James 5:10 (10–11); Mosiah 17:13 (10–20); Alma 14:26 (20–27). Jer. So he rose up and went to Jerusalem; and going into the temple of the Lord, he poured out his prayers there before the sanctuary, and said: 13. TG Darkness, Physical. 71 Accordingly we went and were baptized. TG Genealogy and Temple Work; Salvation for the Dead. I left the field, and went to the place where the messenger had told me the plates were deposited; and owing to the distinctness of the vision which I had had concerning it, I knew the place the instant that I arrived there. I informed him that part of the plates were bsealed, and that I was forbidden to bring them. How wretched I am this day, and worthy of lamentation! Woe to my tongue and my lips, which have brought forth and spoken vanity, detraction, falsehood, ignorance, derision, idle tales, craft, and hypocrisy! Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co.. Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. 55 As my father’s worldly circumstances were very limited, we were under the necessity of alaboring with our hands, hiring out by day’s work and otherwise, as we could get opportunity. Amen. It came to pass, then, in the early dawn of the twenty-sixth day of Abib, that Joseph, that righteous old man, lying in his bed, was giving up his unquiet soul. Joseph Stalin was born Josef Vissarionovich Djugashvili on December 18, 1878, or December 6, 1878, according to the Old Style Julian calendar (although he later invented a new birth date for himself: December 21, 1879), in the small town of Gori, Georgia, then part of the Russian empire. Jos north is the location of the University of Jos and its teaching hospital. Today, HKBN JOS prides itself on its expertise in enterprise IT solutions, helping customers to take advantage of the latest technologies such as Cloud, Big Data and A.I. Then there came into my mind the day on which he walked with me into Egypt, and that extreme trouble which he endured on my account. Joseph was an important Egyptian official who was given the responsibility of storing and distributing food to people who were in need.… I copied a considerable number of them, and by means of the aUrim and Thummim I translated some of them, which I did between the time I arrived at the house of my wife’s father, in the month of December, and the February following. As Jacob grew older, ten of his sons got jealous of their younger brother, Joseph, because Jacob adored Joseph. Why the dopposition and persecution that arose against me, almost in my infancy? And I say to you, O my brethren, that they also, Enoch and Elias, Revelation 11:3-12 must towards the end of time return into the world and die — in the day, namely, of commotion, of terror, of perplexity, and affliction. And we said: O our Lord, our God and Saviour, who are those four whom You have said Antichrist will cut off from the reproach they bring upon him? On reflecting further it was as easy to be seen that amid the great strife and noise concerning religion, none had authority from God to administer the ordinances of the Gospel. When we heard this from our Saviour, we rejoiced and exulted; and we offered all glory and thanksgiving to the Lord God, and our Saviour Jesus Christ. Yea, a single hour in the joyful dwelling of the pious is more blessed and more precious than a thousand years among sinners: inasmuch as their weeping and lamentation shall not come to an end, and their tears shall not cease, nor shall they find for themselves consolation and repose at any time forever. Hence arose the very prevalent story of my having been a money-digger. According to the white paper of the commission of inquiry into the 1894 crisis, Ames, a British colonial administrator, said that the original name for Jos was Gwosh in Afizere (the first settlers in the area) language which was a village situated at the current site of the city; according to Ames, the Hausa,who arrived there after, wrongly pronounced Gwosh as Jos and it stuck. 10. Indeed, the agony and fear of death have already environed me; but as soon as I heard Your voice, my soul was at rest. He had heard something of a silver mine having been opened by the Spaniards in Harmony, Susquehanna county, State of Pennsylvania; and had, previous to my hiring to him, been digging, in order, if possible, to discover the mine. May his prayer preserve us! It came to pass, after these things, that the death of that old man, the pious Joseph, and his departure from this world, were approaching, as happens to other men who owe their origin to this earth. The History of Joseph the Carpenter is a compilation of traditions concerning Mary, Joseph, and the "holy family," probably composed in Byzantine Egypt in Greek in the late sixth or early seventh centuries, but surviving only in Coptic and Arabic language translation. I at length came to the determination to “ask of God,” concluding that if he gave wisdom to them that lacked wisdom, and would bgive liberally, and not upbraid, I might venture. Edited by Alexander Roberts, James Donaldson, and A. Cleveland Coxe. My undefiled mother Mary, therefore, went and entered the place where Joseph was. Hence Mary was called the mother of James. He did not, however, labour under any bodily weakness, nor had his sight failed, nor had any tooth perished from his mouth. Yet that old man Joseph the carpenter was, nevertheless, Your father after the flesh. His hands were naked, and his arms also, a little above the wrist; so, also, were his feet naked, as were his legs, a little above the ankles. For