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A welcome refreshing perspective from outside the jail reflecting what regular church members were thinking and feeling as they endured one of the darkest periods of church history I m afraid we have Gerald Lund s Work and the Glory Volume 4 p 468 to blame for the commonly held folklore and tall tale stories that have been passed down through the generations about Liberty Jail We follow the prisoners subsequent release escape from their captivity in WG volume 5 Caleb Baldwin actually gets a line of dialogue on p 41 Volume 5 of Lund s now classic work The A Banner is Unfurled series by Gallacher and Robinson volume 5 starting on p 23 also includes the Liberty Jail experience as these great friends of the prophet.
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Witnessed the trials of Joseph s imprisonment and did all they could to help and comfort the Smith family while the head of the house was serving time I highly recommend reading these two historical fiction series if you haven t already Emma Smith crossing the frozen Mississippi river with her children carrying important papers is also in this book as it is in Work and the Glory volume 4 p 542 I m very happy Dean Hughes can now be added to this list of historical fiction novels if you re looking for something from church history to read. Liberty gpt Also Elder Jeffery R Holland gave an excellent talk at BYU in 2008 Lessons from Liberty Jail accessible on YouTube which includes some of these historical inaccuracies the men being unable to stand up straight.
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Resentment and depression to humble and even repentant Two separate visits from family members will make you cheer for our protagonists The part where Joseph finally begins receiving revelation from the Lord is especially moving as he had felt heaven s doors closed to him during those early weeks and months in such inhumane conditions Joseph emerged from this experience a different prophet than the greenie from the Kirtland years All of us can relate to this book when we have experienced dark and trying times in our own life and have had to search long and hard for any little miracles that might bring relief As Elder Holland emphasizes in his BYU talk.
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When Caleb Baldwin is arrested alongside the Prophet Joseph Smith and four other men he doesn t know how long he ll be stuck in the miserable jail in Liberty Missouri In the face of squalid conditions fear for their safety and worry about their families how can Caleb and the others maintain their faith Meanwhile back in Far West Emma Smith and the other family members of the imprisoned find themselves facing persecution from anti Mormon mobs which seek to kill Joseph destroy the Smith home and force the other Saints out of Missouri As Caleb endures the hardships of prison and Emma struggles to uproot her life the two become firsthand witnesses to the faith of the Prophet Joseph from within this prison temple From the depths of confinement Joseph grapples with the difficult conditions and the weight of his prophetic mantle his desperate yearning to hear God s voice and receive divine revelation ultimately culminating in what is now known as sections 121 123 of the Doctrine and Covenants With Dean Hughes s characteristic blend of historical accuracy and compelling characters Liberty explores the lives and faith of Emma and Joseph Smith Caleb Baldwin and the other men imprisoned in Liberty Jail during this tumultuous period in Latter day Saint history Liberty A Historical Novel
Kirby Heyborne is a masterful voice actor performing Dean Hughes s new LDS historical novel about the horrible winter of 1838 39 in Liberty jail I appreciate Hughes s careful scholarly study of the events and for correcting a few historical misunderstandings The novel would be a good read for anyone but it was especially interesting to me because I m a proud descendant of these imperfect strong resilient and faithful early Latter day Saints My only complaint is that the book ended too soon Kindle Edition This was a fantastic story on the experiences of Joseph Smith and others in the Liberty Jail It was a wonderful testimony building story showing how Joseph Smith went through a refiners fire and made he even stronger as the Prophet of the Lord What a great example that was and how much I learned about adversity and trusting and waiting on the Lord Kindle Edition This is a historical fiction about Liberty Jail where Joseph Smith and four other men spent the winter of 1838 1839 in difficult circumstances It s told from the perspective of Caleb Baldwin I appreciate a historical fiction that helps put us in the place of understanding what this was like for those there but and as the author says this should be a springboard to study It s obvious this was a time of reflection and learning for Joseph Smith and others and even helps those of us reading and learning about it think about what we can take from these experiences Here are some quotes I liked Avard had directed the vigilante actions that some of the Saints had taken and now he was leaving out his own involvement p 5. Historical Fiction liberty mutual Five