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In a series of interviews with apostles, I gathered statements of the things that we are to learn from this pandemic. Here's a summary: MISSIONARY WORK 1. Prepare now to a major, vital part in sharing the gospel 2. Immerse myself in the light of the Restoration 3. Ponder with my head and my heart to expand my vision of opportunities and        possibilities for missionary work 4. Use new and unfamiliar ways of communicating 5. Share the message of peace and hope; healing and joy of the gospel using     technology and the help of the Spirit 6. Fulfill the great commission to show love for God and His children by     ministering to all 7. Forget myself and go to work 8. Remember I am a missionary for the rest of my life 9. Learn and find new approaches for sharing and proclaiming the gospel in more     creative and productive ways. SELF IMPROVEMENT 1. Learn lessons now to make me a better person 2. Be h...

http://www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/speeches/fast.htm Proclamation Appointing a National Fast Day Washington, D.C. March 30, 1863 Senator James Harlan of Iowa, whose daughter later married President Lincoln's son Robert, introduced this Resolution in the Senate on March 2, 1863. The Resolution asked President Lincoln to proclaim a national day of prayer and fasting. The Resolution was adopted on March 3, and signed by Lincoln on March 30, one month before the fast day was observed. By the President of the United States of America. A Proclamation. Whereas, the Senate of the United States, devoutly recognizing the Supreme Authority and just Government of Almighty God, in all the affairs of men and of nations, has, by a resolution, requested the President to designate and set apart a day for National prayer and humiliation. And whereas it is the duty of nations as well as of men, to own their dependence upon the overruling power of God, to confess thei...

D&C 2:1 Behold, I will reveal unto you the Priesthood, by the hand of a Elijah the prophet, before the coming of the great and b dreadful day of the Lord. 2 And a he shall plant in the hearts of the children the b promises made to the fathers, and the hearts of the children shall turn to their fathers. 3 If it were not so, the whole a earth would be utterly wasted at his coming . D&C 138: 46 And a Malachi , the prophet who testified of the coming of b Elijah —of whom also Moroni spake to the Prophet Joseph Smith, declaring that he should come before the ushering in of the great and dreadful c day of the Lord —were also there. 47 The Prophet Elijah was to plant in the a hearts of the children the promises made to their fathers , 48 Foreshadowing the great work to be done in the a temples of the Lord in the b dispensation of the fulness of times, for the redemption of the dead, and the c sealing of the children to their parents, lest the whole earth be smitten with...