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• Mormon Should Mean "More Good"
  ...the world, as well as in your homes. It is a beautiful autumn morning here in the valley of the mountains where almost a century and a half ago, after mu We meet in the name of the Lord [[Jesus Christ]], the [[Savior]] and Redeemer of manki
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• Lorenzo Snow
  ...ork in bringing the Church out of debt. He was also known for his [[Mormon missionaries|missionary work]] and his profound intelligence. [[Image:Lorenzo_Snow.jpg|f ...s parents were leaders in the community. Snow's father was involved enough in community affairs that the business of the farm was often left to Lorenzo.
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• Nauvoo and the Martyrdom
  ...um of the Twelve Apostles]] led the Church while [[Joseph Smith]] remained in prison on false charges of treason. Finally, on April 16, a friendly guard, ...city. It was a beautiful, though swampy location overlooking a large bend in the Mississippi river. They bought the land and began settling there. The T
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• Mormon history
  ...s. The history of so broad a movement cannot be adequately condensed, but in the pages that follow is an outline of Latter-day Saint history from 1820 t ...[[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]]. [[Mormon missionaries|Missionaries]] go out and convert many. Persecution follows the Church.
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• Bonnie D. Parkin
  ...rkin's wish was for every woman in the Church to feel the love of the Lord in their lives every day. ...ntary education and early childhood development from Utah State University in Logan, Utah.
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• Boyd K. Packer
  ...f eleven children born to Ira and Emma Packer, he was the first to be born in a hospital. He grew up as a member of [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church ...War II began. Unable to serve a full-time mission, President Packer served in the U.S. Army as a fighter pilot. It was during this time, that Packer read
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• Karl G. Maeser
  ...ch, including serving as the head of the [[Church Educational System]] and in the central leadership of the Sunday school. ...Salt Lake City: Covenant Communications, 2007) p. 62</ref> Maeser arrived in [[Utah]] Territory on September 1, 1860.
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• B.H. Roberts
  ...a member of United States Congress because he valued the covenants he made in the [[Temple|temple]] more than the desires of society. ...er wrote, "My childhood was a nightmare; my boyhood a tragedy."<ref>Quoted in [[Truman G. Madsen]], ''Defender of the Faith: The B. H. Roberts Story'' (S
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• George W. Romney
  ...nal Representative|regional representative]] and a [[Patriarch|patriarch]] in [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints] ...n to American parents in Latter-day Saint [[Settlements in Mexico|Colonies in Mexico]]. His family moved back to the United States when he was a child.
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• George Albert Smith (b. 1817)
  ...hurch from 1854 to 1871. In 1873 he was appointed and sustained as Trustee-in-Trust for the church, which office he held until his death. :George Albert Smith was born in the town of Potsdam, St. Lawrence County, New York, on the 26th day of June
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• Eugene England
  ...ated belief, peace, poverty, race, gender, community, and academic freedom in his personal essays, his preferred genre. He was also a sought-after teache ...Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]. He then served as a captain in the US Air Force for a time.
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• Hyrum M. Smith
  ...hey could go at all times, and pour out the inmost secrets of their hearts in full confidence. ...Even years later, whenever father and son met, in the home, on the street, in the office, it mattered not where, they met with an affectionate and holy k
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• Frankfurt Germany Temple
  ...n 149 congregations. The temple mainly serves members of the Church living in West Germany, Austria, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Croatia, Serbia, and ...the blessings of the temple. But they were promised once in 1968 and again in 1975, that "if they remained true and faithful to the commandments of God,
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• Donny Osmond
  ...urch of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]. He was born on 9 December 1957 in Ogden, Utah. He is the seventh child of the late Olive May Davis Osmond and ...e world. His popularity and hit singles vaulted him to international fame. In the mid-'70s he co-hosted ''The Donny and Marie Show'' with Marie. They rec
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• George Teasdale Mormon Apostle
  ...learned the upholstering business. His mother was devoted to the Church of England (Anglican Church), but George could never fully commit himself. However, h ...e was treated with disdain by most, but he still invested much of his time in preaching, relying on the [[Holy Ghost]] to overcome his natural difficulti
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• Orson Pratt
  ..._Pratt.JPG|frame|alt=Mormon Apostle Orson Pratt|Orson Pratt was an apostle in the early [[Mormon Church]].]] ...ew York. Several months later, Orson Pratt was ordained an [[Elder|elder]] in the Church on April 26, 1831, by the Prophet [[Joseph Smith]]. He set out
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• Missionary Training Center
  ...g a foreign language) to eight weeks in training before departing to serve in one of the Church’s 411 [[Mission|missions]] (number of missions as of Ju Missionaries generally arrive at an MTC with a basic, foundational knowledge of religion
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• Sunday School
  ...imes casually called the Mormon Church, that provides instruction to youth in each age group starting at 12 years old, as well as to adults. Until Januar ...ve become accustomed to thinking of “church” as something that happens in our meetinghouses, supported by what happens at home. We need an adjustment
  11 KB (1,761 words) - 12:01, 28 September 2023
• Willie and Martin Handcart Companies
  ...companies''' was caused by a series of missteps that cumulatively resulted in the suffering and death of many British and Scandinavian members of [http:/ ...e plains to the Salt Lake Valley. Those traveling by handcart were limited in what they could carry. Only 10 of the more than 350 emigrating companies tr
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• Joseph Fielding
  '''Joseph Fielding''' was an early missionary in [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints] ...n]], accompanied by two of his sisters, Mary and Martha, where he preached in the Semi-Episcopalian and Primitive Episcopalian churches.
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