This is a lecture Jeffrey O’Driscoll gave in June of 2005 at "This Is The Place Heritage Park" at the mouth of Emigration Canyon in Salt Lake City, Utah.

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In this lecture, author Jeffrey S. O'Driscoll paints an intimate portrait of an exemplary disciple who stood by his prophet-brother through the glorious and trying days of the early restored Church. At Joseph's side during dark months of confinement in Liberty Jail, Nauvoo's rise to fame, and the Martyrdom at Carthage, Hyrum was "as firm as the pillars of heaven." Hyrum Smith: A Life of Integrity reveals the heart of this Church patriarch and assistant president through the words of those who knew him best and through the inspiring, unassuming sermon that was his life. Relying on painstaking research, the author helps us appreciate the character and invaluable contributions of this devoted husband, father, Church leader, and friend.

Dr. Jeffrey S. O'Driscoll serves as chairman of the Department of Emergency Medicine at LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City.

He has delivered papers at the Sperry and Book of Mormon Symposiums at Brigham Young University and has served on several LDS Church-service committees.

Dr. O’Driscoll and his wife, Sheila, are the parents of five children.