"Fun Facts Saturday" Edwin Wooley, 27 years as Bishop of the Prophet's ward In 1854, Edwin Wooley was chosen as Bishop of the Salt Lake Thirteenth Ward. He served in that calling for 27 years. His name is familiar because his descendant was Spencer Wooley Kimball. Bishop Wooley was frank and outspoken. Upon his death, … Continue reading “Demanding” Brigham Young vs. His “Difficult” Bishop
Orrin Porter Rockwell (1813-1878) Porter Rockwell is one of the most colorful characters in Utah and LDS Church history. He is memorialized in biographies, novels, articles, ballads, and monuments. Childhood protector, lifelong friend, and bodyguard of Joseph SmithBaptized June 9, 1830, just 2 months after church organizedTried and exonerated for attempted assassination of Gov. Boggs“No … Continue reading Porter Rockwell and the Utah Mormon War
"Great Quotes" Booker T. Washington (1856-1915) is an American hero and role model. Raised in slavery, he became the leading advocate for former slaves and their descendants. He devoted his life to fighting Jim Crow discrimination and championing civil rights. Washington worked in the brutal coal mines and salt furnaces in West Virginia in … Continue reading Booker T. Washington: Truth and right are not determined by a majority – Booker T. Washington
"Sunday Sermon" After the murder of Joseph Smith, several men claimed they should be the next president of the church. Sidney Rigdon made the most vocal claim. He was First Counselor Presidency. He returned from Pittsburgh, where he had gone into self-imposed exile contrary to the counsel and revelation of Joseph Smith. (Sidney seemed to … Continue reading Brigham Young -“Transfiguration” and Succession to Lead the Church
Orrin Porter Rockwell (1813-1878) is one of the most colorful characters in LDS Church history. He is memorialized in biographies, novels, articles, ballads, and monuments. Childhood protector, lifelong friend, and bodyguard of Joseph Smith Imprisoned for the attempted assassination of Gov. Boggs “No bullet or blade can harm thee.” (Joseph Smith prophecy) Rowed the boat … Continue reading Porter Rockwell and the Prophet
"Great Quotes" “Occasionally we find some who become so energetic in their Church service that their lives become unbalanced. They start believing that the programs they administer are more important than the people they serve. They complicate their service with needless frills and embellishments that occupy too much time, cost too much money, and sap … Continue reading It’s all about People, not Programs – M. Russell Ballard
"Sunday Sermon" Doctrine and Covenants 107:99-100: Wherefore, now let every man learn his duty, and to act in the office in which he is appointed, in all diligence. He that is slothful shall not be counted worthy to stand, and he that learns not his duty and shows himself not approved shall not be counted … Continue reading “Let Every Man Learn His Duty” – D&C 107: 99-100
David Wyman Patten was born November 14, 1799, in New Hampshire, the eleventh of thirteen children. In 1828, he married Pheobe Ann Babcock in Michigan, and they had one stillborn child. David was baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint in Indiana, on June 15, 1832, by his brother. “I … Continue reading David W. Patten, the First Apostolic Martyr
"Great Quotes" The First Presidency issued this bold statement, as part of a larger message, in 1942, during WW II. “Obedient to the direct command of the Lord, given to us more than a hundred years ago (directing us to “renounce war and proclaim peace” D&C 98:16) the Church is and must be against war, … Continue reading “On War” -The First Presidency (D&C 98:16)
"Sunday Sermon" In July 1838, the Prophet Joseph Smith received a revelation calling the Twelve Apostles to serve a mission in Britain. They were to leave on April 26th 1839 from Far West, Missouri. (D&C 118) Tragic conditions made fulfillment of the prophecy virtually impossible This revelation could not have come at a worse time. … Continue reading The Incredible Mission of the Twelve to Britain(1838-1841)
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