"Freely ye have received, freely give." -Matthew 10:8
(Notes from reading “Social Change in India,” pp. 512-516) To her colleague, Florence penned the essence of her prayers and petitions on his behalf: … I join with you in unceasing fervent prayer, to the Fatherly Providence of us all for your highest success– that is, that you may be enabled wisely, soberly, and continuously, …
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“Social Change in India,” pp 407-411 (These are correspondence letters to an Indian national by the name of Prasanna Kumar Sen regarding legislation that was been enacted in regards to rent reformations in India. Current legislation gave quite a bit of power and leverage to the zemandari class [quasi-landlord/bill collectors] while giving no rights to …
Notes on Florence Nightingale: Vol. 10, p. 313 If educating every village is what is required, then funding must be available for them to access in such a way that they can take decisive action. It’s both a local and federal issue. So it can only be solved by those willing to engage in both.
General Conference, Sunday Morning Session – There have been multiple talks specifically about prayer. Susan H. Porter – pray to know, pray to grow, pray to show others God’s love. Trust in God, he trusts you. Elder Kearon – It was not in the Father’s plan for us or those we love to fail.
I am brought to consider the “inconvenience” of the Lord’s timing in two personal experiences this morning. I am trying to find words that articulate all this. Trust in the Lord and lean not unto thy own understanding. Then on the flip side, the Jewish people of Nephi’s day had evolved into such a wicked …
(TG Prayer) And in that day ye shall ask me nothing but it shall be done unto you. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you. Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may …
(Remarks delivered on Easter Sunday, March 31, 2024 in the Marshall Branch Sacrament meeting) So as the account is told in scripture, the end was soon and the Hero of this story actually already knew how it was to happen. But even a complete and perfect understanding of what was about to happen, wasn’t enough. …
https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-01-02-0023 This first letter of the year 1770 starts with Jefferson recounting the loss of his books and personal writings and records through a house fire. What such a loss as this must do to the soul of a scholar, to know that the only thing left behind is what is recorded within. Of papers …
Moroni 10:31-34 (Moroni 10:31-34) Here I am at the end of the record, and also at the end of a 16 year journey for me. I had not seen the significance of the parallels in my life with this study until just now. I have slowed down in the approach to my studies as I …
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(Undated) 24 Jun 2023