| Latter Day Light DAILY DEVOTIONAL July 4, 2017 Lord Gave Them Victory |
SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY 1 Nephi 13:16-19
"And it came to pass that I, Nephi, beheld that the Gentiles who had gone forth out of captivity did humble themselves before the Lord; and the power of the Lord was with them. And I beheld that their mother Gentiles were gathered together upon the waters, and upon the land also, to battle against them. And I beheld that the power of God was with them, and also that the wrath of God was upon all those that were gathered together against them to battle. And I, Nephi, beheld that the Gentiles that had gone out of captivity were delivered by the power of God out of the hands of all other nations."
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QUOTE OF THE DAY Spencer W. Kimball
"The Lord permitted these few poorly armed and ill-clad men at Valley Forge and elsewhere to defeat a great army, . . . a few against the many, but the few had on their side the Lord God of heaven, that gave them victory. And there came political liberty and religious liberty with it, all in preparation for the day when a young boy would come forth and would seek and make contact with the Lord and open the doors of heaven again" (The Teachings of Spencer W. Kimball, ed. Edward L. Kimball (1982), p. 403). |
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TODAY IN CHURCH HISTORY July 4
1838 - The Saints celebrate the United States Independence Day with the laying of the cornerstones for the Far West Temple in Missouri. The day proved to be enjoyable to all. Sidney Rigdon gave a fiery speech against the mob action in Missouri later known as the "Mormon Declaration of Independence." This speech is sometimes criticized for its ill-advised and inflammatory words, but expressed the determination of the Saints not to be driven from their homes again. However, the events of the next few months proved otherwise and the Saints would begin leaving Missouri for Illinois by years end.
1839 - Elders Parley P. Pratt and Morris Phelps escaped from jail in Columbia, Missouri, during the Independence Day celebrations. They had been held since November 1838.
1887 - Fireworks at Temple Square set the roof of the Tabernacle on fire, but there was little damage.
1919 - William Harrison "Jack" Dempsey becomes the first Latter-day Saint to win the Heavyweight Boxing World Championship title, a title he holds until 1926.
1976 - President Spencer W. Kimball addresses over twenty-three thousand people attending a Church-sponsored U.S. Bicentennial devotional at the Capitol Center in Landover, Maryland.
2000 - The 150th anniversary of the Church in Scandinavia was celebrated in Denmark with the unveiling of a statue titled, "The Family" in the national park in the hills of Rebild. It symbolizes a Mormon family as they prepare to make the voyage to Utah in the late 1800's. Also, the first LDS meetinghouse in Iceland is dedicated by Elder William Rolfe Kerr of the Seventy in the capital of Rejkjavik.
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