Covey letter to Harriet Mack Whittemore, July 18, 1844, Harriet Mack Whittemore Correspondence, Church History Library, see also “ Revelations in Context: Remembering the Martyrdom” It was enough to rend the heart of a stone to behold two Prophets of the Lord laid prostate’”(Almira M. ‘You can judge what were our feelings better than I can tell them,’ she wrote, ‘but this much I can say that a dry eye I did not behold that day among that large assembly of people. “ Almira Mack Covey, a cousin to the Smith brothers, wrote to her family about watching the bodies of Joseph and Hyrum return to Nauvoo.Heywood Letters, Church History Library, see also “ Revelations in Context: Remembering the Martyrdom”). Kimball letter to Sarepta Heywood, circa 1844, Joseph L. Sarah Kimball remembered holding Lucy Mack Smith’s trembling hand and hearing her question between sobs, ‘How could they kill my poor boys, O how could they kill them when they were so precious?’”( Sarah M. ‘The scene of the reception of those corpses in nauvoo can be better imagined than described,’ she wrote to a friend, ‘for pen was never made competent to do it justice’. Kimball, who had played a key role in the founding of the Relief Society, was also among those who saw the bodies returned to the city. According to his source he got it from: Bailey, Emma Hale, pp. 14 (1973-1974) in a presentation by Buddy Youngreen, p 216. Finally, I desire that whatever may be my lot through life I may be enabled to acknowledge the hand of God in all things.” ( BYU Studies Vol. I desire to see that I may rejoice with them in the blessings which God has in store for all who are willing to be obedient to his requirements. I desire with all my heart to honor and respect my husband as my head, ever to live in his confidence and by acting in unison with him retain the place which God has given me by his side, and I ask my Heavenly Father, that through humility, I may be enabled to overcome the curse which was pronounced on the daughters of Eve. I desire prudence that I may not through ambition abuse my body and cause it to become old and care-worn, but that I may wear a cheerful countenance, live to perform all the work that covenanted to perform in the spirit-world and be a blessing to all who may in any wise need aught at my hands.
I particularly desire wisdom to bring up all the children that are, or may be committed to my charge, in such a manner that they will be useful ornaments in the Kingdom of God, and in a coming day arise up and call me blessed. I desire the spirit of discernment, which is one of the promised blessings of the Holy Ghost.
I desire the Spirit of God to know and understand myself, that I desire a fruitful, active mind, that I may be able to comprehend the design of God, when revealed through his servants without doubting.
“First of all that I would crave as the richest of heaven’s blessings would be wisdom from my Heavenly Father bestowed daily, so that whatever I might do or say, I could not look back at the close of the day with regret, nor neglect the performance of any act that would bring a blessing.
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