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So you're telling me it's got flags on it?
[HEBER] Well, here, I'll show you.
Not bad.
I have one other design.
You don't suppose we could stop and pick that up?
Step up.
Hep. Step up.
They weren't cheap.
Brigham.
Get back inside.
Did I just see one of Joseph's campaign posters
flying down the road?
You did.
You realize we're going to need those.
Heber seems to think we have plenty of them.
[laughing]
Whoa, beaut, forward!
-[horse neighs] -[man grunts]
[man speaks indistinctly]
Get moving!
[man grunts]
[THOMAS] Get them oxen out of my way.
I've got a schedule to keep, and no short legged critter
is going to keep me from it.
Stay on the coach.
[man speaks indistinctly]
[MAN] Get moving.
[Man speaking in tongues]
[MAN] Lazy.
Lazy animal!
What are you doing?
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[grunts]
[speaking in tongues]
Let him be.
[speaking in tongues]
[grunts]
[growls]
[grunts]
[both grunting]
[horse neighs]
Who is that man?
That, my friend, is Brigham Young.
It was a miracle.
[speaking in tongues]
Well, that is a nifty little trick.
Have you ever seen him do anything like that?
Never.
A thousand thanks.
And I doubt we'll ever see anything like it again.
-Heber. -Wilford.
Shall we proceed?
Yes, sir. Whenever you're ready, sir.
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[duck quacks]
[birds chirping]
[ducks quacking]
[SHARP'S HENCHMAN] Joe Smith...
thinks he's above the law.
And in a community of his own making,
that may be true.
But this is our community!
[ALL] Yeah!
And no one from the outside
is going to come in and tell us
what we will do!
[all voice approval]
Now, I've invited a friend to join us.
You all know Thomas Sharp.
Gentlemen.
There are those who suggest a compromise.
We know where that leads.
Need I remind you that the Mormons
have called this a war.
Does that sound like compromise to you?
[ALL] No!
When one portion of the community
sets the laws aside,
it becomes our duty to see that the law is obeyed.
That is what we do here today--
by whatever means we find necessary!
[all cheering]
We strike hard and we strike fast!
[ALL] Yeah!
[all clamoring and whooping]
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[all yelling and clamoring]
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[church bell ringing the hour]
[BRIGHAM] We live in a nation where the federal government
would shy away from the protection
of injured innocents.
We are an example of that innocence.
We asked for a redressing of our wrongs,
and instead, we were driven from our homes.
What would you do?
The previous administration hides behind closed doors.
So we suggest that we open those doors,
headed by someone unafraid to help the helpless,
headed by Joseph Smith.
[crowd gasps]
Did you see where it came from?
I think so.
Thank you for that obvious example
of why we need a standard of integrity.
Heathen! Go back to where you came from.
[crowd murmuring]
My greatest hope is that we will all return
to where we came from.
Back to that great God who sent us.
Joseph Smith proposes a world
where good replaces evil,
where a standard of honor
raises the entire nation,
resulting in a kingdom of righteousness.
[WOMAN] Thank you.
Thank you for gathering today.
-[woman continues indistinctly] -[men grunting]
[police whistles blowing]
[cows mooing]
This one says you are a preacher.
I see that you have a license for preaching.
What I don't see is a license to engage in fisticuffs.
He hit me first.
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[cows mooing in distance]
I really don't have time for this,
so why don't you go back to your preaching
and let me get back to work?
I demand to be heard.
[slams hand down on table]
You demand, do you?
Why don't you come with me
and we'll find a nice and quiet place
where you can wait.
What is it?
Joseph and Hyrum are dead.
Dead?
Wh-- When?
[stammers] How could this happen?
God guides the affairs of men,
but he does not control them.
I saw the fat man in the crowd today,
the one who works for Thomas Sharp.
He's the one responsible for this.
Are you sure?
Did you get a good look at him?
Heber, I was rolling around in the street with him.
I'm pretty sure who it was.
Why would he be here?
Sharp will persecute the Saints so long as he draws breath.
You think Sharp was responsible for Joseph's death?
He had a hand in it.
What will we do?
[BRIGHAM] We go home.
Before it's too late.
What do you mean?
Men seek for power.
Nauvoo needs a leader.
I'm afraid of who it might be.
[door opens]
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[light chattering]
Lyman.
Who won?
Let me see that.
They stole our lumber.
Now we're fighting amongst ourselves?
Hardly ideal conduct from an apostle.
We've heard from Emma.
What did she say?
She quoted a revelation by Joseph.
She said the Twelve Apostles have no power
in the stakes of Zion.
We have the same authority.
It is not a matter of authority.
The apostles have reign to build up the Church
and regulate the affairs outside of Zion.
The High Council has jurisdiction here in Nauvoo.
And you are the president of the High Council.
Yes, I am the president here in Nauvoo.
Joseph is--
Joseph was the president.
Yes. We will be hard pressed
to replace Joseph.
Emma says that Brother Rigdon
is not the proper successor.
Who does she say it should be?
You, President Marks.
She thinks it should be you.
[chuckles] How kind.
There will be no president
until the apostles have gathered.
And the apostles are united?
There are some
who think we should go to Texas.
You, Elder Wight. You think we should go to Texas.
We should speak with Sidney.
Whoever leads will need his support.
-You'll go to Pittsburgh? -Yes.
The rest of us will have a visit with Emma.
[door opens]
What do you want?
I've come to be paid.
For what?
You hired me to cause harm
on the campaign trail, which I did.
Admirably, I might add.
What harm could you do to a dead man?
The Mormons won't be bothering anybody anymore.
I did exactly as you asked.
I have news.
Mm.
They're gonna arrest you.
For what?
For murder.
[door opens, closes]
That's it, then: $70,000 in debts.
[EMMA] So that I understand, Brother Clayton,
the debts are in the name of my husband, Joseph.
He took on those debts as a private citizen.
You know Joseph saw no difference
between private property
and property owned by the church.
Our assets, land to house church members,
land that Joseph purchased by means of his personal credit,
these lands are now in the name of Joseph Smith,
Trustee in Trust for the church?
In other words, everything is owned by the church.
[scoffs] The land belongs to the church,
but the debt belongs to me.
Mother Smith, where are you going?
[LUCY] To gather all of our food
so that they may take that as well.
