Intense persecution of the early Latter-day Saints in Nauvoo, Illinois, prompted the mass exodus of the Mormon Church in 1846 to the Salt Lake Valley.

The music and narration used in this video clip comes from Rob Gardner’s album…

“Come Ye Disconsolate” – Performed by the Baylor University Choir.

All paintings and sketches used in this video are by Carl Heinrich Bloch.

Lyrics:
Come, ye disconsolate, whereer ye languish,
Come to the mercy seat, fervently kneel.
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Mormon doctrine proclaims that the New Jerusalem, also referred to as Zion (see Moses 7: 62) is the place where the Saints, and the twelve tribes of Israel will gather…

“The Carpenter of Nazareth” by George Blair. Read by Elder Jeffrey R. Holland.

In Nazareth, the narrow road,
That tires the feet and steals the breath,
Passes the place where once abode
The Carpenter of Nazareth.…

In a rare public appearance before Salt Lake City lawmakers Tuesday night, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints supported two proposed ordinances protecting gay and lesbian residents from housing and employment discrimination.

An LDS Church representative read…

Elder Jeffrey R. Holland delivers a stirring testimony of the Book of Mormon to believers, non-believers and former believers…

The Book of Mormon, like the Bible, contains a record of God’s dealings with a part of the House of…