Joseph Smith – Relief Society Foundation
Associated Locations:- Red Brick Store, Nauvoo, Illinois
- March 17, 1842 – Relief Society established
George Stephenson
Associated Locations:- Wylam, Northumberland, England – Birthplace
- 9 June 1781 – Born
All this great and good in the English character found expression in the career of George Stephenson. He will go down to posterity a type of the physical and moral virtues of his race. An athlete, he was a lover of birds [and a] giant in strength…. The greatest practical engineer the world has seen, he maintained his supremacy with unaffected modesty. With opportunities to amass a colossal fortune, he put gold aside as dross compared with honour.The article then quoted Stephenson’s response to a request for his name and address. The request had compared him to royalty. Stephenson said: “I have dined with princes, and peers, and commoners—with persons of all classes, from the highest to the humbles…. I have seen mankind in all its phases, and the conclusion I have arrived at is—that if we were all stripped there’s not much difference between us.”
“Do as I have done—persevere!” -George Stephenson
Oliver Wolcott
Associated Locations: Windsor, Connecticut Associated Dates: November 20, 1726 – Born Christ-like Character Sketch Character Sketch from Lives of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence, B.J. Lossing, the 1848 original. The name of Wolcott, appeared among the early settlers of Connecticut, and from that day to this, it has been distinguished for living scions, honored…Thomas Babington Macaulay
Associated Locations:- Leicestershire, England
- October 25, 1800 – Born
John Foxe
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| Born | 1516 Boston, Lincolnshire, England |
| Died | 1587 London, England |
| Occupation | Clergyman, author Mary F. Smith |
| Religion | Puritanism/td> |
George Wishart
George Wishart Born c. 1513 Martyrdom 1 March 1546 St Andrews, Scotland Life Story by John Howie This gentleman was a brother of the laird of Pittarro in Mearns, and was educated at the university of Cambridge, where his diligence and progress in useful learning, soon made him be respected. From an ardent desire to…John Huss
Associated Locations:- Husinec, Kingdom of Bohemia – Birthplace
- Konstanz, Bishopric of Constance, Holy Roman Empire – Martyrdom
- 1369 – christened (date of birth unknown)
Narrative from Foxe’s Book of Martyrs
Taken from the book Foxes Book of Martyrs by John FoxePersecution of John Huss
John Huss was born at Hussenitz, a village in Bohemia, about the year 1380. His parents gave him the best education their circumstances would admit; and having acquired a tolerable knowledge of the classics at a private school, he was removed to the university of Prague, where he soon gave strong proofs of his mental powers, and was remarkable for his diligence and application to study.American Israel
Statements from Prominent Americans Pastor John Cotton, Puritan Clergyman In 1630, prior to the departure of the ship Arabella for America with Massachusetts Bay Colony Governor John Winthrop and his fellow Puritans aboard, the young Puritan minister John Cotton preached a stirring farewell message taken from 2 Samuel 7:10: I will appoint a place for My people Israel and…G. A. Henty
G. A. Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902) was a historical fiction author and a special correspondant. Historical Fiction Novels “Henty’s boys’ stories always revolved around a boy or young man in adventurous and even dangerous times. Henty’s stories took place in times as far ranging as ancient Egypt all the way to…Roger Williams
Associated Locations: London, England – Birthplace Boston Rhode Island Associated Dates: December 21, 1603 – Born Inspired Statements There is no regularly constituted church on earth, nor any person authorized to administer any church ordinance; nor can there be until new apostles are sent by the Great Head of the Church for whose coming I…Francis Lewis
Associated Locations: Llandaff, Wales Associated Dates: March 21, 1713 – Born Christ-like Character Sketch Character Sketch from Lives of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence, B.J. Lossing, the 1848 original. FRANCIS LEWIS was born in Wales, in the town of Landaff, in the year 1713. His father was an Episcopal clergyman, his mother was a…Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Associated Locations:- Free Imperial City of Frankfurt, Holy Roman Empire – Birthplace
- August 28, 1749 – Born
William Tyndale
“Think of William Tyndale, for example. It was a spiritually blind clergy and a stubborn, equally blind monarch who put him to death. It is no wonder that as he drew his last breath in martyrdom he cried out: “Lord, open the King of England’s eyes.” Death came after a cruel eighteen months imprisonment, forced upon him merely because he published the word of God! “Why did he thus sacrifice himself? Because he was inspired to do so — inspired to help break the shackles of ignorance that prevailed at that time, inspired to help open the way for the restoration of the gospel by the Prophet Joseph Smith.” – Mark E. Peterson Associated Locations:- Gloucestershire, England – Birthplace
- Near Vilvoorde Castle, Brussels, Belgium – Place of martyrdom
- 1492 – Born
- 6 October 1536 – William Tyndale martyred
Catholic Persecution in Italy
Life Sketch from Foxes Book of Martyrs Taken from the book Foxes Book of Martyrs. We shall now enter on an account of the persecutions in Italy, a country which has been, and still is, The center of popery. The seat of the pontiff. The source of the various errors which have spread themselves over other…Henry Grattan
Associated Locations:- Fishamble Street, Dublin, Ireland
- 3 July 1746 – Born
“I found Ireland on her knees…Ireland is now a nation!”
– Henry Grattan
Los Lunas Decalogue Stone, New Mexico
Providential Importance in History The Los Lunas Decalogue Stone is a large boulder on the side of Hidden Mountain, near Los Lunas, New Mexico, about 35 miles south of Albuquerque, that bears a very regular inscription carved into a flat panel. The stone is also known as the Los Lunas Mystery Stone or Commandment Rock. The inscription is interpreted to be an abridged version of the Decalogue or Ten Commandments in a form of Paleo-Hebrew. A letter group resembling the tetragrammaton YHWH, or “Yahweh,” makes four appearances. The stone is controversial in that some claim the inscription is Pre-Columbian, and therefore proof of early Semitic contact with the Americas.William Ellery
Associated Locations: Newport, Rhode Island – Birthplace Associated Dates: December 2, 1727 – Born Life Sketch Character Sketch from Lives of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence, B.J. Lossing, the 1848 original. William Ellery, the colleague of Stephen Hopkins, of Rhode Island, in the Continental Congress of 1776, was born at Newport, on the twenty-second…Promised Land of America
The Book of Mormon is clear that in general God has covenanted America to those who will be led here out of other countries because of their righteousness. There is a covenant on this land which any nation that possesses the land has an obligation to abide. This covenant can be best understood in its…
Hannah More
Hannah More Born February 2, 1745(1745-02-02) Fishponds, Bristol, United Kingdom Died September 7, 1833(1833-09-07) (aged 88) Clifton, Bristol, United Kingdom Resting place Wrington, Somerset Known for Poetry Drama Philanthropy Father Jacob More Hannah More is one of the eminent spirits who appeared to President Wilford Woodruff in the St. George Temple (Latter-day Saint, LDS) on August 21, 1877. This interesting story…