MODERN DAY PROPHETS
A DAY TO REMEMBER
WOMEN OF THE OLD TESTAMENT
I'VE GOT THE MUSIC IN ME
TEMPLES OF THE RESTORATION
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THIS PROPHET WAS WITH JOSEPH SMITH IN CARTHAGE JAIL.
JOHN TAYLOR
Shot 4 times by the mob, a fifth bullet aimed for his heart struck his pocket watch, saving his life.
100
DECEMBER 7, 1941
THE BOMBING OF PEARL HARBOR
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SHE ENSURED MOSES'S SAFETY AFTER HE WAS PUT IN THE RIVER BY HIS MOTHER.
MIRIAM
* MOSES'S SISTER
* LOOKED AFTER THE ARK OF BULRUSHES, "TO WIT WHAT WOULD BE DONE TO HIM" (EXODUS 2:4)
100
KNOWN AS THE KING OF ROCK & ROLL.
ELVIS PRESLEY
100
THE ANGEL MORONI ON THIS TEMPLE WAS DESIGNED AS A WEATHERVANE.
THE ORIGINAL NAUVOO TEMPLE
200
THIS PROPHET ENCOURAGED THE SAINTS OF ST. GEORGE TO PAY TITHING.
LORENZO SNOW
During a visit to St. George in 1899, he received a revelation from the Lord emphasizing the importance of living the law of tithing. Promised the saints if they paid tithing, they would be blessed and their financial problems would be alleviated.
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NOVEMBER 22, 1963
PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATED
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"WHITHER THOU GOEST, I WILL GO, AND WHERE THOU LODGEST, I WILL LODGE, THY PEOPLE SHALL BE MY PEOPLE, AND THY GOD MY GOD"
RUTH
* MOABITESS AND A STRANGER IN JERUSALEM, RUTH REMAINED LOYAL TO HER MARRIAGE VOWS AND TO HER MOTHER-IN-LAW, NAOMI.
200
TV BROADCAST HAS AIRED WEEKLY SINCE 1929, THE WORLD'S LONGEST CONTINIOUS NETWORK BROADCAST.
THE TABERBACLE CHOIR AT TEMPLE SQUARE
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THIS WAS THE FIRST TEMPLE DEDICATED OUTSIDE OF NORTH AMERICA / HAWAII.
BERN, SWITZERLAND TEMPLE
*ORIGINALLY NAMED THE SWISS TEMPLE, DEDICATED ON SEPTEMBER 11, 1955.
300
THIS PROPHET HELPED THE CHURCH AND THE US GOVERNMENT TO REBUILD GERMANY AFTER WWII.
EZRA TAFT BENSON
Spent 11 months in Germany in 1946, helping the saints and the country rebuild.
300
APRIL 6, 1830
CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS ORGANIZED.
300
BETRAYED SAMSON BY HAVING HIS HAIR CUT WHILE HE SLEPT.
DELILAH
* DISCOVERED HIS STRENGTH CAME FROM HIS LONG HAIR
* HANDED HIM OVER TO THE PHILISTINES, WHO BLINDED AND IMPRISONED SAMSON.
300
FIRST APPEARED IN AMERICA ON FEBRUARY 9, 1964 ON THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW.
THE BEATLES
300
THIS WAS THE FIRST TEMPLE BUILT IN A NATION UNDER COMMUNIST RULE.
FREIBURG, GERMANY TEMPLE
*DEDICATED IN 1985 BY GORDON B. HINCKLEY
400
THIS PROPHET WAS ASSOCIATED WITH THE MOTTO, "JUST DO IT".
SPENCER W. KIMBALL
400
JULY 20, 1969
APOLLO 11 LANDED ON THE MOON
400
DUE TO HER AGE, SHE LAUGHED AT THE LORD WHEN SHE DISCOVERED SHE WAS WITH CHILD.
SARAH
* SHE WAS 91, ABRAHAM WAS 100
* ISSAC WAS HER FIRSTBORN
* FULFILLED THE LORD'S PROMISE: "SHE SHALL BE A MOTHER OF NATIONS; KINGS OF PEOPLE SHALL BE OF HER" (GENESIS 17:16)
400
ON THE AIR IN THE 1970'S, THEY WERE THE YOUNGEST HOSTS IN VARIETY SHOW HISTORY, SHE BEING 16 AND HE BEING 18.
DONNA AND MARIE OSMOND
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THIS WAS THE FIRST TEMPLE COMPLETED OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.
CARDSTON, ALBERTA TEMPLE
* DEDICATED IN AUGUST 1923, THE 8TH OPERATING TEMPLE OF THE CHURCH AT THE TIME.
500
THIS PROPHET DEDICATED ONLY 2 TEMPLES DURING HIS PRESIDENCY, ONE BEING THE BOUNTIFUL TEMPLE.
HOWARD W. HUNTER
Served as Church President from June 1994 to March 1995.
500
SEPTEMBER 22, 1827
JOSEPH SMITH RECEIVED THE GOLD PLATES.
500
PREVENTED THE DESTRUCTION OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE BY APPROACHING THE KING WITHOUT CONSENT.
ESTHER
* HEBREW NAME "HADASSAH, USED HER PERSIAN NAME ESTHER TO HIDE HER JEWISH HERITGE
* APPROACHED PERSIAN KING AHASUERUS WITHOUT AN INVITATION, A CRIME PUNISHBLE BY DEATH, TO EXPOSE AND PREVENT HAMAN'S PLOT TO EXTERMINATE THE JEWISH PEOPLE.
500
THIS COUNTRY SINGER OPENED A THEME PARK IN 1986, WHICH STILL OPERATES TODAY.
DOLLY PARTON
500
ORDINACNES FOR THE DEAD WERE FIRST PERFORMED IN THIS TEMPLE.
ST. GEORGE, UTAH TEMPLE
* THE OLDEST OPERATING TEMPLE AND THE ONLY TEMPLE COMPLETED DURING BRIGHAM YOUNG'S PRESIDENCY.