men involved in the Battle at Crooked River were accused of murder and remanded without bail They would remain in jail in Richmond Probable cause for treason also not a bailable offense was found against another six who would be confined in the Clay County jail in Liberty Missouri Those men were Joseph Smith Hyrum Smith Sidney Rigdon Lyman Wight Alexander McRae and Caleb Baldwin p 7 We re going to be tested We ll have to stay strong stronger than we ve ever been p 8. Liberty public library An entire winter in jail was almost too much for his mind to accept p 9 This is not where you re going to be staying Your place is down below in the lower room of the jail We call it the dungeon p 18 This place ain t fit for hogs How do you expect us to live down here p 14 We aren t going to murder anyone and we aren t afraid to stand trail We know we haven t committed any crimes p 15 You will respect us Mr Tillery or I promise you will feel the wrath of God p 17 The people have heard nothing but lies about us Lyman So it s not surprising that they want to take our lives But it s not a man like Tillery I hold in contempt It s our own members men who considered brothers in the gospel who offered up barefaced lies for evidence p 18. Kindle liberty university His own safety wasn t his biggest worry he kept thinking of his wife Nancy and his nine children They were in Far West trying to get by without him and he wasn t sure they had food enough to last the winter Hyrum spoke softly Brethren we have to trust in the Lord no matter what s happened so far We can t lose our faith that God is with us p 18. Kindle liberty national Caleb loved Sidney for the good friend he had long been and he pitied him for his increasing frailties The two of them had known each other for years Caleb had become part of the Campbellite religious movement and he had moved to Warrensville not far from Kirtland partly to join the congregation led by Sidney p 20. Historical Fiction liberty mutual The beating Sidney had taken from a mob in Kirtland and even his confinement in Richmond had broken him p 22 That wasn t enough food to fill us Is this what we have to face all winter p 25 We expected the Lord to fight with us p 28 I m a military man and I wanted to fight as much as anyone But burning Gallatin was than a mistake It was the excuse Boggs needed to unleash the mobs that were only too ready to come after us p 29 Brethren we can t give up on God I promise you he knows where we are and what we re suffering We ll need him to get through this p 29 We do trust God And we need to trust each other I know we re all feeling beleaguered right now but we can t let a spirit of anger prevail I haven t given up on the Lord Lyman said I just don t understand why things turned out this way I suspect that s why we re here Joseph said To find out p 30 Why do they hate us so much Emma Mary asked still whispering What possible reason do they have to kill our husbands What they really want is for us to leave Missouri and they think threats will scare us away What we must not do is let hatred seep into our own hearts When we hate our enemies have defeated us They ve turned us away from God p 36 I don t understand such wickedness How could a man say something like that to a little child Do you really think the Lord expects me to forgive something like that p 37 I want to take him to the jail to receive a blessing from his father Hyrum needs to see him and my little son needs a name p 39 Please Lord wilt thou bless our children and help us as mothers to protect them And please we ask guide us to know how we can support one another and all our sisters p 40. Liberty liquors The only relief came three times a day when the prisoners were allowed to climb the ladder eat their meals at the table and take comfort in a few minutes by the stove p 45. Carnival liberty deck plans pdf He had begun to realize that it would take spiritual strength than he had ever found in himself to meet the demands he was now facing No one could give him that not even Joseph p 48 We miss you terribly Joseph But don t worry about us We haven t gone hungry and we try not to become too downcast Julia is a little wonder She s cheerful no matter what comes and she helps me keep Joey under control He needs to run and play but I simply can t let him go outside p 63 My trials have been easy compared to yours You ve experienced enough pain to break most people p 54 We have met difficulties but we always come out all right You didn t ask for this life Joseph You were called to it by God And that means that I was too I never regret that I married you and I never doubt your calling p 55. Liberty history of america coin Joseph had always been outgoing could even seem arrogant at times but here with Emma Caleb was reminded of a child questioning himself uneasy about what lay ahead and above all needing to be loved by the person in the world who knew him best p 56 Joseph Smith the Third I take you in my arms to give you a blessing I bless you with comfort but also with courage p 63. Liberty home products Maybe Zion was lost for the moment but God would not let the mobs win the ultimate victory Sometimes he knew the members had been a little too enad with the pleasures of the world p 64. Liberty utilities