"Rise Up and Speak" features 52 of Eliza R. Snow’s most powerful and timeless discourses.
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“Here are three things I’ve personally found helpful.”
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“I wondered why such bad things happened to the very people restoring the gospel. And then I stepped outside the jail.”
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“We thank Thee for this occasion and all it signifies and symbolizes,” the Apostle said in the dedicatory prayer.
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She joins the Church, gives a large donation, and is promised great blessings she sees fulfilled only after a long journey.
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It is one of the first buildings in the western United States constructed for the deaf community.
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This week marks 50 years since the building was dedicated.
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FamilySearch is collaborating on an epic journey across the Atlantic Ocean.
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Do you know there are 1,300 parking stalls in the underground parking of the Conference Center? Or that there are 50,000 miles of electrical wiring?
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“My conviction that the Savior’s church is true does not mean that I assume it is perfect.”
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She was a suffragist, physician, and the first female state senator.
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The fourth and final volume of “Saints: The Story of the Church of Jesus Christ in the Latter Days” was published today in 14 languages.
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Joseph came to Katherine “panting for breath, … and in a gasping voice whispered hoarsely, ‘take these quickly and hide them.’”
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The gallery features the famous painting “The Second Coming,” which the Church commissioned in the 1970s.
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Volume 4 will be titled, “Saints: Sounded in Every Ear, 1955–2020.”
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The complete history of the pioneers turns out to be far richer and far more interesting than we may realize.
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Did you know St. George was likely named after Apostle George A. Smith (sometimes called the “potato saint”)? Learn why in this article.
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Read four takeaways from the Legal Records series on Joseph Smith, including when he broke tradition to let a woman testify.
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The historic purchase led many Church members to wonder if the temple would be renovated and dedicated. Read why it will stay open to the public.
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With all the buzz about the Kirtland Temple, here are the newly acquired fascinating artifacts you might have missed.
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An FAQ page from the Church answers and lists other significant items in the transfer, including the Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible.
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As we celebrate the 145th anniversary of the Primary organization, here are some purposes of the original Primary program that are still relevant today.
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Acting on revelation doesn’t mean we will feel inspired all the time. The experiences of two women foundational to the history of the Church teach us this in a profound way.
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The Church’s official guidelines mention two specific contexts in which it’s appropriate to use the term “Mormon.”
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The “Father of Modern Rodeo” was also known as the “Cowboy of Cowboy Artists,” “Lord Bascom—King of the Canadian Cowboys,” and “rodeo’s first collegiate cowboy.” And even those titles don’t quite capture all of Earl Bascom’s achievements.
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Starting July 6, 45 original Minerva Teichert paintings will be on display and open to the public at the Church History Museum.
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“This is a salvific sisterhood, and when men and women on a general and a local level understand this, we understand the role of Emma Smith in concert with her prophet husband.”
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July 1st is Canada Day—a celebration of the Constitution act and Canada’s equivalent to America’s Independence Day. To celebrate, here are a few facts you might not have known about this important country in Church history.
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Read about more little-known stories and miracles behind the creation of the Church’s first temple endowment film.
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The final print volume of the Joseph Smith Papers hits the shelves today. Here are 12 eye-opening things that the project brought to light over the last 20-plus years.
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Editor's note: This article was originally published in 2019.
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Here are some details leading up to Joseph Smith’s martyrdom that aren’t widely known.
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On June 9, 1848, one pioneer wrote to Brigham Young, “The seagulls have come in large flocks from the lake and sweep the crickets as they go. It seems the hand of the Lord is in our favor.”
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Read the stories of two faithful Latter-day Saint women, including a convert from Guatemala who inspired the Gospel Principles class and the consolidated Sunday meeting block.
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Latter-day Saint writer-historians Richard Turley and Barbara Jones Brown spent 14 years researching everything they could about the Mountain Meadows Massacre.
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Is your family road tripping this summer? Some of the Church’s historic sites are just a stone's throw away from popular tourist attractions!
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Many of the stories about this beloved temple are familiar, but here are some lesser-known but just as inspiring stories about the original and present-day Nauvoo temples.
