King Follett Discourse - The Church of Jesus Christ of ...
On April 7, 1844, Joseph Smith rose to speak in what would prove to be his last conference. After asking the Saints for their "profound attention," 1 he explained that he would speak about the dead, in response to a request from the family and friends of King Follett, a Church member who had recently died in an accident. There is no complete or verbatim record of what Joseph said, but ...