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Around 1802, Lucy Mack Smith made a solemn promise to God during a near-fatal illness, a covenant that profoundly shaped her family's spiritual hunger and search for true religion.
In the spring of 1820, a young Joseph Smith sought divine guidance and reported a profound spiritual experience that shaped a new religious movement.
A meditation on contingency and divine design: how the Smith family's poverty, displacement, and trials positioned Joseph Smith to receive the Book of Mormon during America's formative decades.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints does not offer public APIs for member data or most services, with narrow exceptions only for genealogy.
A summary of the hedge fund manager's case for spending down wealth on meaningful experiences rather than dying rich.
Aluminum bleacher planks combine ridged grip zones with smooth stripes to meet safety needs while improving comfort for spectators.
Structuring software license resales and partner programs to drive revenue while avoiding securities classification under the Howey Test.
Latest CDC measurements place the typical American man at 68.9 inches tall, with modest differences across age and racial groups.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints does not offer public APIs for member data or most services, with narrow exceptions only for genealogy.
A summary of the hedge fund manager's case for spending down wealth on meaningful experiences rather than dying rich.
Aluminum bleacher planks combine ridged grip zones with smooth stripes to meet safety needs while improving comfort for spectators.
Structuring software license resales and partner programs to drive revenue while avoiding securities classification under the Howey Test.
Latest CDC measurements place the typical American man at 68.9 inches tall, with modest differences across age and racial groups.
How the 1828 manuscript loss forced a change in the Book of Mormon translation and brought Oliver Cowdery into the work
How the 1825 canal opening supplied Palmyra with the printer, money, and readers Joseph Smith needed
The firsthand family record of Joseph Smith's mother, covering the Smiths' religious life from the late 1700s through the founding years of the Latter-day Saint movement.
Verified bench press marks for 13- and 14-year-old males in official federations, with notes on weight classes and raw lifts.
The intense wave of Protestant camp meetings and conversions that swept western New York during the Second Great Awakening.
The April 2026 gathering sustained Dallin H. Oaks as the new Church president, following established patterns without the Hosanna Shout.
The airborne bacterial disease known then as consumption, which killed more people than any other illness before antibiotics existed.
The persistent spiritual search by Joseph Smith's parents and siblings that shaped early Mormon origins.
The distinct understanding of the Godhead that emerged from Joseph Smith's First Vision and shapes all subsequent teaching.
Rules for residents and non-residents fishing public waters, plus exemptions and extra permits.
The conviction that God restored the original Christian church and its authority after a long period of apostasy.
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