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• Justice and Mercy
  ===Ideas for Daily Living=== ...is a sampling of his wisdom: “Nothing is so much calculated to lead the people to forsake sin as to take them by the hand, and watch over them with tender
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• Certain Women
  ...gospel culture in their own homes, sometimes at great sacrifice, as gospel living often clashes with family and country cultures. The multigenerational ''cer ...ed, and she invited sisters to come see her. She mailed cards and notes to people, loving her sisters from a distance. When her ward requested a photograph o
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• Russell M. Nelson Stories
  ...y an Apostle of the Lord, he was deeply moved. He said that throngs of his people would be baptized if he were to give them such a mandate. I thanked him for I went home grief stricken. I threw myself upon our living room floor and cried all night long. Dantzel stayed by my side, listening a
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• Book of Abraham
  ...um, given both the time and the impoverishment of most of the Mormons then living in Kirtland. ...kept them from completing the work. Finally, in March of 1842, as he was living in Nauvoo, Illinois, the new headquarters of the Church, he was able to con
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• Mormon Endowment
  ...ons who attend; they operate under a temple presidency, called of God by a living prophet. Temple ordinances enlighten and equip Latter-day Saints for this l ...ecommend,’ an affidavit that the individual about to enter the temple is living as best as they can in compliance with the laws of the gospel. As Jesus Chr
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• Ten Core Truths of the Restored Gospel of Jesus Christ
  ...d with what has become known as the “[[Wentworth Letter]].” Written to people not of the [http://www.mormon.org Latter-day Saint faith], the last part of ...ns through the Atonement of Jesus Christ, eventually to gain eternal life: living with Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ in the eternities.
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• John C. Bennett
  ...his efforts on behalf of the Mormons, and the long period of time he spent living in the Smith mansion in Nauvoo, Bennett was able to gain the favor of Josep ...er the guise of a bachelor, was indeed married and had a wife and children living in McConnelsville, Morgan County, Ohio. Joseph wanted to keep the matter qu
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• BYU-Idaho
  build testimonies of the restored gospel of Jesus Christ and encourage living its principles; ...from their local Church leaders to attend, while nonmembers must commit to living by this honor code.
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• Mormon Reformation of 1856 - 1857
  ...Wisdom|smoking, drinking]], profaning, Sabbath breaking, and even immoral living did not normally cost them their standing in the community and the Church." ...per; however, a portion of those who lived within the communities were not living their lives in harmony with the standards and teachings of The Church of Je
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• Prophecies of Joseph Smith
  The Lord reveals truths to prophets line upon line, as the people they lead are ready to receive guidance. The Lord also reveals to prophets ...ts for prophets to relay to the people, but He also withdraws them, if the people are not worthy enough to understand or to follow those commandments. Comma
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• Pioneers
  ...—develop new vaccines. However, most Americans think of pioneers as the people who explored and settled the western part of the United States. ...Modern members of the Church feel a tremendous debt of gratitude to these people. In a sense, even converts to the Church whose ancestors weren't pioneers f
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• Mormon prophet
  ...rophets were and are messengers, bringing God's will decreed in Heaven for people on earth. Prophets are teachers and expounders of heavenly truths. They rec ...ets teach is of a practical nature, geared to the current condition of the people they serve. This is why the world always needs prophets, and why God has ch
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• Holy Bible
  ...us times during the history of the world to declare the word of God to the people around them. The Bible provides an important foundation for learning about ...then living in the Americas. During this visit, the [[Savior]] taught the people to study the words of Isaiah and the words of Malachi from the Old Testamen
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• Missionary Work 3: American Sign Language, South America, Hungary, England, and India
  :Although many Deaf people read and understand written English, ASL does not follow the same sentence ...ike a romance language than pure English, and uses more imagery. Many deaf people feel the Holy Spirit more easily when reading ASL.
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• Mormon Beliefs: Baptism for the Dead
  ...re a baptismal font in the temple? Cannot people be baptized anywhere? The living, yes. But the font in the temple is for vicarious baptisms performed on beh ...el and baptism. “The Savior himself declared that he was God of both the living and the dead, ‘for all live unto him’ (Luke 20:38), showing that he reg
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• City of Enoch
  ...zedek [[Priesthood]]. Enoch was called of God to be a prophet to a wicked people. ...and say unto them—Repent, for thus saith the Lord: I am angry with this people, and my fierce anger is kindled against them; for their hearts have waxed h
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• Mormon Volunteerism
  ...in the Primitive Church of [http://www.jesuschrist.lds.org Jesus Christ], people are called to serve from their everyday vocations (Jesus called fishermen a ...even more generous in time and money than the upper quintile of religious people in America.” [https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/mormon-vol
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• Family History
  ...mbers of the Church are strongly encouraged to only perform ordinances for people from their own family lines, and to obtain permission from surviving descen ...r with technological advances, especially advances in computer technology. People submitting names used to have to fill out by hand long pedigree charts, and
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• Mesa Arizona Temple
  ...the Mesa Arizona Temple to any interested visitors. Approximately 200,000 people were able to tour and see the inside of the beautiful edifice. The temple w ...Lamanites. On the outside walls are depictions of the gathering of God’s people in the Old and New World and on the Pacific Islands. The temple design is s
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• Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS)
  ...nts, so that they can attend to the ordinances of the Gospel, both for the living and the dead? ...not answer it; but I say to you that that is exactly the condition we as a people would have been in had we not taken the course we have.
