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"Lorenzo Snow was a great early missionary. He had been a member of the Church for less than a year when he set out on his first mission in 1837. He tells about his first experiences preaching the gospel in the following words:" 'I . . . traveled about thirty miles, and just as the sun was setting I made my first call for a night's lodging, as a "Mormon" Elder, and was refused; then another, and so on, until the eighth call, when I was admitted to a night's lodging—going to bed supperless, and leaving in the morning, minus a breakfast." 'The first meeting I held was in the neighborhood of my uncle, by the name of Goddard, near the county seat of Medina County, Ohio. The people were notified and a respectable congregation assembled. It was a sore trial to face that audience in the capacity of a preacher, but I believed and felt an assurance that a Spirit of inspiration would prompt and give me utterance . . . [it did, for he] baptized and confirmed into the Church my uncle, aunt and several of my cousins' (quoted in Eliza R. Snow Smith, Biography and Family Record of Lorenzo Snow, Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Co., 1884, p. 16)."Brothers and sisters, we need to learn that early members of the Church succeeded in the face of all opposition because they had the unwavering faith to open their mouths and declare the truth and because they took with them the mighty sword of the Lord's Spirit (see D&C 27:16--18). They remembered their baptismal covenant 'to stand as witnesses of God at all times and in all things, and in all places . . . even until death' (Mosiah 18:9)."

M. Russell Ballard, "Anchored by Faith and Commitment," Ensign, July 1995, 16


Come, All Whose Souls Are Lighted, no. 268

1. Come, all whose souls are lighted
With wisdom from on high.
Shall we, to men benighted,
The lamp of life deny?
Salvation! Oh, salvation!
The joyful sound proclaim,
Till earth's remotest nation
Has learned Messiah's name.

2. From Greenland's icy mountains,
From India's coral strand,
Where Afric's sunny fountains
Roll down their golden sand,
From many an ancient river,
From many a palmy plain,
They call us to deliver
Their land from error's chain.

3. Go tell, ye winds, his story,
And mighty waters, roll,
Till, like a sea of glory,
It spreads from pole to pole;
Till o'er our ransomed nature
The Lamb, for sinners slain,
Redeemer, King, Creator
In bliss returns to reign.

Text: Reginald Heber, 1783--1826. Included in the first LDS hymnbook, 1835.

Music: Lowell Mason, 1792--1872

D&C 133:7--8, 37--38

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[omiolo]

Worth noting: One of the most controversial aspects of this project, aside from the demolition, was the size of the chapel's proposed 77-space parking lot (behind the building along Hollywood, not pictured here), which is much larger than the school's existing lot. That's possible because the chapel itself is about 10,000 square feet smaller than the school.

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@omiolo Hollywood chapel?

[omiolo]

Here's one of the renderings of the building -- though I caution this may not be the most recent one. Still, it gives an idea of what the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is proposing. To orient you, you're looking at the chapel from the New Scotland side with Hollywood veering off at an angle to your right.

[MormonsLoveFamilies]

@omiolo New Scotland?

[omiolo]

Other critics who will be represented at the fall hearings include the LDS Church, three tribes and a pair of counties each in Nevada and Utah

[MormonsLoveFamilies]

@omiolo What is this for?

[omiolo]

Responding to fresh controversy over Mitt Romney's Mormon faith, a group of Catholic elder statesmen on Wednesday called for more civility in politics, saying Catholics have been subjected to similar scrutiny.

Speaking as "Catholic citizens of different political persuasions," the signers urged "not only (that) civility be maintained in the public discourse but that all inclinations to raise the issue of personal religious affiliation be avoided."

[omiolo]

Bishop Youd and his wife Debbie have been married for 26 years. They are the parents of four children and have one grandson. A son, Jon, is currently serving as a missionary in Sweden. Bishop Youd also served a mission in Chile.

Bishop Youd and his family moved to the Gallatin area about seven years ago from Ohio. He has been employed as executive vice-president for MainePointe for about five years.

[omiolo]

@certainlytruthful "MORMONISM IS NOT A CHRISTIAN RELIGION"

YOU LIE. Mormons are the ENSIGN of Christianity. The book you quote is written by what EVERY ONE Is calling a bitter uneducated woman.

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@certainlytruthful God still loves you

[certainlytruthful]

@MormonsLoveFamilies

Yes God certainly does love me and knows that I believe in the truth about Him. I also know that God loves you but greives that you are living in distortion that could take your soul.