 | Latter Day Light DAILY DEVOTIONAL March 13, 2016 Reform the World
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| SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY
2 Timothy 1:7-8
"For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God."
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| QUOTE OF THE DAY Gordon B. Hinckley
"To every Latter-day Saint I commend this stirring injunction. This is the spirit that will reform the world. . . .
"Let us take upon ourselves the name of the Lord and then with faith go forth to share with relevance that which will affect the lives of mankind and bring peace and joy to the world. The world needs a generation of men and women of learning and influence who can and will stand up and in sincerity and without equivocation declare that God lives and that Jesus is the Christ" ("With All Thy Getting Get Understanding," Ensign, August 1988). |
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March 13
1836 - The Prophet Joseph met with the presidency and the Twelve and discussed the prospect of moving to Missouri. It was concluded that if all went well, they would move in the Spring---by "the 15th of May next." However, the move of the leadership did not take place as hoped.
1838 - Hyrum Smith helps the seventies draft a constitution for the organization and government of the "Kirtland Camp." The camp was composed of impoverished, faithful Latter-day Saints, who were fleeing Kirtland, Ohio, for Far West. Missouri, following the apostasy in Kirtland. Also, the Prophet Joseph, Sidney Rigdon, and their families, approached Far West, Missouri. They had been traveling for two months to reach the peace of Missouri. They were met by an escort and spent the night at Brother Barnard's home, only a day from Far West.
1843 - The Prophet Joseph records, "I wrestled with William Wall, the most expert wrestler in Ramus, and threw him" (History of the Church, 5:302). In the evening, there were twenty-seven children blessed in Ramus. After blessing nineteen of them, the Prophet records, "Virtue went out of me, and my strength left me, when I gave up the meeting to the brethren" (History of the Church, 5:303).
1850 - Isaac Morley, leader of the Saints in Sanpete County, Utah, baptizes the Native American Ute Chief Wakara.
1970 - The Mormon Pavilion at the World's Fair in Osaka, Japan, is dedicated. President Hugh B. Brown, of the First Presidency, and Elders Ezra Taft Benson and Gordon B. Hinckley take part in the dedication. Some 6.65 million people visit the pavilion in the first six months of the fair.
1979 - The Logan Utah Temple is rededicated by President Spencer W. Kimball after extensive remodeling.
1981 - United States President Ronald Reagan meets with President Spencer W. Kimball and Elder Gordon B. Hinckley, of the Quorum of the Twelve.
1988 - Elder Marvin J. Ashton, of the Quorum of the Twelve, blessed the islands of the West Indies and also dedicated the Christ Church Branch building in Barbados.
2005 - By satellite, President Hinckley addresses 95,000 Church members in Samoa and Tahiti. Also, the first meetinghouse of the Church in Daviess County, Missouri, was dedicated in Gallatin, Missouri. In the 1830's the Church had several settlements in the area, one of which was in nearby Adam-ondi-Ahman, before the Saints were driven from the state during the winter of 1838-39.
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