The early saints of the Church went through a physical Exodus similar to the Old Testament Exodus. The comparison of the two is remarkable. Joseph Smith restored the Gospel and the Church originated in New York. The saints were then commanded by the Lord to leave New York. Over many years the saints had to travel and gather in Ohio, Missouri, and would later venture across the country to the west and settle in Utah. New York is a similar representation of that of Egypt when Moses convinced Ph... Read More

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    During this past week I went through a guided tour of the Crandall Printing Museum on Center Street in Provo, Utah.  The Museum has been open for about eleven years and has been constantly improved upon throughout its existence.  The curators are very animated and sincere people, who started in the printing business as fourteen year old boys.  As a result they were able to say in a more personal way, “We used this type of machine... Read More

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Most returned missionaries of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints consider D&C section 4 to be a motto, and I assume is mandatory to memorize in most missions. With this background and the rest of the section behind us, we interpret the “marvelous work” mentioned in the first verse to be missionary work, or perhaps in a broader sense the Restoration of the gospel. This idea has even carried over to the footnot... Read More

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                  In class we discussed the religious background of the end of the 18th century and beginning of the 19th century in the United States. Every period in the history of this country has seen lots of changes; however, this particular period was very “susceptible” to changes. The people were trying to bring some improvements to their society concerning va... Read More

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Throughout history, many have valiantly fought against all odds to defend their families, beliefs, religion, human rights – all for a righteous cause.  There’s always opposition in all things – hot versus cold, light versus darkness, good versus evil.  Many have suffered daily persecutions for being “different”.  These people stood up for something and defended what they stood up fo... Read More

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