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SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY Matthew 25:35-40
"For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me. Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me."
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QUOTE OF THE DAY Spencer W. Kimball
"Service to others deepens and sweetens this life while we are preparing to live in a better world. It is by serving that we learn how to serve. When we are engaged in the service of our fellowmen, not only do our deeds assist them, but we put our own problems in a fresher perspective. When we concern ourselves more with others, there is less time to be concerned with ourselves!" (Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Spencer W. Kimball, p. 85). |
Carthage - DVD
While seething mobs converged around them, the Prophet Joseph and his brethren quietly submitted themselves to imprisonment in Carthage Jail. Now, as never before, audiences are invited to witness the events of the days preceding the martyrdom.
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DAILY READING SCHEDULE
Read the Book of Mormon and Doctrine & Covenants/Pearl of Great Price in a year by following our Daily Reading Schedule.
Ether 7:16 - 8:10
Pearl of Great Price: Abraham Facsimile #3
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TODAY IN CHURCH HISTORY December 11
1830 - The Prophet Joseph Smith receives the revelations known as Doctrine and Covenants 35 and 36 in behalf of Sidney Rigdon and Edward Partridge. Edward Partridge was baptized on this day and he would later become the first bishop of the Church. (History of the Church, 1:129-131)
1843 - The Prophet Joseph Smith wrote an affidavit (concerning the kidnaping of Brother Daniel Avery) and letter to Governor Ford of Illinois asking for his help in supporting the law and protecting the lives of the Saints. Meetings were held in the ten wards of the city of Nauvoo and resolutions were passed requesting the city to raise a company of forty men to act as police. The need for a larger police force was evident when the night before, two ruffians went into the house of Richard Badham, a farmer who lived outside the city, and robbed and stabbed him. (History of the Church, 6:109-110)
1845 - A letter had arrived from Brother Samuel Brannan to the Quorum of the Twelve informing them that he had been in Washington D.C. and had learned that the Secretary of War and other cabinet members were laying plans to prevent the Saints from moving to the west. Since they didn't want them to go west and didn't want them to stay in the states, obliteration was their choice. The Twelve prayed that "the Lord would defeat and frustrate all the plans of our enemies, and inasmuch as they lay plans to exterminate this people and destroy the priesthood from off the earth, that the curse of God may come upon them" (History of the Church, 7:544). Brigham Young and others officiated in the Temple the rest of the day.
1846 - The Mormon Battalion fights a herd of wild bulls near the San Pedro River, resulting in the death of ten to fifteen bulls and the wounding of three men.
1847 - Sixteen members of the Mormon Battalion arrived home to their families in Winter Quarters.
1960 - The first stake in Nebraska is organized and is named the Winter Quarters Stake.
1994 - President Howard W. Hunter presides at the creation of the Mexico City Mexico Conreras Stake, the two thousandth stake in the Church.
1999 - The Edmonton Alberta Temple is dedicated by President Gordon B. Hinckley.
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