“Church History Cards,” Friend, June 2021
Church History Cards
Cut out the cards, fold on the dotted line, and tape them closed.
Marie Cardon
1834–1914
“God was with me.”
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As a girl, she had a dream about missionaries teaching her family in Italy.
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When she was a teenager, missionaries taught her family and baptized them.
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One day when the missionaries were there, an angry mob came. Marie bravely held up her Bible and told them to leave. And they did!
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She and her family sailed across the ocean and crossed the plains to be with the Saints.
Anthon Lund
1844–1921
“The Lord has indeed blessed me.”
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He was born in Denmark and raised by his grandmother.
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Missionaries taught him the gospel. He was baptized at age 12.
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He traveled to Utah to be with the Saints. Later, he was a mission president back in Europe.
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He served as an Apostle and as a member of the First Presidency.
Illustrations by Brooke Smart