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Nineteenth-century Latter-day Saints came to terms with the frequent deaths of loved ones – especially those of infants and children – by turning to the teachings offered by their religion. The early Latter-day Saints' respect for the dead is evidenced by burial and funeral traditions.
[34]: 94 Especially towards the end of the 19th century, funeral planners opted to decorate with white instead of black. [31]: 27–30 To remember the deceased, the Latter-day Saints made death masks [35] and canes from the wood of coffins. [36] They also kept locks of the person's hair. [35]
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Our Heritage: A Brief History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints [permanent dead link ] (LDS Church, 1996). Annotated Early History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (BOAP, 2000) Archived 2005-02-17 at the Wayback Machine
The sermon was not always viewed in a favorable light by leaders of the LDS Church [6] or other denominations in the Latter Day Saint movement. It was not published in the LDS Church's 1912 History of the Church because of then-church president Joseph F. Smith's discomfort with some ideas in the sermon popularized by the editor of the project, B. H. Roberts of the First Council of the Seventy. [7]
Together, they sang for their Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints congregation in Ogden, Utah. ... Hezbollah announces funeral for slain longtime leader Hassan Nasrallah set for Feb 23. News.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (informally known as the LDS Church) focuses its doctrine and teaching on Jesus Christ; that he was the Son of God, born of Mary, lived a perfect life, performed miracles, bled from every pore in the Garden of Gethsemane, died on the cross, rose on the third day, appeared again to his disciples ...
Members of the church were later called “Latter Day Saints” or “Mormons”. Smith and his followers sought to assemble together in a theocratic community under Smith's leadership, or 'Zion', first in Kirtland, Ohio and later in Independence, Missouri. [6]
[3] [7] At his funeral, a procession exceeding one mile in length followed his remains to his house. [7] After his death, Louisa and the children moved to Iowa. There, some of Follett's children became involved with the Church of Jesus Christ (Cutlerite) and the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (today the Community of ...