LDS Daily Dose – January 7, 2015

“My soul hath been redeemed from the gall of bitterness and bonds of iniquity. I was in the darkest abyss; but now I behold the marvelous light of God. My soul was racked with eternal torment; but I am snatched, and my soul is pained no more.” – Mosiah 27:29

“At times it may seem that our trials are focused on areas of our lives and parts of our souls with which we seem least able to cope. Since personal growth is an intended outcome of these challenges, it should come as no surprise that the trials can be very personal—almost laser guided to our particular needs or weaknesses.” – Paul V. Johnson

1805 David Whitmer, later one of the Three Witnesses of the Book of Mormon, is born near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
1919 Melvin J. Ballard is ordained an Apostle, filling the vacancy created when Heber J. Grant became the President of the Church in November 1918.
2000 BYUTV, a television station broadcasting twenty-four hours a day seven days a week, begins broadcasting nationally, allowing people across the United States and southern Canada to pick up the station as part of the DISH Network satellite system.

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