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Latter-day Light DAILY DEVOTION       

October 24, 2008
SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY:
3 Nephi 12:11-12

"And blessed are ye when men shall revile you and persecute, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake; for ye shall have great joy and be exceedingly glad, for great shall be your reward in heaven; for so persecuted they the prophets who were before you."

QUOTE OF THE DAY:
Joseph Smith

Joseph Smith
"Brethren, bear and forbear one with another, for so the Lord does with us.  Pray for your enemies in the Church and curse not your foes without: for vengeance is mine, saith the Lord, and I will repay.  To every ordained member, and to all, we say, be merciful and you shall find mercy.  Seek to help save souls, not to destroy them: for verily you know, that 'there is more joy in heaven, over one sinner that repents, than there is over ninety and nine just persons that need no repentance.'" (Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, p. 77).

TODAY IN CHURCH HISTORY:
October 24

1833 - On their mission to Upper Canada, the Prophet Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon went to Waterford where they spoke to a small congregation and then went to Mount Pleasant where they preached to a large congregation in the evening.  Freeman A. Nickerson and his wife asked to be baptized. (History of the Church, 1:422)

1838 - Several apostates went to Richmond, Missouri, to sign an affidavit before justice of the peace against the Prophet Joseph and the Latter-day Saints.  Among those who signed affidavits were Thomas Marsh, former President of the Twelve Apostles, and Orson Hyde, a member of that Quorum.  Also, upon learning of a mob gathered at Crooked River that were planning on causing problems at Far West, a group of 75 men gathered at the town square and started to march towards Crooked Creek around midnight to catch the mob off guard and scatter them before they could injure anyone.  They were led by Elder David W. Patten, President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.

1841 - Elder Orson Hyde, just as he had seen in a vision, crossed the brook Kedron, climbs the Mount of Olives, and there and dedicates the land of Palestine to the Lord and for the return of the Jews.

1949 - In celebration of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir's twentieth year of continuous network broadcasting, Columbia Records releases the choir's first record album, The Mormon Tabernacle Choir of Salt Lake City, Volume 1.

1979 - The Orson Hyde Memorial Gardens on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem, Israel, is dedicated by President Spencer W. Kimball.

1986 - The Denver Colorado Temple is dedicated by President Ezra Taft Benson.

1991 - Elder James E. Faust dedicates Kenya for the preaching of the gospel.

1998 - Parley P. Pratt was memorialized with a bronze sculpture and park in Salt Lake City, Utah, that was dedicated by Elder M. Russell Ballard.

1999 - More than 5,000 people crowded onto the site of the original Nauvoo Temple to witness the groundbreaking for the reconstruction of the Nauvoo Temple in historic Nauvoo, Illinois, by President Gordon B. Hinckley.

2006 - Approval to create the Howard W. Hunter Chair in Mormon Studies at Claremont Graduate University was announced. An academic chair will be funded by the Hunter Foundation with the goal of raising a large enough endowment to establish and maintain the Hunter Chair and a Center for Mormon Studies at Claremont.
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