Autobiography 1882 Leaves from My Journal
was a very interesting day to me, as well as to
others. In company with five others of the quorum of the
Twelve, I rode four miles out of town to Mr. Cleveland's, to
visit Brother Joseph Smith and his family.
Once more I had the happy privilege of taking Brother
Joseph by the hand. Two years had rolled away since I had
seen his face. He greeted us with great joy, as did Hyrum
Smith and Lyman Wight, all of whom had escaped from their
imprisonment together. They had been confined in prison six
months, and had been under sentence of death three times;
yet their lives were in the hands of God, and He had delivered
them, and they were now mingling with their wives, children
and friends, and out of the reach of the mob. Joseph was
frank, open and familiar as usual, and our rejoicing was great.
No man can understand the joyful sensations created by
such a meeting, except those who have been in tribulation for
the gospel's sake.
After spending the day together, we returned to our families
at night.
