President John Taylor
DIED
5 Minutes to 8 oclok P. M.
July 25, 1887
Aged 78 Years
8 Months, & 24 days
Thus another President of the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter Day Saints has passed away
President John Taylor is twice a Marter at the
Death of the Prophet Joseph & Hyrum Smith
in Carthage Jail He was shot with four Balls &
Mingled his Blood with the Martered Prophets
This was in 1844. Now in 1887 Now He is
Driven into Exile By the United States officers
for his religion untill through his confinement
and suffering He lays down his life and suffers
Death
"Leave Judgment with me for it is mine, and
I will repay" Saith the Lord Godsec 82, verse 23 D. C.
~ Monday
July 25 1887
President John Taylor
DIED
5 Minutes to 8 oclok P. M.
July 25, 1887
Aged 78 Years
8 Months, & 24 days
Thus another President of the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter Day Saints has passed away
President John Taylor is twice a Marter at the
Death of the Prophet Joseph & Hyrum Smith
in Carthage Jail He was shot with four Balls &
Mingled his Blood with the Martered Prophets
This was in 1844. Now in 1887 Now He is
Driven into Exile By the United States officers
for his religion untill through his confinement
and suffering He lays down his life and suffers
Death
"Leave Judgment with me for it is mine, and
I will repay" Saith the Lord God sec 82, verse 23 D. C.
"Journal (January 1886 – December 1892)," July 25, 1887, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed November 21, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/4zR7