Sunday Bulletin

Lesson - "A Heart Full of Love and Faith: The Prophet's Letter to his Family" by Debbie Norton

"... Joseph’s marriage to Emma Hale in 1827 produced a warm and affectionate relationship that continued until the Prophet’s assassination seventeen years later. His letters to Emma (and Emma’s letters to him), his private diaries, his official histories—all of these demonstrate Joseph’s devotion to his own family and their devotion to him. “When I want a little bread and milk,” he told William W. Phelps, “my wife loads the table with so many good things it destroys my appetite.” Leonard J. Arrington, “The Human Qualities of Joseph Smith, the Prophet, Ensign, Jan 1971, 35