| Latter Day Light DAILY DEVOTIONAL November 23, 2017 Gratitude for Family |
SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY Mosiah 4:14-15
"And ye will not suffer your children that they go hungry, or naked; neither will ye suffer that they transgress the laws of God, and fight and quarrel one with another, and serve the devil, who is the master of sin, or who is the evil spirit which hath been spoken of by our fathers, he being an enemy to all righteousness. But ye will teach them to walk in the ways of truth and soberness; ye will teach them to love one another, and to serve one another."
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QUOTE OF THE DAY Joseph Fielding Smith
"Far more important than the question of occupation or wealth of people is the question of how their family life is conducted. All other things are of minor consequence, so long as there are real homes, and so long as those who make up these homes do their duty to each other" (Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph Fielding Smith, p. 76). |
DAILY READING SCHEDULE
Read the Book of Mormon and Doctrine & Covenants/Pearl of Great Price in a year by following our Daily Reading Schedule.
Mormon 2:27 - 3:15
Pearl of Great Price: Moses 7:32-45
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TODAY IN CHURCH HISTORY November 23
1843 - The Prophet Joseph Smith met in council at his "old house," known as the Homestead, and then walked down to the river. He "suggested the idea of petitioning Congress for a grant to make a canal over the falls, or a dam to turn the water to the city, so that we might erect mills and other machinery" (History of the Church, 6:80). In 1877, the government did build a canal with three locks to overcome the navigation problems of the Des Moines rapids. In the early 1900's a series of dams were built on the Mississippi River, including one built at Keokuk, Iowa, about twelve miles south of Nauvoo which stands today. Construction on U.S. Lock and Dam #19 began in 1910, and when completed in 1913, it was the largest electrical generating plant in the world. Lock 19 is the largest lock on the Mississippi and is on the National Register of Historic places.
1849 - Parley P. Pratt and fifty other men leave the Salt Lake Valley to explore southern Utah. By the first of the year they would reach the site of St. George and collect a wealth of information about central and southern Utah's settlement potential.
1918 - Heber J. Grant is set apart as the seventh President of the Church, with Anthon H. Lund and Charles W. Penrose as Counselors.
1958 - The first stake in Ohio since the Kirtland era, is organized in Cincinnati.
1993 - The First Presidency issues a statement that emphasizes the importance of keeping the Sabbath day holy.
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