And the chickens.
And our milk cow.
What else will you take?
Aunt Lucy, you know you will be taken care of.
Mother, sit down.
[EMMA] There is a simple solution.
A new Trustee in Trust should be appointed.
He can then reconcile what belongs to the church
and what's ours.
You would have us appoint a new church president?
President Marks has served as president
of the Nauvoo stake of Zion.
I would like to see him nominated as Trustee.
You go beyond our authority.
We cannot speak for the Quorum of the Twelve.
The apostles are on their way back to Nauvoo.
Thank you, George.
But I'm not sure we can wait.
I have written to Sidney Rigdon.
I've asked him to come.
We shall see.
We shall certainly see.
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Then it's true?
I'm afraid it is.
When?
If you read further--
Um...
It was nine--nine days ago.
We didn't always see eye to eye, but...
I loved Joseph.
[crumpling paper]
We must gather.
There is much to be done.
I want you to take a letter to Boston
and share it with the other apostles.
Um, I'm headed to Boston now.
We'll meet here and we'll counsel together.
Well, uh-- I'll leave first thing tomorrow morning.
No, you'll go now. Now.
I have seen a vision, Brother Wight.
I have seen Joseph on the right hand of God,
clothed with all the power,
the glory, the might, the majesty,
the dominion of the celestial kingdom.
Joseph still holds the keys to the kingdom.
Go. Go.
[LYMAN] Well, he said that no one would take Joseph's place,
or have power to build up the kingdom
to any other creature but Joseph Smith.
He also claimed...
he saw a vision.
He had a vision?
A second class sort of vision, if you ask me.
Which no one did.
Sidney knows what a vision looks like.
And right now, a vision would be welcome.
Joseph...
Joseph never discussed who should lead the Saints if...
I'm not...
I'm not sure what happens next.
[light dramatic theme playing]
Sidney said
there should be a guardian appointed
to build up the Church to Joseph.
Did he say who this guardian would be?
No.
Anyone care to make a bet
as to who he might be thinking of?
Wilford, no one asked you.
I know no one asked me,
but Sidney has no more authority
than anyone else.
We need to get back to Nauvoo.
We need to go home.
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[sighs]
[lively violin music playing]
Aren't you going to dance?
I haven't been asked.
You've already been asked
by four different boys.
I haven't been asked by anyone I care to dance with.
[violin music fades]
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Brigham, I'd like to introduce you
to my friend Miriam.
-Miriam, this is-- -[BOTH] Brigham.
[MIRIAM] Brigham Young.
Your father married Hannah Brown.
Yes. My mother died a few years ago.
Mrs. Brown has been good for my father.
I'm sorry.
I--I came to listen to the violins.
The first time I heard a violin, I was 11.
I thought I was on the road to hell when I stopped to listen.
You don't dance?
My father was a very strict man.
[lively violin music playing]
-Come on, Brigham. -[BRIGHAM] Uh...
I thought you didn't dance.
[BRIGHAM] Your words, not mine.
Brigham, I've an errand
I need you to take care of for me.
Of course, sir.
I apologize in advance.
It could take most of your evening.
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I expect your utmost care, Brigham.
[BRIGHAM] I'm not sure I understand.
Well, I need you to escort Miss Works here to her home.
Have you met?
We've met, sir.
If it's too much of a bother--
Oh, no, no. Of course not.
The utmost care, Brigham.
[cows mooing]
I've been ambushed.
You've been ambushed?
That's hardly flattering.
Oh, no, not by you.
Ambushed by Mr. Parks.
He's determined to see me married.
So he does this regularly?
Oh, no, no, not at all.
A different girl every night?
No, this-- This isn't what you think.
Do I seem experienced?
Actually, not at all.
In fact, I believe you've never escorted
a young woman home in your life.
That is correct.
Except my sister.
And you dance?
Yes, I dance.
You ambushed me at the dance.
Well, yes, delightedly.
[chuckles]
I'm not sure what to make of you, Mr. Young.
Perhaps-- Perhaps we could start over.
I'd be delighted to escort you home, Miss Miriam.
If you play your cards right,
there may just be dinner in this for you.
[BISHOP] Declare the same
by the giving and receiving of a ring
and by joining of hands.
I pronounce that thee be man and wife together.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son,
and of the Holy Ghost.
Amen.
[light applause]
You don't know how happy this makes me.
Perhaps I do.
A warm meal every night, someone to milk the cow.
And feed the chickens.
[crowd gasps]
[laughter]
[Miriam laughs]
Wish I could be baptized today.
Let's get you better first.
It will happen soon enough.
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This was never part of my plan, Heber.
I wish I could fix it for you.
She was 26, Heber.
[cows mooing in distance]
Would you still have married her?
Knowing that you wouldn't grow old together?
I wouldn't change anything.
I think perhaps you could use a change of scenery.
A little journey to meet the prophet.
To Kirtland?
I think it will do us some good.
George?
Hello, Brigham.
You told him?
I told him.
[BRIGHAM] How long have you been planning this?
-You told him? -We told him.
You'll get to meet Joseph.
We are cousins.
We all know that, George.
[chuckles]
Brigham, would you?
Of course.
Dear Father, we approach thee with overflowing hearts.
Hearts filled with thanksgiving and grief.
[Brigham sobs]
I can finish it for you, Brigham.
[Brigham speaking in tongues]
What does it mean, Brigham?
Blessed are those who mourn.
And those who comfort for my sake.
Blessed are those
who forgive and fill their hearts
with sweet forgiving.
Rejoice.
Rejoice and be exceedingly glad,
for great is your reward in heaven.
[sobs]
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[chuckles]
[HEBER] What do you suppose he will be like?
I expect him to be humble,
no nonsense.
[rooster crowing in distance]
[BRIGHAM] I have no idea.
I've never met a prophet before.
[cow mooing]
He's probably readying a sermon.
Judgment, likely.
Maybe repentance.
[chickens clucking]
You think he'll call us to repentance?
It is what prophets do.
Come on, brother.
[sighs]
Brothers, welcome.
Who are you and what brings you to Kirtland?
We're looking for the Prophet Joseph.
We were told...
You're him, aren't you?
I am.
I hope you are not disappointed.
Some are.
No, of course not.
You are exactly--
You're exactly as we imagined.
[chuckles] I doubt that.
