I think one of the sweetest lessons taught by the Prophet, and yet one of the saddest, occurred close to the time of his death. He was required to leave his plan and vision of the Rocky Mountains and give himself up to face a court of supposed justice. These are his words: 'I am going like a lamb to the slaughter; but I am calm as a summer's morning; I have a conscience void of offense towards God, and towards all men' (D&C 135:4). That statement of the Prophet teaches us obedience to law and the importance of having a clear conscience toward God and toward our fellowmen. The Prophet Joseph Smith taught these principles--by example. There was to be one great final lesson before his mortal life ended. He was incarcerated in Carthage Jail with his brother Hyrum, with John Taylor, and with Willard Richards. The angry mob stormed the jail; they came up the stairway, blasphemous in their cursing, heavily armed, and began to fire at will. Hyrum was hit and died. John Taylor took several balls of fire within his bosom. The Prophet Joseph, with his pistol in hand, was attempting to defend his life and that of his brethren, and yet he could tell from the pounding on the door that this mob would storm that door and would kill John Taylor and Willard Richards in an attempt to kill him. And so his last great act here upon the earth was to leave the door and lead Willard Richards to safety, throw the gun on the floor, and go to the window, that they might see him, that the attention of this ruthless mob might be focused upon him rather than the others. Joseph Smith gave his life. Willard Richards was spared, and John Taylor recovered from his wounds.' Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends' (John 15:13). The Prophet Joseph Smith taught us love--by example. Thomas S. Monson
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The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. We all fall, but the great thing is to get up. The great thing is to be true to what you believe in and true to who you are. Mason Jars Mason jars are glass containers with a screw-top lid that were used for storing food during the early 1900s. Mason jars were so named because they were originally made by hand in the town of Masonville, Ohio.

It was named after Charles Mason, an Englishman, who invented the jar in 1858. The original jars had a flat lid with a small lip that fit tightly into the jar's body; this design was later copied by other manufacturers. The first mason jars had no spouts or handles, making them difficult to open with one hand; some people (like women) had to carry two jars at once while opening them with both hands. By the 1920s, most masons had handles added, and many different designs of spout and lid were introduced over the next few decades.

These innovations led to the development of modern mason jars today, which are made of thick glass (often colored blue or green), have a large opening for easy pouring and a spring-loaded hinge pin for easy opening and closing. The use of mason jars was pioneered by Ruth Graves Wakefield, an American housewife who started using them as food storage containers around 1890. The first commercial production run was made by her husband Harvey Washington Graves at their Chagrin River Glass Company in Sandusky, Ohio.[1] In 1902 he formed the Mason Jar Company as a subsidiary company to produce his own brand of mason jar products. By 1916 over 100 companies were manufacturing mason jars under license from Graves.[2] They eventually became one of America's most popular household products.[1] In popular culture, mason jars have been used as props in films such as Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977) and parts of various TV series including Cheers , M*A*S*H , The Simpsons , and Frasier .[3][4][5][6] In addition, several bands have made reference to their use in music videos throughout the 1980s and 1990s.[7][8] In 2012,[9] it was reported that tens of millions if not hundreds of millions[10] of these glass containers have been produced over nearly

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