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WMRU Week 29
Wise Men Raised Up Week 29
Where is the Hand of the Lord?
The brother of Brother Joseph
No one goes it alone in the Lord's church
Episode 1
Brother Joseph's Big Brother
His most faithful supporter
Openers
Admin Stuff
2 weeks to deadline--May Day
All projects scored up to Thursday (and most of Friday)
Admin Stuff
Not all midterms entered (work in progress)
Passing 225, A is 400 (145 and 320 for N-A DEs)
Gratitude
One Minute of Light
“Because gratitude is the key to happiness, anything that undermines gratitude must undermine happiness. And nothing undermines gratitude as much as expectations. There is an inverse relationship between expectations and gratitude: The more expectations you have, the less gratitude you will have.”
--Dennis Prager
National Garlic Day
D&C 135:3
He [Joseph Smith] lived great, and he died great in the eyes of God and his people; and like most of the Lord’s anointed in ancient times, has sealed his mission and his works with his own blood; and so has his brother Hyrum. In life they were not divided, and in death they were not separated!
Scripture
Preach it, Hyrum
Quotation
“We want a President of the U. S., not a party President, but a President of the whole people; for a party President disfranchises the opposite party. Have a President who will maintain every man in his rights.
I despise the principle that divides the nation into party and faction. [We reject] the system of splitting up the nation into opposite belligerent parties. Whatever are the rights of men guaranteed by the Constitution of these United States, let them have them.”
--Hyrum Smith
The Life of Hyrum Smith
Born Feb. 9, 1800 in Vermont, 2nd of 11 children
Baptized June 1829 in Seneca Lake
The History
Married Jerusha Barden, 1826 (6 children, she died in 1837)
Married Mary Fielding on Christmas Eve in 1837 (2 children, one of them Joseph F. Smith)
Missionary, patriarch, counselor in the first presidency, one of the 8 witnesses, martyr)
Died September 14, 1840 at Carthage Jail
Hyrum Smith
“If ever there was an exemplary, honest, and virtuous man, an embodiment of all that is noble in the human form, Hyrum Smith was its representative.”
John Taylor
Posterity
“And thus, according to promise, the Lord opened to the vision of Hyrum Smith and showed to him those things which were necessary to qualify him for this exalted position, and upon him were conferred by Joseph Smith all the keys and authorities by which he, Hyrum Smith, was able to act in concert with his younger brother as a prophet, seer and revelator, and president of the Church, ‘as well as my servant Joseph.’”
Joint President with Joseph
Stories
Zealous
Martyrdom
Martin/Willie Companies
Who were these guys?
Episode 2
Willie and Martin
Not just handcart company leaders
Openers
Blessings
“In ordinary life we hardly realize that we receive a great deal more than we give, and that it is only with gratitude that life becomes rich.”
--Deitrich Bonhoeffer
Moment of Light
International Be Kind to Lawyers Day
National Make Lunch Count Day
National Peach Cobbler Day
National Scrabble Day
Alma 37:6
6 Now ye may suppose that this is foolishness in me; but behold I say unto you, that by small and simple things are great things brought to pass; and small means in many instances doth confound the wise.
Scripture
American Dream
Quotation
I go further, and affirm that bills of rights, in the sense and to the extent in which they are contended for, are not only unnecessary in the proposed Constitution, but would even be dangerous. They would contain various exceptions to powers not granted; and on this very account, would afford a colorable pretext to claim more than were granted. For why declare that things shall not be done which there is no power to do?
--Alexander Hamilton
Edward Martin
Born 18 Nov 1818 in Lancashire England to John Martin and Ann Slater
Married Alice Clayton in 1840, had 8 children (6 died in infancy), also Jane Gray (5 children), Eliza Salmon (11 children) and Rachel Brimley (2 children)
Served in Mormon Battalion
Mission to Scotland
The ill-fated handcart company
Edward Martin
Died at Salt Lake City, UT 8 August 1882
James Willie (Willey)
Born 1 Nov 1814 in Hampshire England to Mary Sutton and William Willie
Married Elizabeth Ann Pettit in 1842, had 5 children (4 lived to adulthood)
Converted in 1836
James Willie
Back to England for a mission in 1852 (4 years)
The ill-fated handcart company
https://www.mendonutah.net/history/people/james_g_willie.htm
Died at Mendon, UT 9 September 1895
The story
Footsteps of Faith
Sidney Rigdon
Another of the first believers
Episode 3
Raising up some wise people.
It takes more than just Joseph
Openers
More gratitude give me
“The more I understand the mind and the human experience, the more I begin to suspect there is no such thing as unhappiness; there is only ungratefulness.”
--Steve Maraboli
One Minute of Light
National Bulldogs Are Beautiful Day
National Kindergarten Day
National Tea Day
D&C 71:1
1 Behold, thus saith the Lord unto you my servants Joseph Smith, Jun., and Sidney Rigdon, that the time has verily come that it is necessary and expedient in me that you should open your mouths in proclaiming my gospel, the things of the kingdom, expounding the mysteries thereof out of the scriptures, according to that portion of Spirit and power which shall be given unto you, even as I will.
Scripture
Liberty and Responsibility
Quotation
"Joseph Smith...never told me but the one story, and that was that he found [the Book of Mormon] engraved upon gold plates in a hill near Palmyra, New York, and that an angel had appeared to him and directed him where to find it; and I have never, to you or any one else, told but the one story, and that I now repeat to you."
--Sidney Rigdon
Sidney Rigdon
Born Feb 19 1793 Pennsylvania
William Rigdon and Agnes Gallagher
The History
Joined the church in 1830
Preached at Kirtland temple dedication (March 27, 1836)
Ran for VP (1844); running mate of Joseph Smith
Was put forward as author of the Book of Mormon--denied it to his death
Died July 14 1876
A Whole Family Joins the Church
The stories of the Whitmers
Episode 4
Miscellaneous stuff
Openers
Our Holidays
Earth Day
National Jelly Bean Day
Today's Holiday (Thanks, Alaina)
Gratitude
“The soul that gives thanks can find comfort in everything; the soul that complains can find comfort in nothing.”
--Hannah Whitall Smith
One Minute of Light
D&C 135:5 (Ether 12:36)
5 And it came to pass that I prayed unto the Lord that he would give unto the Gentiles grace, that they might have charity. And it came to pass that the Lord said unto me: If they have not charity it mattereth not unto thee, thou hast been faithful; wherefore thy garments shall be made clean. And because thou hast seen thy weakness, thou shalt be made strong, even unto the sitting down in the place which I have prepared in the mansions of my Father.
Scripture
Justice
Let justice be done though the heavens should fall.
--John Adams
Quotation
Miscellaneous stuff, and current events
Musket balls
Whitmers
WWRU
Current Events
Story Time