But then again, I did not choose this.
God chose me.
-I'm Heber Kimball. -Heber.
And I'm Brigham Young. And this--
-George. -Little George.
[chuckles] George!
Who is not so little it seems.
-[BRIGHAM] He's a good man. -I do not doubt it.
[JOSEPH] Meet my brothers Hyrum and Samuel.
And come, you must meet Emma and my son Joseph.
We interrupt your work.
It will keep.
Or we finish it.
As you wish.
Come on, Joseph. Come on.
[GEORGE] You got it. Come on.
-[HYRUM] Come on, Joseph! -[GEORGE] There it is.
[HYRUM] Yes! Yes!
-Come on, Joseph. -You can do this, Joseph.
[GEORGE] My brother, he's gaining.
[HEBER] Come on, Brigham.
-Come on, Joseph. -[HEBER] Come on, Brigham.
[HEBER] Come on, Brigham.
Don't slow down now.
That does it, Joseph.
[SAMUEL] You can do this, Joseph.
My brother is gaining.
[HEBER] Come on, Brigham.
-[GEORGE] He's right behind you. -Come on!
[HEBER] Pay him no mind.
[SAMUEL] That does it, Joseph.
[HEBER] Come on, Brigham.
[HEBER] Come on, Brigham!
You got it, come on.
Come on, Joseph!
[tree cracking and creaking]
[panting]
[laughs]
[dramatic theme playing]
Whoo!
[laughter]
[HEBER] Well done, Brother Brigham.
That, Brother Young, is close of a competition
as my brother has had in sometime.
You have acquitted yourself well.
It would appear Brother Brigham
is at home in the woods.
If I am to be bested,
perhaps I don't mind that it's by a prophet of God.
[chuckling]
You are most welcome by my side anytime, Brigham.
Come on.
[speaking in tongues]
It comes unbidden.
He opens his mouth, and the Lord fills it.
Certainly something fills it.
I believe in the same church that existed anciently,
a church of healing and visions,
a church of revelation.
We cannot suppose
that every word spoken in tongues
is a revelation from God.
Are you familiar with the Book of Acts, Sidney?
You would preach to me?
[chuckles softly]
I will preach to anyone.
You are familiar with the man called Ananias?
Yes, of course, I am.
Saul had been blinded by the Lord
for his persecution of the ancient Saints.
Ananias heard the Lord and healed him.
How did he know it was the Lord?
How does anyone know when the Lord speaks to them?
You are familiar with the Book of Luke?
You would preach to me?
In Luke,
the Lord grants authority
to cast out devils.
And that is what I think we should concern ourselves with.
The gift of tongues reveals the things of the heart.
Yes.
Whether they be good or evil.
Fortunately, to some is given the gift of discernment.
[dramatic theme playing]
Your gift is of God.
[dramatic theme playing]
[sighs]
What?
What is it, Brigham?
I'm not sure I know what you're talking about.
Brigham.
This isn't easy to say.
Well, if it was, you would have said it already.
I'm getting married, Heber.
[incredulous chuckle] You're getting married?
Miss Angell?
Yes, Miss Angell.
[chuckles]
Well, that's wonderful.
When is the happy occasion?
Tuesday.
You're getting married on Tuesday?
I can't have Vilate care for my children forever.
Yeah, I understand.
I was...
You met, but recently.
I'm just a little surprised, that's all.
I've known her long enough.
She is faithful.
She is faithful and kind.
Beautiful.
There is that.
Do you love her?
I love Miriam.
And I hope...
I hope to carve a place in my heart for Miss Angell.
Well, Vilate will be pleased.
[laughter]
-Perhaps we should tell her? -No.
I want a simple wedding, Heber.
Well, you don't know Vilate.
Maybe you do.
You are getting married on Tuesday.
When were you going to tell me?
-Monday evening? -[Brigham chuckles]
Or perhaps you would have waited 'til Tuesday morning.
Heber, I-I told you. I told you.
Or perhaps after the birth of your first child.
“Heber, this is Mary Ann Angell.
Oh, by the way, we were married last spring.”
[light chattering]
Shall we go home, Miss Angell?
It's Mrs. Young now.
But you may call me Mary Ann.
And you may call me Brigham.
Brigham?
Yes, Brother Brigham, I'm ready to go home.
Would you like me to take the girls
for the evening, Brigham?
It's fine, Brigham.
They know my home as well as yours.
Come on, girls.
Thank you, Vilate.
Are we ready to go home, Miss Angell?
Mary Ann.
[cows mooing in distance]
Miss Angell.
Yes, Brother Young?
Mary Ann.
Yes, Brigham.
You'll have to be patient with me.
No one gets married with the expectation
of losing their sweetheart.
Yes, I know.
I can wait.
I've been patient in awaiting a husband.
Yes, why did you wait so long?
I had opportunities, you know.
I'm not surprised.
And yet you waited.
I was looking for a certain kind of man.
And you found him?
I did.
Hmm.
A man of charm and looks, no doubt.
Of course.
A man of courage and skill.
-Undeniably. -A man of wisdom--
The man was all of that and more.
I turned him down.
I wanted a man of faith, Brigham.
So I waited.
[chuckles]
[wolf howling]
[wolves chattering in distance]
[ominous theme playing]
[door kicks open]
Gentlemen?
Gentlemen, please,
there's no cause for this.
Tell me what it is that you want.
I'm sure that all can be reconciled.
[groans in pain]
[men clamoring]
[MAN] You're a dead man!
[both yelling indistinctly]
[JOSEPH] Go inside!
Joseph!
[Joseph struggling]
[dramatic theme playing]
[screaming]
How is he?
Sidney?
[groans]
Sidney?
It's Joseph.
No...
-Sidney. Sidney. -You leave me alone.
No, you won't have me or my family.
-[PHEBE] Sidney! -No, leave me alone!
-[PHEBE] No! -Leave me alone!
-No, it's Joseph! -Leave me alone!
Sidney, stop, it's Joseph!
-[PHEBE] It's Joseph! -That's my truth!
-[JOSEPH] It's Joseph. -God will send your soul
-to eternal damnation... -It's Joseph!
to eternal damnation you so richly deserve!
-[knife clatters] -It's Joseph.
It is Joseph.
[sobbing]
Joseph.
Joseph!