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• Winnipeg Manitoba Temple
  ...perspective, feel peace, receive answers to their prayers, and recommit to living moral, virtuous lives. The temple is also important because it is where fam ...f you, don't wait for it.” At the conclusion of his remarks, he told the people, "Every man, woman, boy and girl in this Church is important. The Lord will
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• Mormon Should Mean "More Good"
  Many of our people are disturbed by the practice of the media, and of many others, to disregar ...a missionary in England, I said to one of my associates, “How can we get people, including our own members, to speak of the Church by its proper name?”
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• Mormon Lifestyle
  ...ere brought out of Egypt and were called and set apart to be a “peculiar people” unto the Lord [http://lds.org/scriptures/ot/deut/14.2?lang=eng#1 Deutero ...ith their spouse. Abstinence before marriage and fidelity in marriage free people not just from myriad ghastly sexually transmitted diseases, but also from t
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• Does Mormon Doctrine Change?
  ...n the [http://www.bookofmormononline Book of Mormon] the Lord commands the people to take only one wife, and this because of their unrighteousness. When Jose ...nd why did she do it? Because this was the law; and from Hagar sprang many people. This, therefore, was fulfilling, among other things, the promises. Was Abr
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• Law of Consecration
  ...ist of Latter-day Saints] to be a "celestial law." That is, people who are living lives dedicated to the service of God, such that at judgment they would be ...gh which the Saints can create a society and economy based on all citizens living the Law of Consecration. This system is called the [[United Order]].
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• Mormon Beliefs: Work
  ...esident in Toronto, Canada, working with wonderful missionaries who were a living witness and testimony to the world that this work is divine and that we are ...ated effort of called full-time [[missionaries]], as well as the exemplary living of the Saints. Redeeming the dead requires [[Family History|family history]
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• Brigham Young University
  ...ay Saint [[Church Educational System]], which serves more than 1.2 million people worldwide, including students at BYU in Provo, Utah; [[Brigham Young Univer ...in this mission the university must provide an environment enlightened by living prophets and sustained by those moral virtues which characterize the life a
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• Missionary Work: Cameroon, Rwanda, Uganda, India, Dominican Republic, Thailand, Southwest Asia, Guam, and Missions of the Church
  ...n the company of local church leaders. Later in the day, approximately 600 people gathered to hear Elder Holland speak at Yaounde's City Center. ...ges 4 to 17 live at New Hope for Africa, where the Church is providing new living quarters and other supplies for learning. Elder Holland's travels wound dow
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• Apostasy, Reformation, and Restoration
  ...ransgression in the Garden of Eden. Hence came the saying abroad among the people, that the Son of God hath atoned for original guilt, wherein the sins of th ...even after the order of his Son; and this that it should be shown unto the people, a great many thousand years before his coming, that even redemption should
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• Zion
  ...tament, refers both to the actual place where a Zionic society exists, the people, and the spiritual quality of the culture. The Apostle [[Paul]] used the i ...was on Mount Zion was called Zion, but as David built up his kingdom, the people began to call all of the area Zion. After [[King David|David]]’s death, Z
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• Signs of the True Christian Church
  ...is that we find true and lasting happiness in this life and the next. Many people try to find happiness in activities that are contrary to our [[Heavenly Fat ...Savior died, Peter became the head, or the prophet of the Church. Today, a living prophet leads the Mormon Church and under him are twelve apostles who have
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• Adam
  ...and be baptized. From the days of Adam to the days of Jesus Christ, every people who understood the gospel offered blood sacrifices, using animals or birds ...Priesthood; he was called of God to this office, and was the father of all living in his day, and to him was given the dominion. These men held keys first on
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• Winter Quarters
  ...neighbors, including the [http://www.lightplanet.com/mormons/daily/history/people/joseph_smith/Martyrdom_Joseph_Hyrum.htm murder] of [[Joseph Smith]], the [[ ...used two or more families. In December of 1846, there were more than 5,000 people in the settlement that the Saints called [https://eom.byu.edu/index.php/Win
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• Edmunds-Tucker Act
  ...outlined in the first amendment of the U.S. Constitution. But the American people had different ideas, and the nation united against the Church of Jesus Chri ...tion, the election machinery was effectively taken out of the hands of the people.<ref>Gustive O. Larsen, “Federal Government Efforts to “Americanize”
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• Voice of Warning
  :And the voice of warning shall be unto all people, by the mouths of my disciples, whom I have chosen in the last days. [https ...he voice of gladness announcing the joyous blessings that accompany gospel living and also the near advent of the Prince of Peace. But for those who will not
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• Nauvoo and the Martyrdom
  ...fuge in the city of [[Quincy, Illinois]], in January of [[1839]]. The kind people there helped the Latter-day Saints until they could find another location i ...a writ of ''habeas corpus'' before a city judge. This meant that no person living in Nauvoo could be dragged off by mobs or sheriffs without getting a fair c
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• Washington D.C. Temple
  ...es. When the temple was completed in 1974, it served all Latter-day Saints living east of the Mississippi and all Latter-day Saints in South America. ...e world were taken on special tours through the temple. The high number of people that attended the open house was due mostly to the large amount of coverage
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• How Religious Are Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints?