Emma led everyone in a hymn As children of ZionGood tidings for us The tokens already appear Fear not and be justFor the kingdom is oursAnd the hour of redemption is near Everyone seemed to sense that the hymn was a benediction a closing of their little worship service but Caleb wanted just a fragment of a sermon to go along with it Brother Joseph Is the hour near Will Christ soon remove us from all this suffering Not quite Brother Caleb I don t believe the time is too far off but I fear we must yet suffer hardships All the prophecies speak of difficult times as the end draws near p 65. Liberty bookstore online Though Caleb had felt his faith the night before powerfully a sense of abandonment returned to him now He tried to think of miracles he had seen of the joy he had felt in the ineffable realms of the Spirit that had sometimes visited their meetings p 68. Liberty mutual login The guests often brought food and they always brought the best wishes of the members Caleb felt the tender mercy of this comfort and he scolded himself for thinking that God had abandoned him p 70. Liberty books lahore One cold December day Joseph told Alexander Brother Markham brought some writing paper yesterday I want to send a letter to the Saints Will you act as my scribe p 71 May grace mercy and peace be and abide with you and notwithstanding all your sufferings we assure you that you have our prayers and fervent desires for your welfare both day and night We believe that God who sees us in this solitary place will hear our prayers and reward you openly Know assuredly dear brethren that it is for the testimony of Jesus that we are in bonds and in prison p 71 What do you think brethren Is there anything you would add or change Joseph I don t disagree with anything you said But it s a stern letter It might not encourage our people who are suffering so much right now I am angry Hyrum And I hope you are too Why shouldn t we be The Lord doesn t expect us to accept such behavior without indignation All I m saying is that you as our prophet need to offer the rest of us hope for better days You need to call for the best in us and I didn t hear much of that in your letter p 73. Liberty kindergarten Caleb knew Joseph knew his kindheartedness The members needed that Joseph that prophet to help them through such trying dangerous times p 75 I ve been searching for the Lord in this revolting place and I can t seem to find him here p 82. Liberty mutual login She had told Joseph she was strong that she was holding up against all the troubles and now she had to prove it p 85 We ve all been called And this jail has stolen away our chance to serve p 97. Liberty mutual It was obvious that in Joseph s quiet hours he was thinking about the future trusting that the Church would go forward And yet another thought crossed Caleb s mind Joseph might be strengthening the Quorum of the Twelve to prepare his apostles to lead the Church after he was gone p 100. Liberty bell Caleb wanted to believe the Lord had been with them and that s why they were still alive but he felt broken It had taken the full three days before he had been able to hold down food and the loss of nourishment had stolen his strength However disheartened he had been by the sameness of his life this new test had cast him down as never before Caleb had hoped that he was growing spiritually using his time in jail to good purpose but now he only felt numb and debilitated p 103 When I made it through the first night and then the second and started to think that I would live I turned to God as never before God has not spoken to me here in this place and I ve felt alone but I ve now begun to commune with the Lord again I can feel him with me p 104. Liberty gpt Hyrum spoke softly I m well enough But seeing you seeing our son all this is almost joy than I know how to hold inside myself p 110 Within the next two of three weeks we re going to start our trek not as a single camp but in small wagon trains And each group will be led by someone who can help those who need assistance We re getting everything organized Joseph has asked me and Heber Kimball to lead out and we ve accepted that responsibility p 117. Liberty mutual Caleb prayed He asked for a miracle And he tried to exercise his faith fully and purely p 118 I m going to release Mr Rigdon on a bail of one hundred dollars That may give him time to recover somewhat before a trial As for you others considering the serious nature of the crimes you are accused of I do not find sufficient grounds to grant you release p 125 The minute he walks out of the jail with no guard there s some who will want to shoot him down p 126 Sidney needed to be released The Lord touched the hearts of those men in the courtroom There s no other explanation for such a miracle Let s concentrate on that and take joy in it p 187 God is going to do what is best for each of us and also for the Church What we have to do is accept the Lord s will I ve accepted that lesson now p 187. Liberty tax After Sidney s release a dismal quiet returned to the jail Occasional visitors still came and that broke the monotony but as Church members began their migration from the state fewer were left to make their way to Liberty p 129. Liberty utilities After the visits he would