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SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY Doctrine & Covenants 112:24-26
"Behold, vengeance cometh speedily upon the inhabitants of the earth, a day of wrath, a day of burning, a day of desolation, of weeping, of mourning, and of lamentation; and as a whirlwind it shall come upon all the face of the earth, saith the Lord. And upon my house shall it begin, and from my house shall it go forth, saith the Lord; First among those among you, saith the Lord, who have professed to know my name and have not known me, and have blasphemed against me in the midst of my house, saith the Lord."
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QUOTE OF THE DAY Joseph F. Smith
"I . . . testify, that unless the Latter-day Saints will live their religion, keep their covenants with God and their brethren, honor the priesthood which they bear, and try faithfully to bring themselves into subjection to the laws of God, they will be the first to fall beneath the judgments of the Almighty, for his judgments will begin at his own house" (Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph F. Smith). |
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3 Nephi 9:22 - 10:18
Doctrine & Covenants 137:6 - 138:1
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TODAY IN CHURCH HISTORY October 18
1833 - The Prophet Joseph Smith, and those traveling with him on this mission, arrive at the home of the Freeman A. Nickerson family in Mount Pleasant, Upper Canada. (History of the Church, 1:421)
1838 - Saints continued to flee to Adam-ondi-Ahman for safety, including Agnes Smith, wife of the Prophet Joseph Smith's brother, Don Carlos. Her home had been plundered and burned and she had to travel three miles carrying two babies to reach safety. Her husband was on a mission in Tennesse. General Parks of the Missouri Militia was in Adam-ondi-Ahman and ordered a Latter-day Saint group to "put the mob down." The mob, learning of the approaching force, fled the area. They began to remove belongings from their own homes and then burned them down, blaming it on the Mormons, declaring to the authorities that "the Mormons were burning and destroying all before them."
1846 - The sick detachment of the Mormon Battalion, under the leadership of Captain James Brown, leaves Santa Fe, New Mexico, for Pueblo, Colorado, where they will spend the winter in anticipation of the Saints move west the following year.
1861 - Brigham Young sends his first telegram over the overland telegraph lines to J. H. Wade, the president of the telegraph company.
1881 - Ngataki, the first Maori convert in New Zealand, is baptized by Elder William John McDonald.
1992 - The London England Temple is rededicated after remodeling by President Gordon B. Hinckley.
2006 - With petitions signed by more than the 20,000 people required, the government of Slovakia granted official recognition to the Church. A group of former and current missionaries serving in the Czech Prague Mission canvassed the country gathering signatures in what became known as the Slovakian miracle. Elder David Bednar of the Quorum of the Twelve, who has Slovakian ancestry, met with Dr. Jan Juran, director of Church Affairs in the Slovak Ministry of Culture, where the recognition was announced.
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