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Question
Just before he died, did Joseph Smith begin to give the Masonic cry of distress?
Answer
It is well documented that Joseph Smith uttered the words "Oh Lord, My God," as he fell from the window at Carthage Jail. The Masonic Grand Hailing Sign of Distress is "Oh Lord, My God, is there no help for the widow's son?"
Conclusion
Endnotes
- [note] Reed C. Durham, Is there no help for the widow's son?, Presentation to the Mormon History Association, Nauvoo, Illinois, April 20, 1974.
Further reading
FAIR wiki articles
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- David Ferguson, "Miraculous Events in Early Church History," ((fairlink|url=http://www.fairlds.org/apol/misc/misc38.html}}