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  This is a most fascinating article about the Prophet Joseph Smith! When the American Elite Visited Joseph Smith in Nauvoo By  Maurine Proctor  · July 29, 2021 In May of 1844, just 45 days before Joseph Smith would be murdered in Carthage Jail, two imposing visitors arrived in Nauvoo just before midnight. They were Josiah Quincy and Charles Francis Adams from Massachusetts, both American bluebloods, born of powerful families. Adams was the grandson of John Adams and son of former president John Quincy Adams who would one day become a member of Congress and then American ambassador to England. Quincy’s father had been the mayor of Boston and the president of Harvard, and he too would become the mayor of Boston. According to Spencer McBride’s new book  Joseph Smith for President , these two had set out on a grand tour of the western United States, and on May 13 th  had boarded the steamboat Amaranth to travel north on the Mississippi River. They had no intent to stop in Nauvoo, but a fe

  This is a very great article!  I had a first cousin, Emma Lois Smith, now deceased, who was born with Cerebral Palsy.  She was very intelligent, and had a Master's Degree, but was not appreciated for who she really was!  I've known other's with children and/or grandchildren who are wonderful people, and not understood their whole lives! Share this on Facebook (opens in new window) Share this on Twitter (opens in new window) All sharing options President Joe Biden hands a pen to artist Tryee Brown on July 26 after signing a proclamation celebrating the 31st anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. July is Disability Pride Month.   Susan Walsh, Associated Press On July 26, 1990, President George H.W. Bush signed the Americans with Disabilities Act into law, ensuring that people with disabilities do not face discrimination in their public lives, including the ability to get an education, get and hold a job, have access to transportation and to all public and priva

  President Kimball once had a powerful dream about his deceased father. Here’s how it shaped his testimony by Dennis B. Horne, Contributor  | Jul. 14, 2021 Editor’s note: The following excerpt comes from a book about special witnesses of Jesus Christ. You can  read this chapter in its entirety  at  truthwillprevail.xyz  as well as other chapters as they are posted. This excerpt is republished here with permission. In a quarterly meeting of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles held in 1957, while speaking to his beloved apostolic associates, Elder Spencer W. Kimball “recounted to them a dream of a visit from [his] deceased father.” 1   The dream came while he dealt with deeply concerning health problems, while he pondered his life and possible death. “I tried to piece together my bits of knowledge to anticipate what the life beyond the grave was like,” he said. “There came back to me vividly a hallowed experience when about a year ago my own father, Andrew Kimball, came to me.” 2   Speaki

 As an artist myself, I found this very fascinating.  If you want to see some of my work, go to "art" under labels. How Walter Rane’s masterpieces have dramatically changed Latter-day Saint art by Danielle Christensen  | Jul. 14, 2021 Walter Rane selects a paintbrush from a tin can. The thin wooden tool fits in his hand so naturally it seems to be an extension of his fingers. Dabbing at the collection of colors on his palette, he brings brush to canvas. With each stroke, a soft scratching sound whispers throughout the room. Minutes turn into hours, but Walter doesn’t keep track of time. He lives to create, and the possibilities are endless: a cityscape beneath blue clouds tinged with sunlight, angels cascading from the sky like water, a magnolia tree in full bloom in spring, the resurrected Christ descending from the air. For Walter, eating is a burden; he hungers for art. Adding another brushstroke to the canvas, he coaxes the bristles to bend beneath his touch. He pauses—li