Archive for January, 2007

January 19, 1864 Communications to Elder M. Hull.

Wednesday, January 31st, 2007

[WE GIVE THE FOLLOWING LETTERS, FIRST, BECAUSE OF THEIR VALUE IN INSTRUCTION AND INTEREST; AND SECOND, BECAUSE THEY SHED LIGHT UPON THE FACT THAT ELD. HULL HAS BEEN A SUBJECT OF AFFECTIONATE AND FAITHFUL LABOR FOR MORE THAN A YEAR. THE FIRST COMMUNICATION WAS ADDRESSED TO HIM NOV. 6, 1862; THE SECOND IN JUNE, 1863,–ED.] 
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January 20, 1863 Parents and Children.

Tuesday, January 30th, 2007

 I have been shown that while parents who have the fear of God before them restrain their children, they should study their dispositions and temperaments, and should seek to meet their wants. Some parents attend carefully to the temporal wants of their children; if sick, they kindly and faithfully nurse them, and then think their […]

January 13, 1863 Testimony for the Church

Monday, January 29th, 2007

 I saw that young and old neglect their Bibles. They do not make that book their study, and the rule of life as they should, especially the young. Most of them are ready, and find plenty of time to read almost any other book. But the word that points to life, eternal life, is not […]