for speaking to teach the gospel with great conviction. He was fluent in Welsh and English,

and witnesses recorded that he spoke so captivatingly that he could hold his audience's attention in either language for hours.

Wow.

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