return to his contemplation Caleb didn t mind he felt that Joseph was deepening himself and seeking direction and when he did share his thoughts Caleb could see that his quiet times were well spent p 130 I m sorry brethren but I don t know how long we have to wait But I find myself thinking at times that we have to take our own action and rely on the Lord to help us succeed maybe we have to step forward and assert ourselves not just sit back and wait p 130 We d be sitting ducks outside The men who want to gun us down would have a good excuse p 133 If the Lord tells you this is what we should do then I m ready p 134 Five trails are harder to follow than one We can walk hard and keep going all night to stay warm Anyone chasing after us might not be willing to keep up the pursuit in the dark and the snow We don t have horses and they do but we have surprise on our side We ll have a head start on any posse that might get organized p 135. Liberty home products The members needed to get out before they were driven out by force and families needed to find a place where they could begin to plant crops and reestablish themselves for the coming growing season p 136 I believe the Lord was in this It was still light enough outside that people were out and about Maybe we would have been caught or shot down before we got very far Let s just trust that this was for the best p 138 We have to accept what happened tonight as the will of the Lord But we still face men outside who can t wait to kill us p 139 Porter is going to bring us an auger If he gets it past the guards we can try to drill through the logs p 141 Sam Tillery has treated us with respect and we ve come to think of him as a friend p 145. Book liberty There are times when God grants us a power beyond our own p 149 Please open the hearts of these people p 152 When I told them we d traveled almost a hundred miles in the cold they guessed who we had to be and the man said It s a shame what s been done to you people p 153 Emma kept taking steps kept asking the Lord for strength kept saying to herself that no matter the pain no matter the feat she would go on as long as she possibly could p 158. Childrens Books liberty utilities She praised the people of Illinois who were very kind to the refugee Saints and she expressed her hope for better days ahead p 165 O God where art thou And where is the pavilion that covereth thy hiding place How long shall thy hand be stayed and thine eye yea thy pure eye behold from the eternal heavens the wrongs of thy people and of they servants and thine eye yea they pure eye behold from the eternal heavens the wrongs of thy people and of thy servants and thine ear be penetrated with their cries p 168 He must commune with God How much dignified and noble are the thoughts of God than the vain imaginations of the human heart p 170. Liberty home products Joseph s words the Lord s words struck with force describing an attitude that Caleb knew he needed to rise towards Behold there are many called but few are chosen And why are they not chosen Because their hearts are set so much upon the things of this world and aspire to the honors of men that they do not learn this one less That the rights of priesthood are inseparably connected with the powers of heaven and that the powers of heaven cannot be controlled nor handled only upon the principles of righteousness p 174 This is of God I m only sorry that I couldn t hear the Lord sooner p 178. Liberty mutual It was April 6 the ninth birthday of the Church and it seemed an appropriate day to be set free at least for the moment and finally travel to Daviess County for the promised pretrial hearing p 180 That s the trouble with the truth It can be frightening p 189 Lord we thank thee for delivering us and acknowledge thy hand in all that has happened p 197. Liberty kingersheim What Caleb wanted to do was teach these people the gospel But he followed Joseph s lead and Joseph was still being careful not to be identified p 206 We heard a few days ago that you had escaped and would be heading that direction So Emma asked me to come and watch for you p 209 We all helped each other Brother Joseph But I despaired at times Caleb I fear that I wasn t the strength to you that I should have been That s not how I remember it Joseph You tried to lift us in the midst of your own despair I ll consider it an honor all the days of my life that I spent these months with you side by side p 212. Book liberty signa He wanted to dwell on the future not the past Above all he didn t want to talk about those nights in the dungeon where even God had seemed walled off and out of reach p 219 Joseph you belong to God and to the Church not to me I ve known that for a long time p 221 How long can rolling waters remain impure I think of that when I look at this little stream The gospel is going to reach the entire world It s not my opinion it s what I know I also know we ll face opposition but resistance to the Restoration will be like rocks in a river There s no power that can stay the heavens That s what the Lord told us p 225 There are doctrines we don t yet understand and there is growth beyond anything we can imagine right now What we need to do is keep our hearts pure our minds focused on the things that matter p 