| Latter Day Light DAILY DEVOTIONAL June 4, 2017 Standing as Witnesses
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SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY Mosiah 18:9
"Yea, and are willing to mourn with those that mourn; yea, and comfort those that stand in need of comfort, and to stand as witnesses of God at all times and in all things, and in all places that ye may be in, even until death, that ye may be redeemed of God, and be numbered with those of the first resurrection, that ye may have eternal life."
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QUOTE OF THE DAY Howard W. Hunter
"We simply must have love and integrity and strong principles in our homes. We must have an abiding commitment to marriage and children and morality. We must succeed where success counts most for the next generation" ("Standing As Witnesses of God," Ensign, May 1990). |
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Alma 5:52 - 6:
Doctrine & Covenants 81:1 - 82:2
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TODAY IN CHURCH HISTORY June 4
1829 - After moving from Harmony, Pennsylvania, to Fayette, New York, the Prophet Joseph resumes the translation of the Book of Mormon, which would be finished by the end of June.
1831 - The Prophet Joseph Smith, during a four-day Church conference held at a schoolhouse on the hill above the Isaac Morley farmhouse in Kirtland, Ohio, sees the Father and the Son and declares, "I now see God, and Jesus Christ at his right hand, let them kill me, I should not feel death as I am now" (The Life of Levi Ward Hancock, p. 33).
1833 - The Prophet Joseph Smith receives Doctrine and Covenants 96 concerning the disposal of certain lands, known as the French farm, possessed by the Church near Kirtland, Ohio. (History of the Church, 1:352-353)
1834 - Zion's Camp arrived on the banks of the Mississippi River and began a two day process of crossing over into Missouri near the city of Louisiana. Many threats had been received about not allowing them to cross over into Missouri, but they crossed the mile and a half wide river without incident.
1837 - The Prophet Joseph Smith calls Elder Heber C. Kimball to go on a mission to England, the first missionary call to an overseas mission in the Church.
1841 - The Prophet Joseph Smith visited Illinois Governor Carlin, at his residence in Quincy, Illinois. "I was treated with the greatest kindness and respect; nothing was said about any requisition having come from the Governor of Missouri for my arrest" (History of the Church, 4:364). However, a few hours after leaving Quincy, the Governor sent a posse, led by Thomas King, Sheriff of Adams county, along with Thomas Jasper, a constable of Quincy, an officer from Missouri, and others, to arrest the Prophet Joseph and deliver him to the authorities in Missouri.
1847 - William Clayton put up a sign on the northeast side of the North Platte River stating they had traveled 543 ½ miles from Winter Quarters. They finished crossing the river and began traveling again. The wagon train came to a steep hill where they had to lock the wagon wheels and attach ropes to the back of the wagons where men could hold back on the wagons in order to descend without accident.
1944 - Elder Joseph Fielding Smith begins a new radio program, The Restoration of All Things, on Sunday evenings.
1967 - A new Church visitors' center opens at the Joseph Smith birthplace in South Royalton, Vermont.
1980 - Brigham Young University-Hawaii and the Polynesian Cultural Center hosts People's Republic of China Vice-Premier Geng Biao, which begins a lasting relationship between BYU-Hawaii and the PCC with mainland China.
2000 - The Montreal Quebec Temple was dedicated by President Gordon B. Hinckley. Also, the San Jose Costa Rica Temple was dedicated by President James E. Faust of the First Presidency.
2006 - The Budapest Hungary Stake, the first stake in Hungary was created by Elder Bruce C. Hafen of the Seventy and President of the Europe Central Area.
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