[crying laughter]
Thank you, God.
I'm so scared.
Oh, Joseph.
Oh, Phebe.
Thank you, God.
-Oh, thank you. -[JOSEPH] It's all right.
It's all right.
Oh, my friend.
Oh, thank you.
Prophets and apostles of old were persecuted.
We are in good company.
Joseph, something has to change.
These people didn't like us in the first place
because we are not the same as them.
And then we made things worse.
We told them that the land that they live on is ours,
that we are a chosen people.
It's hardly the best way to make friends.
Yet it is true.
Emma, which religion is most prominent here in Kirtland?
Exactly my point.
We outnumber our neighbors.
But there are other religions.
Many.
Yes, we are a religious majority.
And as that majority, we are required
to defend the rights of others to worship
according to their own beliefs.
Is it too much to ask
to be afforded that same privilege?
I will ask the Saints to cause
as little excitement as possible.
We will preach love of God and love of man.
[dramatic theme playing]
We will be like captive Israel in Babylon.
We will not sing the songs of Zion.
When will this end?
I'm not sure.
We need the temple.
We need it completed.
We need the endowment of power.
And then perhaps Zion will be redeemed.
[JOSEPH] And now we ask thee, Holy Father,
to accept of this house,
the workmanship of the hands of thy servants,
that they may go forth from this house
armed with thy power,
that thy name may be upon them,
and that thy glory be round about them,
and thine angels have charge over them.
There.
Do you see them on top of the temple?
[MAN] I'm trying. I...
You're sure they're angels?
You have to believe, Papa.
For behold to one is given that he may prophesy.
To another, beholding of angels.
[ephemeral theme playing]
Are you well?
Well enough.
[chuckles]
If I'm not mistaken, this hat was recently
a pair of my drawers.
[chuckles] You are not mistaken.
You have everything.
Prolonging this will not bring us
-back together any quicker. -I know that.
I prolong it because I will miss you.
[sighs] And I you.
[sighs] Will there always be missions, Brigham?
If the Lord commands it.
Who will care for us?
Go.
Go quickly that you might return safe.
God be with you.
Come back to me, Brother Young.
That I will do.
[cows mooing in distance]
[sighs]
Brigham.
I'm here to collect Heber.
We are going to England.
I know you're going to England, but not today.
Heber is in no condition to leave immediately.
Neither are you.
What's wrong with me?
Am I dreaming?
I thought I'd left you.
Yes. And you made it
all of a mile before you collapsed.
Where's Vilate?
Sick in bed, as is Heber.
No one is going anywhere today.
I've never felt better in my life.
[laughing]
You find that amusing?
I think that is the first time I've ever heard you lie.
Well, nevertheless, I'm leaving today.
Oh, Heber can't travel.
Heber has never felt better in his life.
Call for the wagon.
[laughing]
[dry chuckle] You look awful.
You don't look any better.
I look very well.
Thank you.
Let's rise up and give 'em a cheer.
What?
[Brigham chuckles incredulously]
Hurrah!
[Brigham laughs]
Hurrah!
[BOTH] Hurrah for Israel!
[horse neighs]
God bless you.
Take care of yourself, Brother Young!
[dramatic theme playing]
Not sure this is a good idea.
Probably not.
So why are we here?
Joseph said we'd begin our mission
from Far West.
-Yes. -[metallic clattering]
But that was before we were driven out at gunpoint.
Listen, if you had a chance to fulfill prophecy,
would you do it?
[cows mooing in distance]
Yes.
Yes, I would.
[wagon thumps nearby]
You'll get us killed.
Heavy load.
But I think you'll like the stone.
You tempt fate?
It was prophesied.
Does anyone know we're here?
I don't think so.
Everything's been quiet.
Maybe they will leave us alone.
Nothing has changed, George.
This is still Missouri.
The governor has given them a writ
that allows them to kill us.
Let's see it.
What is that?
It's a stone.
[dry chuckle] I can see that.
Will someone please tell me what is going on?
If I'm not mistaken, and I'm rarely mistaken,
this is a cornerstone of the Far West temple.
[BRIGHAM] I've known you to be mistaken.
But on this occasion, you are correct.
How are we going to build a temple?
It's not how George.
It's when.
What's the date today, Heber?
It's April 26th.
We will dedicate the cornerstone of the Far West temple
on the date that Joseph prophesied.
And then we go to England.
If you boys can stop gawking, we'll pull this thing out.
[all grunting]
We will pray on the stone,
and then we'll pray on you, Wilford, and you, George.
You will ordain us apostles?
It's Joseph's will, and God's.
Heh. This is the first time since I've known you
that you didn't have something to say.
[GEORGE] It's been months since we were called.
I wasn't sure if it was going to happen.
April 26th.
-[BRIGHAM] Pull. -[all grunting]
[dramatic theme playing]
[wagon approaching]
[horse neighs]
[horse snorts]
Sorry we didn't wait for you.
[chuckles]
Oh. Oh.
Meet Brother Benbow.
Welcome, Brother Brigham.
And this young one here is George Smith.
George, are you, um, related to the Prophet?
[BOTH] Cousins.
I've heard a lot about you.
I'm anxious to meet your family.
Come.
There are more waiting.
Many of you have not had the chance
to read the Book of Mormon.
But thanks to Brother Benbow and Brother Kington,
we have contracted to publish 5,000 copies--
in addition to a new hymn book.
It's not the keys to the kingdom, but...
but perhaps it will help.
We can use the church.
No, it's yours, Brigham.
You mean it's ours.
[laughs]
Thank you, Brother Benbow.
[dramatic theme playing]
[crowd cheering]
[MEN] ♪ Hark, listen ♪
♪ To the trumpeters ♪
♪ They sound for volunteers ♪
♪ On Zion's bright And flow'ry mount ♪
♪ Behold the officers ♪
♪ Their horses white ♪
♪ Their armor bright ♪
♪ With courage bold they stand ♪
♪ Enlisting soldiers For their King ♪
♪ To march to Zion's land ♪
♪ It sets my heart All in a flame ♪
♪ A soldier brave to be ♪
♪ Enlisting soldiers for their King ♪
♪ To march to Zion's land ♪
♪ It sets my heart All in a flame ♪
♪ A soldier brave to be ♪
♪ I will enlist Gird on my arms ♪
♪ And fight for liberty ♪
[singing fades]
[cows mooing]
[dramatic theme playing]
[gasps]
[emotional laughing]
Returning home, as promised, Sister Young.
