Brother Joseph
Poem
When Joseph knelt among the trees,
The hopes of all the centuries
Crescendoed into one,
As from a fierce, effulgent flame
The Father spake the farm boy’s name
And introduced His Son.
When Joseph pleaded through the night,
Moroni came and, clothed in might,
Revealed the plates of gold.
The Baptist, Peter, James, and John
With keys of power proclaimed the dawn
By prophets long foretold.
When Joseph built a House of God
And sent swift messengers abroad
With tidings of glad things,
The Lord restored His sealing power
And set a watchman on the tower
To hail the King of Kings.
When Joseph bled in Carthage Jail,
His spirit slipped beyond the veil
Into the realms of grace,
Where once again, as in his youth,
Amid a blaze of light and truth,
He saw his Father’s face.