  ...d in 2012 in the United States found that Americans tend to be a religious people. The study found that seven in ten Americans consider themselves moderately ...ints is probably the best and most organized religion on earth. While some people in the world eschew "organized religion," seeing the faults of the many tho
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• Stephen Covey
  ...d to organizations. Their mission statement reads: "We enable greatness in people and organizations everywhere". Covey advised businesses and governments aro ...heir milestone events as possible. He was last working on a book called ''Living Life In Crescendo.''
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• Jacob Hamblin
  ....' The voice and gestures of the man were those of the Prophet Joseph. The people, with few exceptions, visibly saw that the mantle of the Prophet Joseph Smi ...ived there. Jacob married Louisa Bonelli in 1865. She bore one child while living in Santa Clara.
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• Gail S. Halvorsen
  ...clothing and other necessities from air bases in West Germany to citizens living in the western sector of Berlin who had been cut off from outside support b :WIESBADEN, Germany — About 10,000 people, including U.S. soldiers, attended an open house at Wiesbaden Garrison on S
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• Bangkok Thailand Temple
  Member families living in Bangkok in the 1950s began to hold informal and infrequent meetings, unt ...groundbreaking-brings-joy-hope-to-latter-day-saints-48886 He said], "These people are energized. They are inspired. They want to do something about their fai
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• Port-au-Prince Haiti Temple
  ...n living in Haiti for all my life. I grew up in Haiti, and I made progress living in Haiti. And I know that if the Saints there can remain faithful, they wil ...urity in the tiny island nation. Joseph continues, "Today in Haiti we have people who are not members who are willing to defend the church because they know
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• Missionary Work 2: Malaysia, Russia, Middle East
  ...hurches, and Chinese and Indian temples coexist as well as do the friendly people of myriad faiths. Each faith has its own festivals, and Penang celebrates ...do with giving up coffee, which she dearly loved. However, after a week of living according to the [[Word of Wisdom]], coffee was no temptation.
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• Provo City Center Temple
  ...mber of the [[First Presidency]] of the Church of Jesus Christ. Over 4,000 people were in attendance, both inside and outside the building. President Cannon The restoration of the Provo City Center Tabernacle attracted many people who wanted to see history in the making as the pioneer-era landmark was tra
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• Responses to Proposition 8
  ...dding gay marriage back in May. There's a real possibility the will of the people will be spurned a second time, democracy be damned. They've already burned ...ere he received his rabbinical ordination in 1990. He has been featured in People magazine, The Los Angeles Times, The Jerusalem Post, GQ magazine, The Jewis
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• Gathering of Israel
  ...ke the horns of unicorns [wild oxen]: with them he [Joseph] shall push the people together to the ends of the earth: and they are the ten thousands of Ephrai ...ve a blessing to Joseph’s two sons: “For thou shalt be a light unto my people, to deliver them in the days of their captivity, from bondage; and to bring
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• Mormons in America - Demographics
  *As a group Mormons are among the most devout and conservative religious people in the country. *About half of all Mormons (49%) have children under age 18 living at home, with one-in-five (21%) saying they have three or more children at
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• God the Father
  ...ur faith in Him increases. The prophets always use this as an example when people begin to have doubts or stray from the truth. They remind them of the power ...Love for the Lord; love for his work, his cause, and his kingdom; love for people; love for one another. I have seen, time and again, how the love of God can
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• Mormon Underwear
  Some people snidely refer to the Mormon garment as "magic underwear," because the Mormo ...protective covering for the body, and a symbol of the modesty of dress and living that should characterize the lives of all the humble followers of Christ.
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