Had Oliver Cowdery remained true, had he been faithful to his testimony and his calling as the "Second Elder" and Assistant President of the Church, I am just as satisfied as I am that I am here that Oliver Cowdery would have gone to Carthage with the Prophet Joseph Smith and laid down his life instead of Hyrum Smith. That would have been his right. Maybe it sounds a little strange to speak of martyrdom as being a right, but it was a right. Oliver Cowdery lost it and Hyrum received it. According to the law of witnesses--and this is a divine law--it had to be.
Doctrine and Covenants 124:94-95
Joseph Fielding Smith, Doctrines of Salvation 1:221-222
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