SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY:
Doctrine & Covenants 98:8
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"I, the Lord God, make you free, therefore ye are free indeed; and the law also maketh you free."
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
Joseph F. Smith
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"It is only by obedience to the laws of God that men can rise above the petty weaknesses of mortality and exercise the breadth of affection, that charity and love, that should actuate the hearts and the motives of the children of men.
"The gospel as it has been restored is intended to make free indeed, free to choose the good and forsake the evil, free to exercise that boldness in their choice of that which is good, by which they are convinced of right, notwithstanding the great majority of the people of the world may point at them the finger of scorn and ridicule" (Gospel Doctrine, p. 211).
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TODAY IN CHURCH HISTORY:
November 11
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1835 - After breakfast, the Prophet Joseph told Robert Matthias, who was going by the name "Joshua, the Jewish Minister" and who was staying in the Prophet's home, that "my God told me, that his god was the devil, and I could not keep him any longer, and he must depart. And so I, for once, cast out the devil in bodily shape, and I believe a murderer" (History of the Church, 2:307).
1838 - It was during this time of imprisonment in Richmond, Missouri, that Parley P. Pratt records in his Autobiography the Prophet Joseph's rebuke of the guards. Brother Pratt writes that the seven men, chained together, tried to get to sleep while the guards "recounted to each other their deeds of rapine, murder, robbery, etc., which they had committed among the 'Mormons' while at Far West and vicinity. They even boasted of defiling by force wives, daughters and virgins, and of shooting or dashing out the brains of men, women, and children. I had listened till I became so disgusted, shocked, horrified, and so filled with the spirit of indignant justice that I could scarcely refrain from rising upon my feet and rebuking the guards; but had said nothing to Joseph, or anyone else, although I lay next to him and knew he was awake.
On a sudden he arose to his feet, and spoke in a voice of thunder, or as the roaring lion, uttering, as nearly as I can recollect, the following words: 'Silence, ye fiends of the infernal pit! In the name of Jesus Christ I rebuke you, and command you to be still; I will not live another minute and hear such language. Cease such talk, or you or I will die this instant!' He ceased to speak. He stood erect in terrible majesty. . . . dignity and majesty have I seen but once, as it stood in chains, at Liberty Jail in a dungeon, in an obscure village in Missouri" (Autobiography of Parley P. Pratt, p. 228-230).
Also, General Clark informed the Prophet Joseph that he, and the others held in custody, would be turned over to the civil authorities for trial. Fifty-three brethren were brought before Judge Austin A. King in Richmond, Missouri, and charged with crimes of high treason against the state, murder, burglary, arson, robbery, and larceny. |
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