"That every man may act in doctrine and principle pertaining to futurity, according to the moral agency which I have given unto him, that every man may be accountable for his own sins in the day of judgment."
QUOTE OF THE DAY
Lorenzo Snow
"You exert a certain degree of influence, and be it ever so small it affects some person or persons, and for the results of the influence you exert you are held more or less accountable. You, therefore, whether you acknowledge it or not, have assumed an importance before God and man that cannot be overlooked and from which you cannot be released if you wish to sustain the name you bear" (Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Lorenzo Snow, p. 188).
"One Sunday as we were leaving one of her wonderful dinners, she cautiously stopped me and quietly handed me an envelope. As my companion was enjoying her husbands attention, she whispered to me that she needed me to take her tithing to President White, the Branch President, so that she could be a full tithe payer.
1800 - Jacob Whitmer, one of the eight witnesses of the Book of Mormon, is born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
1985 - A special fast is held by Church members in the United States and Canada to raise money for the victims of famine in Africa and other parts of the world. The fast raises $6.5 million.
2008 - President Gordon B. Hinckley died at age 97 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He lived longer than any President of the Church and served as a General Authority over 49 years. He served as a counselor to three Church Presidents and was the 15th President of the Church.
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