Poor Wayfaring Men

Technique & Style

Figurative, Sculpture

Figures

Hyrum Smith, John Taylor, Joseph Smith, Willard Richards

Notes

In pris’n I saw him next, condemned To meet a traitor’s doom at morn, The tide of lying tongues I stemmed And honored him ‘mid shame and scorn. My friendship’s utmost zeal to try, He asked if I for him would die. The flesh was weak; my blood ran chill, But my free spirit cried, “I will.” —Hymns, no. 29 “Joseph Smith and his companions share their last minutes together before Joseph and Hyrum are martyred.” —Daniel R. Mortensen

Exhibition History:

• “Our Heritage of Faith,” Church History Museum online exhibition, 2005

Church Name

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints