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SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY Psalm 37:10-11
"For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be. But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace."
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QUOTE OF THE DAY Howard W. Hunter
"And what of the meek? In a world too preoccupied with winning through intimidation and seeking to be number one, no large crowd of folk is standing in line to buy books that call for mere meekness. But the meek shall inherit the earth, a pretty impressive corporate takeover---and done without intimidation!
"Sooner or later, and we pray sooner than later, everyone will acknowledge that Christ's way is not only the right way, but ultimately the only way to hope and joy. Every knee shall bow and every tongue will confess that gentleness is better than brutality, that kindness is greater than coercion, that the soft voice turneth away wrath. In the end, and sooner than that whenever possible, we must be more like him" ("Jesus, the Very Thought of Thee,"Ensign, May 1993). |
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Mosiah 14:12 -15:14
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TODAY IN CHURCH HISTORY May 3
1822 - Bathsheba Bigler Smith, fourth General President of the Relief Society, was born in Shinnston, West Virginia. At age 19, she was the youngest women present at the organization of the Relief Society in Nauvoo, Illinois, in 1842.
1831 - Members of the Church living in New York begin the move to Kirtland, Ohio, to gather with the Saints. They are led by the Prophet Joseph's mother, Lucy Mack Smith, and Thomas B. Marsh.
1834 - At a conference of Elders of the Church of Christ, a discussion was held concerning the name "Mormonite," a derogatory name given to members of the Church by those who disliked the Church because of their belief in the Book of Mormon. Presided over by the Prophet Joseph Smith, the conference voted on a motion by Sidney Rigdon and Newel K. Whitney that the Church should distinguish themselves from other Christian churches with the name of "The Church of the Latter-day Saints." (History of the Church, 2:62-63).
1839 - Near Quincy, Illinois, six members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles meet with the Prophet Joseph Smith in the first such meeting since the Prophet's escape from Missouri.
1843 - The first copy of The Nauvoo Neighbor, a Church owned newspaper in Nauvoo, Illinois, and edited by John Taylor, is released.
1847 - The Pioneer wagon train decided to lay over and not travel on this date to make repairs to their wagons, hunt, and allow their animals to feed and rest. Indians had set fire to the prairie to the west and between 200 and 300 Indians in a war party was spotted by the hunters. They returned to camp and appropriate preparations were made. A cannon was removed from a wagon and for the rest of the travel to the Great Basin, it was pulled behind a wagon ready for immediate use.
1900 - The last Church-sponsored pioneer settlement company leaves Kemmerer, Wyoming, for the Big Horn Basin under the leadership of Elder Abraham O. Woodruff. Beginning in 1847, the Church settled communities throughout the Intermountain West, Canada, and Mexico.
1975 - The First Presidency assigns six Assistants to the Twelve Apostles to reside outside the United States and Canada and oversee Church activities there. These assignments set up an area supervisory program that would later become Area Presidencies.
1997 - President Gordon B. Hinckley dedicates the Visitors center at Martin's Cove, Wyoming, in memory of the Willie and Martin handcart pioneers who were stranded in a snow storm here in 1856.
2006 - Latter-day Saint Pamela Linco helped her team from Chile to win the South American Rowing Championship. Sister Linco, a youthful 16 years-old, helped win both the Women's Double and Quad races.
2014 - The BYU Rugby team won its third consecutive National Varsity Cup championship.
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