| Latter Day Light DAILY DEVOTIONAL December 2, 2017 Trails are a Sign of the Times |
SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY 1 Peter 4:12-13
"Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: but rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy."
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QUOTE OF THE DAY John Taylor
"We complain sometimes about our trials. We need not do that. These are things that are necessary for our perfection. We think sometimes that we are not rightly treated, and I think we think correctly about some of these things. We think there are plots set on foot to entrap us; and I think we think so very correctly. At the same time we need not be astonished at these things. We need not be amazed at a feeling of hatred and animosity. Why? Because we are living in a peculiar day and age of the world; which is distinctively called the latter days" (Teachings of Presidents of the Church: John Taylor, p. 203). |
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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.
Mormon 9:18-37
Pearl of Great Price: Abraham 2:1-10
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TODAY IN CHURCH HISTORY December 2
1835 - Being a "fine morning," the Prophet Joseph took his family for a sleigh ride to visit sister Harriet Howe at Painesville, Ohio. While passing through Mentor Street they came upon another sleigh and the Prophet politely asked them to let them pass. As they let the Prophet pass they called out, "Do you get any revelations lately?" The Prophet states "this is a fair sample of the character of Mentor Street inhabitants, who are ready to abuse and scandalize men who never laid a straw in their way." The Prophet and his family continue on to Painesville where he leaves his wife and children to visit with Sister Howe while he and his scribe rode into town to do some business. After dinner at the Howe's, the Prophet and his family return to Kirtland. "Had a fine ride-sleighing good, weather pleasant" (History of the Church, 2:323-324).
1843 - The Prophet Joseph spent the day in the assembly room over his store. Several brethren were given their endowments and instructed in the Priesthood. About 35 persons were present on this occasion.
1845 - With the attic now dedicated, Brigham Young spent the day, and the next several days, in the Nauvoo Temple making preparations, preparing the rooms, etc. for the giving of the endowment.
1856 - About sixty wagons and teams leave Salt Lake City, Utah, to meet the wagon companies led by Captains Hodgett and Hunt that had accompanied the Martin and Willie handcart companies, to rescue them and bring them to Salt Lake City.
1902 - President Joseph F. Smith issues a public report to the Associated Press supporting Reed Smoot's election to the U. S. Senate and indicates the charges against Smoot are unfounded.
1982 - Making medical history, Dr. William DeVries implants the first artificial heart into a human, Barney Clark. Both Dr. DeVries and Barney Clark are members of the Church.
1983 - The Mexico City D. F. Mexico Temple is dedicated by President Gordon B. Hinckley of the First Presidency.
1989 - Church membership reaches seven million.
2006 - Church member, Atom Sogoian, took first place in the Bulgaria National Fencing Championship held in Plovdiv.
2012 - The 3,000th stake of the Church, and the first stake in Sierra Leone, was created in Freetown, Sierra Leone, with Patrick Swarry, Jr. as President.
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