I missed you.
We have spent entirely
too much time apart, Brother Young.
[BRIGHAM] I'll hold to Joseph's promise
that things will change.
Ah...
I see there are things that need to change here as well.
This is a noble spot for a garden.
A little damp for sleeping.
It has sufficed.
I'm sorry for not taking better care of you.
That will also change...
-...immediately. -[chuckles]
[dramatic theme playing]
[birds chirping]
[people chattering]
Yes, he does that.
Joseph, I have a friend I would like you to meet,
Mr. Thomas Sharp.
Mr. Sharp is editor and chief contributor
to the Warsaw Signal, a most valuable friend to have.
Mr. Sharp is not a man of faith.
At least not your faith.
Something your paper reminds us of frequently.
I believe in freedom, not faith.
We believe in both.
What do you think of Nauvoo, Mr. Sharp?
Your town is, uh, it's impressive, Mrs. Smith.
You'll say as much in your paper?
I print truth, Mr. Young.
Good day.
Mr. Smith.
Ma'am.
[soldier reciting cadence]
Our Nauvoo Legion is authorized by the State of Illinois.
And commanded by your prophet
and religious leader.
What military training do you have, Mr. Smith?
We will not be driven from our homes again, Mr. Sharp.
We will preach or fight,
whichever is required.
Hmph.
You can write that down.
[THOMAS] One thing puzzles me, Mr. Smith.
Actually, many things puzzle me, but this most of all.
You claim to be God's people.
Yet trouble follows you everywhere.
Are you familiar with the Bible, Mr. Sharp?
-Of course. -Then you may see that perhaps
the trouble that follows us
is a testament that we are God's people.
Hm.
Do you know why we build temples, Mr. Sharp?
To worship God?
God has given us the sealing power
that allows the relationships of this life
to continue into the eternities.
A man who leads a believing people
treads a precarious pathway.
Power entices.
And you use your power
to do whatever you want.
Well, your followers are devoted.
I believe they will do anything you ask,
including participating in your messy doctrine of marriage.
Do you have more than one wife, Mr. Smith?
You bring up God,
not his teachings.
I could point you back to the Bible.
But suffice it to say, God has commanded it.
Mm, so you say.
You only hear what you want to.
But what I've heard is that your people
build a temple to make secret promises
as though you can call upon heaven
like Zeus upon his mount.
We seek only the blessings that God
has promised all his children since the days of Abraham.
For you, it's always ancient prophets
and power from on high.
For me, it is leading a persecuted people to Zion.
God promised to clothe his children,
to endow them with the spiritual power
to overcome the trials of this world.
You think you speak for God?
That is the first thing you've got right today.
And you'll print it in your paper?
I print truth, Mr. Smith.
Man's or God's?
[dramatic theme playing]
I thought I could do this, Joseph, but...
I can't.
I don't want to be tested.
I don't want to be tried.
Not in this way.
You know I would never choose this.
Would you choose me, Joseph?
I already have.
If this is my test, then I fear I must fail.
You will not fail.
I won't let you.
Joseph, I've given this long thought.
I'm at a crossroads.
Twice married, one here, and one in the grave.
Joseph, I love them both.
And you shall be sealed to both.
I can be married to both?
You and Mary will make a covenant for the eternities.
And you will be sealed to Jerusa
on the same principle as baptisms for the dead.
It's a bit complicated, but will you have me?
Of course, Hyrum.
[JOSEPH] And you, Brigham?
You find yourself in the same place.
Are you going to ask her, Brigham?
Or shall I ask for you?
There is a chance if I asked that she should say no.
And if you don't ask?
Will you?
That was only slightly better than the first time
you asked me to marry you.
I look forward to one day meeting Miriam,
if you will have us both.
[dramatic theme playing]
It won't happen.
Something is brewing, George.
Lord bids me hasten his work.
You must complete your covenants.
But the temple is not finished.
[JOSEPH] The Lord wills it.
You cannot be sealed and saved without the endowment.
You have many storms to pass through.
All of you do.
I roll the burden onto your shoulders.
The Lord is going
to allow me to rest awhile.
Come, Brigham.
Brigham Young, in the name of Jesus Christ,
we lay our hands upon your head.
Well, you certainly caused a stir.
Read this.
“You will discontinue the delivery of this paper.
Its contents are disgraceful to any moral man.
Yours with utter contempt, Joseph Smith.
P.S., please publish the above
in your contemptible paper.”
You can't publish this.
Why not? He asked me to.
You'll play into his hands. You can't give him a voice!
He already has a voice!
He is prophet and dictator to thousands of his people.
They do exactly as he says.
No one else pays him any mind.
We can no longer stay neutral!
They are too powerful.
We will print His Holiness's letter.
Yes, but to what end?
To the end of the Mormons.
You can't be serious.
Maybe.
Maybe not.
“Inasmuch as we have for years born with the individual follies
and iniquities of Joseph Smith...
-[crowd murmuring] -Hyrum Smith, and many others,
and inasmuch as they have introduced
false and damnable doctrines into the Church,
therefore are constrained to denounce them
as apostates
from the pure and holy doctrines
of Jesus Christ.”
-Enough! -[crowd quiets]
Yes, the Constitution protects the word,
but it also protects the citizen against libel.
This newspaper must be put down.
[ crowd clamoring]
Thomas, Thomas.
They've done it. They've done it.
You're going to have to be a bit more specific.
The Mormons, they're going to take down the newspaper.
They wouldn't dare.
Even they know it's against the law.
They're using the law.
The city council has declared it a public nuisance.
They've ordered the marshal to take it down.
“They tumbled the pressing materials into the street
and set fire to them and demolished the machinery.”
-Print them. -[HENCHMAN] How many?
Until I tell you to stop.
“War and extermination is inevitable.
Citizens arise one and all.
We've no time for comment.
Let it be made with powder and ball.”
It is thought by some that our enemies
would be satisfied with my destruction.
But as soon as they have shed my blood,
they will thirst for the blood of every man
in whose heart dwells a single spark
of the fulness of the gospel.
And so we fight!
[soldiers yelling in agreement]
Yes.
