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January 6, 2018
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SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY
Alma 7:22-24

"And now my beloved brethren, I have said these things unto you that I might awaken you to a sense of your duty to God, that ye may walk blameless before him, that ye may walk after the holy order of God, after which ye have been received. 

"And now I would that ye should be humble, and be submissive and gentle; easy to be entreated; full of patience and long-suffering; being temperate in all things; being diligent in keeping the commandments of God at all times; asking for whatsoever things ye stand in need, both spiritual and temporal; always returning thanks unto God for whatsoever things ye do receive. 

"And see that ye have faith, hope, and charity, and then ye will always abound in good works."
 
QUOTE OF THE DAY
Joseph Smith

"Let every one labor to prepare himself for the vineyard, sparing a little time to comfort the mourners; to bind up the broken-hearted; to reclaim the backslider; to bring back the wanderer; to re-invite into the kingdom such as have been cut off, by encouraging them to lay to while the day lasts, and work righteousness, and, with one heart and one mind, prepare to help redeem Zion, that goodly land of promise, where the willing and the obedient shall be blessed" (Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph Smith, p. 18).
 
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TODAY IN CHURCH HISTORY
January 6

1831 - The Prophet Joseph and Sidney Rigdon receive Doctrine and Covenants 40. It is directed at James Covill who had first received and then rejected the word of the Lord through the Prophet Joseph Smith. This revelation states that the "fear of persecution and the cares of the world caused him to reject the word."

1843 - The Prophet Joseph spent the day completing the paper work, paying his lawyers, etc., in Springfield, Illinois, dealing with his court case completed the day before. He met with Governor Ford and several other officials of the State. Time would not permit him to visit all who desired to met with him.

1844 - With four inches of new snow in Nauvoo, the Prophet Joseph took his wife Emma out in a sleigh for a sleigh ride.

1879 - The Supreme Court of the United States upholds the previous conviction of George Reynolds, the First Presidency's secretary, under the 1862 Morrill Anti-Bigamy Act, which the Saints believed violated the First Amendment of the United States Constitution. The decision paves the way for more intense prosecution of the Saints in the 1880's and becomes the U.S. Supreme Court's precedent for limiting some religious practices.

1985 - The first branch of the Church is organized in the West Indies island of Antigua.

1993 - Two Latter-day Saint missionary couples are sent to Hanoi, Vietnam, to teach English. They are the first missionaries to serve in that nation since 1975 when the Church was forced to close the mission as a result of the North Vietnamese victory in the Vietnam War.
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