Joseph Smith and fellow prisoners Divinely Protected and comforted in prison
Published October 4, 2026 at 7:56 AM
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Millennial Star Research
While Joseph Smith and other prisoners were confined in prison, they were treated with cruelty by their guards and suffered from their confinement, yet they were buoyed up by the Spirit of God and rejoiced in each other's society. On one occasion, Judge Morin visited them and spent the evening in prison, and the prisoners described the time as pleasant, stating they were 'as happy as the happiest'.
In Their Own Words
“Judge Morin arrived from Mill Port, and was favourable to our escape from persecution we were enduring, and he spent the evening with us in prison, and we had as pleasant a time as such circumstances would admit, for we were as happy as the happiest; the Spirit buoyed us up above our troubles, and we rejoiced in each other’s society. — Millennial Star 17:7”
Sources & References
The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star (Manchester, later Liverpool, England, May 1840–1970), 17 February 1855 (Vol. 17, No. 7). https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1855-02-17_17_7 (account extracted verbatim from the issue's Internet Archive OCR text; research confidence: high)
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