Joseph Smith

It always touches my heart to read about Joseph Smith restoring the gospel and his first vision. Today comemorates the Martydom of he and his brother Hyrum. I often think of the Prophet John Taylor writing down that their was none better than Joseph Smith--Save Jesus Christ.
I have had the opportunity to stand in the Jail room --where he was on Jun 27-1944 and to feel the spirit testify that he gave his life for the true church and I am so thankful for prophets then and now and thankful to be a part of the gospel he restored. I spend quite a bit of time reading about Joseph today and again renewed in my testimony of him.. One thing Joseph often ended his letters to Emma with was his testimony of the gospel and I wanted to write this to my family and end with my testimony of the Gospel --and my testimony of my Savior and of a loving Heavenly father. Praise to the Man who communed with Jehovah--...as the song says--many religions confuse the fact that we worship Joseph--no-- not so --but we revere the things he did to restore the truths and Preistood authority back to the earth as it was in the day of Christ --before the apostasy --how thankful I am for the restoration of all the keys of the kingdom of Heaven in this dispensation.