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From the Church
Church to Reopen, Dedicate Site Where the Priesthood Was Restored
The Church will reopen and dedicate the site where the priesthood was restored, near Susquehanna Depot, Pennsylvania.
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Latter-day Saint Life
‘Not enough room inside’: Caribbean Saints rush to fill the temple before remodeling closure
By JeaNette Smith
“Faithful Saints flew in from Puerto Rico and bussed in from Haiti. My husband and I watched in awe as people patiently waited outside because there wasn’t enough room inside to accommodate everyone.”
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Mormons & America: An Inside Look at Their Troubled Past
Mormons in the nineteenth century knew the sting of misused power. A governor issued an extermination order against them. A President told them he could do nothing for them. An army marched against them to put down a non-existent rebellion. The Republican Party wanted to stomp out their “barbaric” practice of plural marriage. Congress confiscated their temples. The Supreme Court ruled against their religious freedom. Many of their leaders were thrown into jail.
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Latter-day Saint Life
When the Spirit of a Native American Appeared to President Packer's Ancestor
By Boyd K. Packer
The following excerpt from The Holy Temple by President Boyd K. Packer illustrates how we can receive "help from beyond" to do temple work.
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Latter-day Saint Life
What the Church has actually said about astrology
By Emily Linder
Astrology's popularity is on the rise. What does the Church have to say about it?
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Latter-day Saint Life
What we can learn about the Pentecost festival in Acts
By S. Kent Brown
“Acts 2 has frequently caught the attention of students of the New Testament, for it is here that the power of the Holy Ghost begins to show itself in the life of the nascent church.”
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Latter-day Saint Life
What We Learn about Mortality and Eternal Life from the Tree of Knowledge and the Tree of Life
By Melinda Wheelwright Brown
The May pick for LDS Living Book Club is Eve and Adam by Melinda Wheelwright Brown. Follow the LDS Living Book Club Instagram for weekly insights with the author.
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From the Church
What Was the Council of Fifty? 5 Things Mormons Need to Know
By LDS Living
Historians have long known of the existence of the Council of Fifty and the minutes of its meetings. Until recently, though, the minutes had never been made available for historical research. Because of their inaccessibility—and because historians knew that they were made during a critical and controversial era of Mormon history—a mystique grew surrounding the records. What did they contain? Why had they been withheld? Here are five insights from these important documents that every Mormon should understand about the Council of Fifty, as adapted from the new book The Council of Fifty: What the Records Reveal about Mormon History.
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From fundraising to foundations: 13 surprising facts about 3 pioneer temples
By Jannalee Sandau
Editor's note: This is the first in a series of articles, “Scenes from Saints,” a series highlighting interesting facts from Saints volume 2. Articles will be posted weekly during November and December 2020. You can purchase both volumes of Saints through Deseret Bookor read and listen to the volumes on the Gospel Library app under the “Restoration and Church History” section.
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Latter-day Saint Life
From miraculous promptings to bringing back a man from death’s door: How one man helped save the Martin Handcart Company
By Ivan J. Barrett
Ephraim "Eph" Hanks was a Latter-day Saint pioneer and well-known settler in the early Church. His experience shaping new frontiers proved invaluable, particularly to the stranded Martin Handcart Company.