Will you stand by me to the death
and sustain the laws of our country?
[soldiers yelling in agreement]
[dramatic theme playing]
Joseph.
I ask too much.
Your sacrifice will not be necessary.
I love you with all my heart.
You have stood by me in my hour of trouble,
and I'm willing to give my life for your preservation.
God almighty is my shield.
My life is in his hands.
[EMMA] What is it?
Sorry to disturb you.
We're looking for Joseph Smith.
He's not here.
What is it that you want?
I believe Mr. Smith may have been confused
about his authority to destroy the press.
That newspaper was full of lies.
Perhaps, but its destruction infringes
upon the laws and liberties of the people
of the State of Illinois.
The people of Illinois,
and Missouri, and Ohio
have infringed on the rights of our people
for the past 15 years.
Mind if we take a look around?
We just want to live in peace.
[dramatic theme playing]
How goes the campaign?
I leave tomorrow.
We begin campaigning in Boston.
Joseph, it's worse than we thought.
You're wanted on both sides of the river.
Please, Joseph, come home.
We will prove your innocence.
As we did before.
Then what?
Emma, where I go, trouble follows.
It is better for the Saints if I stay away.
I love you, Emma.
Be quiet.
Let them hear me.
I love you!
Again, she is here even in the seventh trouble.
Unchangeable, affectionate Emma.
What should we do?
Let's go back,
give ourselves up,
and see this thing through.
If we go back, we will be killed.
Perhaps.
But if we live or die,
we will be reconciled to our fate.
Get the boat.
Have you chosen a name?
David Hyrum.
What if it's a girl?
[sobs]
Joseph, I would like a blessing before you leave.
Write down the blessing that you desire,
and I will petition the Lord when I return.
[door opens, closes]
Joseph...
You're coming back.
You will come back, Joseph!
Joseph!
[Emma sobbing]
[EMMA] The richest of heaven's blessings
would be wisdom from my Heavenly Father
bestowed daily.
So that whatever I might do or say,
I would not look back
at the close of the day with regret.
I desire a fruitful, active mind
that I may be able to comprehend
the designs of God without doubting.
[JOSEPH] I am going like the lamb to the slaughter,
but I am as calm as a summer's morning.
[EMMA] I desire with all my heart
to honor and respect my husband,
to ever live in his confidence
and to retain the place
which God has given me by his side.
[JOSEPH] I have a conscience void of offense
toward God and toward all men.
If they take my life,
I shall die an innocent man.
And my blood shall cry from the ground for vengeance,
and it shall be said of me,
he was murdered in cold blood.
[EMMA] Finally, I desire
that whatever may be my lot through life,
I may be enabled to acknowledge the hand of God in all things.
[dramatic theme playing]
[men clamoring and yelling]
[bird caws]
[clamoring and yelling]
[SAMUEL] Lavira!
-Have you heard? -Everyone has heard.
Samuel, what will you do?
They're my brothers.
What would you have me do?
Samuel...
[horse neighs]
[men clamoring and yelling]
[horse neighs]
[horse grunts]
Joseph.
[sobbing]
[dramatic theme playing]
Sidney?
Yes, what is it?
They won't wait for you.
The apostles. They're not coming here.
They're going straight to Nauvoo.
Sidney, did you hear me?
Yes, I heard you.
They intend to proceed without me,
and we will not allow that to happen.
I was there long before any of them,
and I will be there long after.
To Nauvoo then.
[dramatic theme playing]
It's good to see you, Sidney.
And you, Brother Smith.
I pray all is well.
Brother Rigdon, welcome home.
Thank you.
Will you be the new prophet?
No one can replace Joseph,
but I will continue the work
as the prophets have done in every generation.
[SIDNEY] Is there something I can do for you, George?
Sidney!
Will you meet with us?
Meet with whom?
The apostles.
Have they returned?
-No. -Hm.
No, we're still waiting for them.
Or rather, some of us are here.
Of course.
Until tomorrow, then.
[WILFORD] It' s late.
How long are we going to wait?
I've waited four days.
I want the apostles together.
Another hour or two won't hurt us.
Any news from Nauvoo?
It's quiet.
[BRIGHAM] Well met, Brother Wight!
You had success in Philadelphia?
Yes. The others are on their way.
Our boat leaves in an hour.
[LYMAN] I won't be staying in Nauvoo, Brigham.
None of us should.
-What do you mean? -Brigham, you assume,
just like everyone else, that because Joseph is gone,
our enemies will leave us alone.
I don't assume anything.
I'm going to take a colony to Texas.
Again with the colony to Texas.
It's what Joseph wanted.
We'll stay in Nauvoo.
Brigham...
you were chosen as president of the Twelve,
only because, at the time, you were the oldest.
There are those who think it should be otherwise.
And where do you stand, Lyman?
Do you have any idea what Sidney is doing right now?
He is gathering support to be the next prophet
and president of the church.
We don't know that.
I think we do.
We're going to be late.
[dramatic theme playing]
Let's go to Nauvoo, Lyman.
[rooster crows in distance]
Sidney is late.
And your pacing will do little to bring him earlier.
[sighs]
Why don't you go get him?
I will.
I will do just that.
[GEORGE] Sidney?
Ah.
I was afraid you weren't coming.
Well, I am here, aren't I?
Yes. Yes. Yes, I just thought--
-We should go. -Where are you going?
-The others are waiting. -It's ten o'clock.
-I must preach. -You must preach?
Yes, there is a meeting at ten o'clock.
-I must preach. -But--
Give my best to the other brethren.
But you can't just leave.
-I must preach, Brother Smith! -But Brother Taylor
and Brother Richards are waiting.
I would express to you the Lord's desires.
There must be a guardian appointed
to build the Church up to Joseph.
And who shall do that, you ask?
Joseph is gone.
Hyrum, gone.
As the last surviving member of the First Presidency,
it falls on me to lead.
I will stand like Moses,
and preserve the Church as Joseph began it.
I am the identical man who the ancient prophets
have sung about, written about, and rejoiced over.
President Marks has a rather important announcement to make.
President Marks.
[dramatic theme playing]
On Thursday morning,
four days hence,
at this very spot,
President Rigdon will hold
a special gathering of the Saints
to choose a guardian.
His claims will be considered in a fair and honest manner.
That concludes this meeting.
Thank you for coming.