227. Liberty aliquippa The power of scholarly history is that it provides a higher level of objectivity and thoroughness than fiction ever can I always hope that my works of fiction will stimulate readers toward further study not serve as an end in themselves p 229 Kindle Edition Dean Hughes is a master of characterization Here in Liberty historical accuracy brings the characters of Joseph Emma Smith Caleb Baldwin and the others who are imprisoned in Liberty Jail to life in this incredible telling of a most tumultuous period in Latter day Saint history. Liberty mutual login As the first hand witness of the development of Joseph Smith the prophet Caleb Baldwin is the narrator in much of the novel In squalid conditions winter cold spoiled food and nearly constant sickness Joseph lives the Lord s admonishment know thou my son that all these things shall give thee experience and shall be for thy good. Historical Fiction liberty mutual The Son of Man hath descended below them all Art thou greater than he The insights I gained into the life of the Prophet Joseph Smith and his wife Emma a real man named Caleb Baldwin one of the ignored six OTHER men who shared that jail sentence with the prophet Hyrum Smith the prophet s brother Sidney Rigdon Alexander McRae and Lyman Wight were the other four Point of view also switches to Emma Smith the prophet s wife during the novel the Johnson family eating poisoned food and the famous Greg Olsen painting showing Joseph huddled in the straw penning a revelation by candlelight Remember The Joseph Smith Papers and Saints were not available yet This is one of the reasons for these stories running wild in LDS folklore until further information became available Myths now dispelled by Hughes in this novel include the dungeon ceiling being less than six feet high the prisoners being served human flesh and that they spent the entire four months stooped over down there without any reprieve such as portrayed in the Olsen painting This was all wrong The prisoners actually spent the majority of their daytime hours upstairs in the common room which had a stove for warmth and took their meals there Joseph probably dictated what is now DC 121 and 122 and 123 at a table upstairs to one of the other men who acted as scribe not scribbled on a box surrounded by filthy straw as the Olsen painting illustrates but it sure makes for good storytelling In his Author s Note in the very back of the book Hughes says and this is the true litmus test of any historical fiction book worth reading that what makes books like this one so powerful as opposed to reading a dry scholarly fact based nonfiction book is it gives readers the sense of being there with the characters Time and place are critical to making the story believable The emotional connection that reading good fiction brings and why it is one of my own personal favorite genres to read Dean Hughes has not published anything this well written since Muddy 2019 which is why it gets 5 stars Everyone needs to read this book or as other reviewers have recommended find the audio version and listen to it Finally here is a very quick summary of this 21 chapter 227 page novel sans spoilers Skipping the previous incarceration in a small structure in Richmond Missouri where Joseph s most famous and most powerful rebuke to his tormentors Silence ye fiends of the infernal pit was given you ll have to go read Work and the Glory Volume 4 p 443 for that fun little story we open with Caleb and the other men in chains jolted in the back of a wagon arriving at their final destination Liberty Jail in the obscure town of the same name Seeing what is to be their home for an indeterminate amount of time four months they demanded blankets at the very least decent food and candles Their wishes were finally granted As the months pass Caleb witnesses Joseph s change from understandable anger we all must endure our own Liberty Jail experiences from time to time but we also come away from them better with our rough edges rubbed off paraphrasing what Joseph says to Caleb in the book 162 I absolutely loved reading this book and have been recommending it to everyone of all ages or at least old enough to understand the story Go pick up your copy today and prepare to have your life changed for the better and your testimony of God strengthened Kindle Edition
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As well as the other Liberty Jail prisoners confirmed my own testimony and deepened my love and respect for the early prophet of the restoration. Liberty aliquippa Caleb s frustration kept mounting only one side of the story was being told and that side was distorted p 7, Liberty gpt Hyrum prayed for Sidney for blankets for justice to be done p 20, Liberty liquors Caleb longed for the jovial man the strong leader that he had come to know and he longed to hear words from Joseph that would lift him through these trying days p 46, EPub liberty university The visit of his wife and son had lifted him considerably p 67. Ebook library free download He told the Lord that he was ready to accept his will even if death was coming but he asked above all that his family might be looked after p 103: Liberty mutual login Joseph spent many of his daylight hours studying his Bible p 129