“I Did Not Feel the Cold”

by Maddie Christensen

“On the 31st of Dec I with my Brother Azmon Woodruff . . . went forward in baptism.”¹

Sam Day, professional artist and illustrator, was commissioned to create a work of art detailing Wilford Woodruff’s baptism for the Wilford Woodruff Papers Foundation Conference, “Building Latter-day Faith.” Having been an artist for over forty-five years, Sam has extensive experience in painting spiritual topics and portraits.

Before this commission, the only known painting of Wilford Woodruff’s baptism was of a beautiful spring day. However, Wilford was baptized on December 31, 1833, in upstate New York, where over three feet of snow blanketed the ground at the time—unlike the scenario depicted in the earlier spring painting.

"Glory and Power, Be Unto the Lamb for Ever"

by Debi Hales

“He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto [me].”

A Foundation: Love of God and Fellow Man

by Rob Swanson

How One Woman’s Scholarship Helps Us Better Understand Church History

by LaJean Purcell Carruth and Ashlyn Pells

When she was eleven years old, LaJean Purcell Carruth found an old Improvement Era in her parents’ basement open to an article on the Deseret Alphabet. She was instantly, completely fascinated. She taught herself to read and write the Deseret Alphabet and decided that she would be a Deseret transcriber when she grew up. Little did she know where that early passion would lead.

The Rocks in Your Cairn

by Shauna Horne

“A Most Precious Season”

by Steve Thorsted

Many members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are familiar with the events at John and Jane Benbow’s Farm in Herefordshire, England, in the spring of 1840. Elder Wilford Woodruff was inspired to teach the Benbows and the members of the United Brethren congregation. The impact on the growth of the Church was enormous.

“Let Patience Have Her Perfect Work”

by Lyndie Jackson

Volunteer Spotlight: Laurie Low

by Maddie Christensen

“Good Things to Come”

by Craig Lindquist

Seeking Revelation and Sharing Truth: Lessons for Today from the Life of Wilford Woodruff

by Jennifer Ann Mackley

In 1833, less than a year after joining the Church, Zerah Pulsipher was working on his farm and felt impressed to begin preaching the gospel. The feeling was so strong that shortly before noon he unyoked his oxen and turned them into the pasture, then walked to the house and asked his wife for a clean shirt and a pair of socks.