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Wilford Woodruff: A House Built upon a Rock of Faith
By Jordan Woodruff Clements
One of the great challenges of our age is for members to remain committed to their covenants, notwithstanding opposition and adversity. As a leader among young adults for many years, I have observed some members conclude that because of challenges in their lives, God’s plan and promises don’t work. The life of Wilford Woodruff provides overwhelming evidence to the contrary.
His life was filled with adversity, especially during those periods immediately prior to leading great advances in the growth of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. His life stands as a witness to the blessings that come to the “wise man, which buil[ds] his house upon a rock” of faith in Jesus Christ.
Most members of the Church know about Wilford Woodruff’s remarkable mission in England in 1840 and 1841 that led to the baptisms of almost two thousand people. The descendants of those converts number in the hundreds of thousands today. What is sometimes overlooked is that the eighteen months preceding Wilford’s remarkable harvest of souls, particularly at Benbow Farm, were filled with extreme adversity, commencing shortly after ...
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