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The poem was signed with a rhyme: “And so forthwith, remember Joseph Smith.”
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Helen Dowawisnima Sekaquaptewa’s determined to integrate the very best of the two worlds into her life.
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Why does the sixth of April hold such importance in the Church?
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“I have loved researching and writing about my ladies—Lucy Mack Smith, Emma Smith, Eliza R. Snow, Zina D. H. Young, and Emmeline B. Wells. But these women are just five of so many more. I invite you to learn about some whose names you may have never heard. They are worth it—you want these ladies on your team.”
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The Kirtland Temple endowment was central to the Lord’s purpose for bringing His Saints to Kirtland. Understanding varies, however, regarding what the Lord meant when He promised such a blessing.
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Hamilton, Missouri, was once in serious financial trouble. But in a matter of a few years, Jenny Doan and her family transformed the sleepy town into a magical destination. How did the Doans do it? By the power of faith—and quilts.
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I’ve been a fan of the Joseph Smith Papers Podcasts since the release of ‘The First Vision’ podcast in 2020 and the latest in the series, ‘Kirtland, City of Revelation,’ is no exception.
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This remarkable event is free, but space is limited. Find out how to attend either in person or virtually:
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The Brigham Young University-Idaho David O. McKay Library recently added a first-edition copy of The Book of Mormon to its collection. President Kim B. Clark accepted the book over a year ago, but after undergoing an extensive restoration process at the Church History Library, it is now on display in the Special Collections’ Press Room.
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This was a rut I was grateful to be stuck in one crisp, blue-sky morning in western Wyoming. Standing deep in a trough on a sparsely wooded hill overlooking the North Platte River near the outskirts of Guernsey, I felt the earth rumble as oxen mooed, whips cracked, and covered wagons creaked up the steep rutted incline hauling heavy loads of the essentials, and the trivial. Hardened women in bonnets and long skirts followed coughing in the dust, and men in hats on horses yelled at their livestock and encouraged children and the old staggering to keep pace. Among this rolling wave of humanity were hundreds of poor English and Scandinavian Mormons on foot who had no idea what awaited them in October of 1856 as they pushed and pulled two-wheeled carts with bloody hands ever-onward to Zion and the Valley of the Salt Lake for 1,300 tiresome miles in the ultimate test of their faith.
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The early Saints laid the foundation for how the LDS Church runs today. While many male Church figures are highlighted for their work, prominent women who contributed to the advancement of the Church are sometimes overlooked. For the month of March, Women’s Studies will celebrate Women’s History Month with a mini lecture series honoring great women in LDS history each week. The series will feature a line-up of speakers who have selected specific LDS women, like Lucy Mack Smith and Leah Widtsoe, who have contributed to the advancement of the Church.
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Mormons may think they understand the Restoration, but in 19th century America, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was not just another restoriationist religion. Scholar Terryl Givens explained at the “Exploring Mormon Conceptions of the Apostasy” conference on Friday afternoon at BYU: “It is historically misleading in one important regard to consider Mormonism another variety of restorationism. Parley P. Pratt made this seemingly obvious point, ‘We can never understand precisely what is meant by restoration until we understand what was taken away.’”
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Current talk in the media sometimes calls this "The Mormon Moment." A hit musical on Broadway, "The Book of Mormon," has won multiple Tony awards. Posters in busses and on billboards nationwide show pictures of a great variety of people declaring, "I am a Mormon." Mormons are making headlines -- again. Mitt Romney, former governor of Massachusetts, and Jon Huntsman, former governor of Utah and ambassador to China, have been running for the Republican nomination for President of the United States. Though Jon has left the race, his less identifiable Mormonism was as much a part of his persona as Mitt's more tithe-paying traditional look. But this is far from the first time Mormonism and its beliefs have been in the national news. And one of the prime objections of the public to a Mormon in office is "polygamy."
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Following the release of the second volume of the manuscript history of the Church online, the Joseph Smith Papers website has now added to its collection a dozen new documents relating to early Latter-day Saint history and Joseph Smith’s personal life. The new documents, dated from 1829 to 1838, are owned by Community of Christ, which made the document images available under a licensing agreement with the project.
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