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Gratitude for My Pioneer Ancestors

Heidi — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 09:16:37 +0000

~by Heidi

I will forever be grateful to my ancestors who joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints long ago and for all that they sacrificed so that I could grow up with the gospel in my household. One of my most illustrious ancestors is Daniel Tyler who is known for his book The Concise History of the Mormon Battalion. He served as the sergeant of Company C of the Battalion and kept a vivid account of all their doings.

He was born in 1819 and was introduced to the Book of Mormon through a meeting he attended at his neighbor’s house. The Mormon missionaries were there and Daniel, aged 15 at the time, picked up the book and began to read. It took only a few pages in order for him to feel a strong desire to be baptized into the church but his father was opposed to it. Later his sister braved her father’s objections and joined the church. Soon, their parents and brothers followed. Daniel, however, was still afraid to tell his father the secret he had harbored in his heart for months.

Finally, Daniel’s father asked him a question. Daniel writes, “On my father asking if it was not hard for my sister, parents and brothers to leave me, I broke completely down and wept aloud. I was baptized the following Wednesday.”

Daniel Tyler was instrumental in the building up of the church in Europe. He was called to serve as a mission president of the Italian/Swiss/German/French Mission in 1854. While there, he received a letter from Professor Karl G. Maeser, a German citizen who was interested in the church. Professor Maeser was subsequently baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints, emigrated to Utah, and was one of the founding fathers of Brigham Young Academy, now known as B.Y.U.

Despite his stony expression and military stance in the photo above, Daniel Tyler was a kind man who loved to share his testimony with others. He suffered many trials and tribulations in the course of his life but he never denied his testimony of the gospel. I am so thankful for men like him who endured many hardships to bring the gospel to so many.

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Pioneer Day Commemoration Concert, July 17

Women Seeking Christ — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 07:28:11 +0000

On Saturday, July 17, at 7:00 p.m., there will be an Internet broadcast of the Pioneer Day Commemoration Concert, featuring the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and the Orchestra at Temple Square.

Video Streams will be shown in the following languages (universal media player):

English
French
Spanish
Portuguese
American Sign Language

Links for streams using Media Player are below:
English
French
Spanish
Portuguese
American Sign Language

Audio streams will also be available. See the website above for details.

Next week at Mormon Women, we’ll be having our own celebration of Mormon pioneers, both early and modern.

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Portraits of Mormon Women: Centennial Lessons — Church History for Women, Lesson #10

Women Seeking Christ — Wed, 13 May 2009 05:47:48 +0000

We are at the last of the series of Church history lessons that were created in 1930 for the women of the Relief Society by A.G. Pack, a missionary in England. We chose to share these lessons because they include glimpses into the lives and thoughts of Mormon women throughout our history. Thanks to Ardis Parshall for doing the work to make these available.

Lesson #10 is entitled: Our Foremothers

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Read past lessons:
Lesson #1

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Portraits of Mormon Women: Centennial Lessons — Church History for Women, Lesson #9

Women Seeking Christ — Wed, 06 May 2009 05:58:58 +0000

(Apologies for missing a week. We were focused on getting ready for the sharing station at the BYU Women’s Conference. More on that to come….)

Here is Lesson #9: The First Year in Great Salt Lake Valley. We are almost to the end of this series of Church history lessons that were created in 1930 for the women of the Relief Society by A.G. Pack, who was a missionary in England. We chose to share these lessons because they include glimpses into the lives and thoughts of Mormon women throughout our history. Thanks to Ardis Parshall for doing the work to make these available.

Read past lessons:
Lesson #1

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Portraits of Mormon Women: Centennial Lessons: Church History for Women, Lesson #8

Women Seeking Christ — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:49:39 +0000

Here is Lesson #8: Winter Quarters to Great Salt Lake Valley. This is another in the series of Church history lessons that were created in 1930 for the women of the Relief Society by A.G. Pack, who was a missionary in England. We chose to share these lessons because they include glimpses into the lives and thoughts of Mormon women throughout our history. Thanks to Ardis Parshall for doing the work to make these available.

Read past lessons:
Lesson #1

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Portraits of Mormon Women: Centennial Lessons: Church History for Women, Lesson #7

Women Seeking Christ — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 23:48:01 +0000

Here is Lesson #7: Journey to Winter Quarters; The Mormon Batallion. This is another in the series of Church history lessons that were created in 1930 for the women of the Relief Society by A.G. Pack, who was a missionary in England. We chose to share these lessons because they include glimpses into the lives and thoughts of Mormon women throughout our history.

Read past lessons:

Lesson #1

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Portraits of Mormon Women: Centennial Lessons — Church History for Women, Lesson #6

Women Seeking Christ — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 05:38:20 +0000

Today, we share Lesson #6: Expulsion from Nauvoo. This is another lesson in the series of Church history lessons that were created in 1930 for the women of the Relief Society by A.G. Pack, who was a missionary in England. We chose to share these lessons because they include glimpses into the lives and thoughts of Mormon women throughout our history.

Read past lessons:

Lesson #1

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Portraits of Mormon Women: Centennial Lessons — Church History for Women, Lesson #5

Women Seeking Christ — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 19:41:46 +0000

Today, we share Lesson #5: Settlement of Nauvoo. This is another lesson in the series of Church history lessons that were created in 1930 for the women of the Relief Society by A.G. Pack, who was a missionary in England. We chose to share these lessons because they include glimpses into the lives and thoughts of Mormon women throughout our history.

Read past lessons:

Lesson #1

Lesson #2

Lesson #3

Lesson #4.

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Portraits of Mormon Women: Centennial Lessons: Church History for Women, Lesson #4

Women Seeking Christ — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 04:54:36 +0000

Today, we share Lesson #4: Expulsion from Missouri. This is another lesson in the series of Church history lessons that were created in 1930 for the women of the Relief Society by A.G. Pack, who was a missionary in England.

Read past lessons:

Lesson #1

Lesson #2

Lesson #3

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Portraits of Mormon Women: Church History for Women (Lesson #3)

Women Seeking Christ — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 21:07:18 +0000

Today, we share Lesson #3: The Move to Missouri — from the series of Church history lessons that were created in 1930 for the women of the Relief Society by A.G. Pack, who was a missionary in England.

Read Lesson #1

Read Lesson #2

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