[crowd murmuring]
[GEORGE] Can he do that?
He did it. Everyone will be there.
By Thursday, we'll have a new leader.
A new prophet?
A prophet, a guardian.
Call it what you will.
Is there any word from Brigham?
Still expected any day.
If he doesn't get here soon, it'll be too late.
We have to stop this.
President Marks, I've been waiting for you.
George, what do you need?
[scoffs] Some say that you and Sidney
have been...plotting.
That's ridiculous.
Is it?
What authority do you have
to gather a body of the Saints?
As president of the Nauvoo Stake,
I have every right to preside over the Saints.
Yes, but you have no authority to choose who will lead us,
not without speaking to the apostles.
President Rigdon is the last remaining member
of the First Presidency.
Without Joseph and Hyrum,
there is no First Presidency.
And that must be remedied.
As it will be.
But you decided it was necessary
to meet immediately before the apostles return.
And so, you plot.
[scoffs]
Brother Marks,
we invited Sidney to meet with us.
He chose to ignore that invitation.
Kindly extend another one.
Sidney will meet with us tomorrow.
We are much weakened.
This election is sure to bring anti-Mormons into office.
We all know that, Sidney.
Do you know what we lack?
We lack a great leader.
You need a guardian!
What if they won't have you?
What if the Saints choose someone else?
The meeting on Thursday.
What do you intend?
A prayer meeting.
Agreed.
And no binding decisions will be made.
I wish no office in the kingdom of heaven,
even if it were offered.
[door opens, closes]
What is he up to now?
He is right about one thing.
We cannot wait.
[light dramatic theme playing]
[ducks quacking]
Well, apparently some of us are more loved than others.
How did you know we would be here?
We didn't.
But we've come every day for a week now, hoping.
As I said,
some of us are more loved than others.
Heh. Heber, Vilate has been here often.
Go home, you'll find she's missed you deeply.
It seems different without Joseph.
I wake up every morning praying it didn't really happen.
[cows mooing]
[door opens]
George, welcome.
Your trip was uneventful?
We're here.
Please.
There is unrest.
I know.
There is talk of four or five
different successors.
-That many? -[BOTH] Yeah.
There is Sidney, of course, Joseph's brother, William.
If Mother Smith has her way.
Also President Marks, and you, Brigham.
There are others.
Lyman, for example.
I thought we'd been through this, Lyman.
What do you want me to say?
That I'll stay in Nauvoo. I don't know.
Sidney has cemented an alliance
with President Marks.
Marks would be patriarch, Sidney would be president.
There is one more thing.
Sidney has called a meeting.
He is moving quickly, Brigham.
He hopes to gather the Saints before you do anything.
Then we shall have our own meeting
with Sidney, one week from today.
No, that's--that's too late.
That's too late?
Yes, that's too late.
-Well, then today. -[GEORGE] Today?
On our own terms.
Word will get out.
-Let me finish! -So, it was not the same
as the vision you had with Joseph.
Lord manifests in many ways.
So, it wasn't the same?
Have you had a vision, Brother Woodruff?
I thought not.
I have been ordained as Joseph's spokesman
and will continue to speak for him
until Joseph himself
shall descend from heaven as a mighty angel!
I have discharged my duty
and done what God commanded me.
The people can please themselves,
whether they accept me or not.
You would have it be a vote then.
Simply canvas the Saints, and majority rules.
And this group, what of us?
What of you?
I don't care who leads the Church.
It could be Ann Lee, the Shaker prophetess,
if God willed it.
But it won't be you
unless God speaks it.
Does he speak for you?
-Aye, he does. -Indeed.
[dramatic theme playing]
And you, Brother Wight, does Brigham speak for you?
He does.
Joseph conferred upon our heads,
all the keys and powers
belonging to the apostleship,
which he himself held
before he was taken away.
And no man
can get between Joseph and the Twelve.
[door opens, closes]
[cows mooing in distance]
Emma, I'm so sorry.
I know.
Joseph would have us go on...
with all of his teachings.
Some of those teachings
led to his death.
We don't know that.
The doctrines are from God.
I was there from the beginning, Brigham.
You needn't lecture me.
They say you favor President Marks?
I favor Joseph.
What about my family, Brigham?
We will continue to take care of you.
Nothing has changed.
Everything has changed.
I will take care of my family.
I will not abandon the one thing I still have.
-Oh, hello, Wilford. -[WILFORD] Pardon us.
Heber, come in, please.
It's good to see you.
We were hoping to speak with Brigham.
We're gathering in the morning.
I'm sorry. He's not here.
He's gone walking.
He used to climb the hillside in Britain.
Easier to hear.
[chuckles] He says the house
is too noisy to hear God.
[HEBER] No wonder I seldom hear Him.
Have you ever heard quiet at my house?
[laughs] I personally prefer
the sound of children to silence.
I might not hear God
-in their noise and laughter... -[door opens]
but I see Him.
That's a great reminder for us all...
-[door closes] -...including Brigham.
And what do I need to be reminded of?
Of our meeting tomorrow morning at nine o'clock.
I'll be there.
Sidney will have his own meeting tomorrow?
He's called it off.
I think you scared him, Brigham.
[Brigham chuckles]
[sighs] Well, that's some good news, then.
Perhaps my brothers would like
a piece of molasses cake.
[HEBER] Oh, I shouldn't.
But you will.
I will.
[BRIGHAM] Heh, we all will.
[BRIGHAM] Thank you, Mary Ann.
[dramatic theme playing]
Sidney's having his meeting!
I thought it was canceled.
It's back on!
It is but a few years
from when the entire church membership met
in a small log cabin.
And this gathering
is a testament
to all that Joseph has done.
In the beginning,
Joseph and I met in secret in Ohio
with little to eat but Johnnycake and milk.
It was the beginning of amazing days.
Is that enough?
It is a place to start.
Let's get the money to Emma.
One thousand dollars?
Mother Smith won't be happy.
I'm not sure anyone can make her happy.
No sign of Brigham.
None.
I don't understand.
He knew we were meeting.
Maybe he forgot.
That is not like Brigham.
You don't suppose...
You don't suppose Sidney
is holding his prayer meeting?
Joseph and I talked...
wept, prayed.
Angels ministered to us.
The Spirit of God was with us,
and the heavens opened unto us.
