JOSEPH SMITH SR. IMPRISONED FOR HIS FAITH (Compiled and written by David Kenison, Orem, Utah, dkenison@xmission.com) The summer of 1830, following the organization of the Church, brought further persecution and trials, particularly for the Smith family. Joseph Smith, Sr., father of the Prophet, was one of his most loyal defenders. On one occasion that fall, he was at home with his wife Lucy, and had been "rather ill." A number of neighbors came to …showed first 75 words of 5062 total…

…showed last 75 words of 5062 total…Cumorah, Moroni had appeared and chastised him severally. Moroni told him that he "had not been engaged enough in the work of the Lord; that the time had come for the record to be brought forth and that I [Joseph] must be up and going and set myself about the things which God had commanded me to do" Lucy Smith, History of Joseph Smith, p 100-101 1827: September 21-22 Joseph's Fifth Interview with Moroni Joseph and