men die for the transgression of Adam and his wife Eve, and Death spares not so much as one. 13 At length I came to the conclusion that I must either remain in adarkness and confusion, or else I must do as James directs, that is, ask of God. 30 While I was thus in the act of calling upon God, I discovered a alight appearing in my room, which continued to increase until the room was lighter than at noonday, when immediately a bpersonage appeared at my bedside, standing in the air, for his feet did not touch the floor. It was on the morning of a bbeautiful, clear day, early in the spring of eighteen hundred and twenty. ’Twas the voice of an angel from glory, ’twas a message from the Most High! And three months after her conception the righteous man Joseph returned from the place where he worked at his trade; and when he found my virgin mother pregnant, he was greatly perplexed, and thought of sending her away secretly. And at the time when he fell asleep he had fulfilled a hundred and eleven years. His life, then, in all, amounted to one hundred and eleven years, his old age being prolonged to the utmost limit. He then again related unto me all that he had related to me the previous night, and commanded me to go to my afather and tell him of the vision and commandments which I had received. And when his children heard me speaking with my mother, the pure virgin, they knew that he had already breathed his last, and they shed tears, and lamented. Author of all consolation, God of all compassion, and Lord of the whole human race; God of my soul, body, and spirit; with supplications I reverence you, O Lord and my God. Matthew 12:36 For as no one shall escape death, so also the works of every man shall be laid open on the day of judgment, whether they have been good or evil. It lies on the rail spur that joins the railroad to Port Harcourt, 378 miles (608 km) south-southwest, and has road connections with Lafia, Bauchi, Kaduna, and Zaria. And Joseph rose from his sleep, and did as the angel of the Lord had said to him; and Mary abode with him. [9] On 25 December 2011, a bomb and gun attack took place at a church in Jos. 70 He said this Aaronic Priesthood had not the power of laying on hands for the gift of the Holy Ghost, but that this should be conferred on us hereafter; and he commanded us to go and be baptized, and gave us directions that I should baptize Oliver Cowdery, and that afterwards he should baptize me. The National Museum in Jos was founded in 1952 by Bernard Fagg,[15] and was recognized as one of the best in the country. -- History, Saint Joseph County (Ind.) 22. And as I leaned up to the fireplace, bmother inquired what the matter was. [6] Another version was that "Jos" came from the word "Jasad" meaning body. Learn about his younger years, his rise to … 20. But God alone is the disposer of my soul and body; He also will deal with them after His own good pleasure. JOS – a systems integrator, solutions provider and technology consultancy with extensive experience across Asia, Acquired the hardware sales and systems integration businesses related contracts of Agilysys Hong Kong, Formation of Jardine OneSolution China Company Limited in Mainland China owned by JOS Group, The Ministry of IT Industry of Guangdong Province recognised JOS China as a certified IT service provider, Acquired Autocomp and Berkeley Systems in Malaysia, Formation of JOS Technology in Malaysia and Singapore, Incorporation of JOS Pacific Information Technology (Beijing) Co Ltd, Launch of China operations in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, Acquired ABA Office Automation in Hong Kong, Started business as representative of Canon in Hong Kong. And finding them already dead and destitute of heat, she said to me: O my beloved son, assuredly his feet are already beginning to stiffen, and they are as cold as snow. 11:19; Matt. Matthew 1:20-24. Joseph Smith . I had scarcely done so, when immediately I was aseized upon by some power which entirely overcame me, and had such an astonishing influence over me as to bind my tongue so that I could not speak. But I passed all my life without fault. 15 After I had retired to the place where I had previously designed to go, having looked around me, and finding myself alone, I kneeled down and began to offer up the desires of my heart to God. And I called upon my good Father, saying:—. And that impious tyrant Herod being dead, they returned into the land of Israel, and lived in a city of Galilee which is called Nazareth. Num. History of the town of Hampton, New Hampshire, from its settlement in 1638 to the autumn of 1892 Item Preview So there shall not take place in that house either poverty or any sudden death forever. I abaptized him first, and afterwards he baptized me—after which I laid my hands upon his head and ordained him to the Aaronic Priesthood, and afterwards he laid his hands on me and ordained me to the same Priesthood—for so we were commanded.*. And they perceived that he kept his shroud fast; for it adhered to the body in such a way, that when they wished to take it off, it was found to be like iron — impossible to be moved or loosened. Therefore they immediately sent out, and assembled twelve old men of the tribe of Judah. Thick bdarkness gathered around me, and it seemed to me for a time as if I were doomed to sudden destruction. Jos, with a high elevation and one of the coolest climates in Nigeria, has been a hill resort since the beginning of World War II. (Verses 1–20.) 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