We cannot disbelieve this
to be the Church of God
I have always known it to be.
It cannot be otherwise!
[wind howling]
Have I not seen God's glory
by the visions of heaven?
[horse grunts]
We need to get to the grove.
Sidney's meeting.
-[HEBER] I'm good. -[WILFORD] We're good.
[horse neighs]
Mankind has labored under one universal mistake,
-that salvation... -[wind blowing]
What's he saying? I can't hear him.
...that salvation was distinct from government.
[WOMAN] We can't hear you.
[crowd clamoring]
[MAN] Brother Rigdon!
Brother Rigdon, we can't hear you!
-But I can hear you! -It's the wind!
Come back here, and the wind will carry your voice!
Yes, yes, I'm coming.
I will come.
We love you, brother. We love you.
I love you. Bless you.
[chuckles]
Can you hear me?
[CROWD] Yes!
[SIDNEY] And I can hear you!
And I can feel you.
And my heart is touched.
As I was saying before, when God speaks...
I thought you said the meeting was canceled?
That is what I was told.
...that shall rule our temporal and our spiritual lives.
It seems he is, once again, one step ahead of us.
And when God sets up his kingdom,
He will sustain it
above all laws and kingdoms of the world.
And the world shall have no power
over the kingdom of God!
Yet, we worship Him.
We revere Him.
We look to His kingdom.
I have journeyed far.
I have a right to proclaim myself
a king and a priest
unto the most high God!
And that is why we are gathered.
The time has come for a decision.
We can wait no longer,
or our people face certain chaos
and destruction!
I will manage this voting for Elder Rigdon.
He does not preside here.
This child will manage the flock for a season.
For the first time, since I became
a member of the Church,
the Twelve Apostles chosen
by revelation in this last dispensation,
present themselves before the Church.
We have all done the best we could without...
...without Joseph.
[sighs] I feel to want to weep for a month, I so miss him.
But we carry on.
We will now have to walk by faith, not by sight.
I would not do it this way,
but others are filled with a hurrying spirit.
And so I ask each of you,
do you seek a guardian,
someone who looks rearward,
or would you look to the future?
[JOSEPH] You have many storms to pass through, all of you do.
If I pass the keys on to each of you,
I can go knowing my work is done.
Brigham?
Brigham Young, in the name of Jesus Christ,
we lay our hands upon your head.
[crowd murmuring]
The Twelve were appointed by the finger of the Almighty.
Joseph?
Is it, Joseph?
They hold the keys of the kingdom.
It's Joseph.
No.
It is Joseph.
Now, as Brother Rigdon suggested,
we will make a decision.
Do you want Brother Rigdon
to stand forward as your leader,
as your spokesman?
Ask of the others first.
Ask if they would have The Twelve lead.
As you wish.
We are fortunate to be together today.
Brothers, please.
If the Church wants The Twelve
to walk into their calling,
if this is your mind,
signify it by the uplifted hand.
As is the will of God,
so is the will of the people.
Now, perhaps some may think
that our beloved Brother Rigdon
would not be honored,
would not be looked to as a friend,
but if he should prove faithful,
we shall be as one.
May God bless us all.
[uplifting theme playing]
We did it.
What do you want?
I want to hear you say it.
I want to hear it from your lips.
And what do you want to hear?
That you didn't murder Joseph.
That you didn't incite a mob to violence.
Well, the jury said not.
I know what the jury said. I want to hear it from you.
I did what the law wouldn't do.
The people were never in danger from the Mormons, Mr. Sharp.
You should be thanking me, Mr. Smith.
The death of your prophet made him a hero,
saved countless other lives.
We've avoided a war.
[dramatic theme playing]
One day, you will face a higher court.
I suspect you'll find
a different verdict there.
Woodrow Scott White.
Chelsea Elizabeth Nelson.
How many endowments today?
Almost 400.
It was a good day.
A very good day.
A day which I hate to ruin,
but we have word from Carthage.
They are threatening arrest.
They've done that before.
This time, they are sending troops.
They promised we could stay until spring.
They won't wait.
How long would it take to be ready to go?
We've been ready for weeks.
Send word.
I want wagons on the ferries in four hours.
What about those who haven't received the endowment?
Then we will build another temple.
[upbeat theme playing]
[horse neighs]
Where's Brigham?
I'm right here.
You just can't keep out of the middle of it, can you?
You better come with me.
Whoa.
[horse neighs]
[MAN] There's no time. We have to go.
[GEORGE] Now is not the time to be brave.
[MAN] Now is the time to be safe.
Everybody needs to leave.
[GEORGE] You all have to go!
Your lives depend on it!
They won't leave, not without their endowment.
[BRIGHAM] Did you not receive word?
We leave immediately!
It is no longer safe for you to be here.
You promised to endow us with power, Brother Young.
And now, you leave us behind?
No one will be left behind, Elijah.
But if we don't leave now, we cannot promise your safety.
But what about God's promise?
[dramatic theme playing]
We will build more temples.
But all of you, please go home.
[theme music swelling]
[inspirational theme playing]
They're not going to leave, are they?
I do not believe so.
What do we do?
We trust God.
Wilford, get those wagons moving.
Heber, George.
[cows mooing]
[“O Give Me Back My Prophet Dear” playing]
♪ O give me back My Prophet dear ♪
♪ And Patriarch O give them back ♪
♪ The Saints of latter days To cheer ♪
♪ And lead them In the gospel track ♪
♪ But oh! They're gone from my embrace ♪
♪ From earthly scenes Their spirits fled ♪
♪ Two of the best Of Adam's race ♪
♪ Now lie entombed Among the dead ♪
♪ Ye men of wisdom Tell me why ♪
♪ No guilt, no crime In them were found ♪
♪ Their blood doth now So loudly cry ♪
♪ From prison walls And Carthage ground ♪
♪ Your tongues are mute But pray attend ♪
♪ The secret I will now relate ♪
♪ Why those whom God To earth did lend ♪
♪ Have met the suffering Martyr's fate ♪
[instrumental interlude]
♪ Your tongues are mute But pray attend ♪
♪ The secret I will now relate ♪
♪ Why those whom God To earth did lend ♪
♪ Have met the suffering Martyr's fate ♪
♪ O give me back My prophet dear. ♪
[dramatic theme playing]