“The Rollins Sisters Save the Day!” Friend, June 2021
Scripture Stories
The Rollins Sisters Save the Day!
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two men printing scripture pages
Jesus Christ told the Prophet Joseph Smith many important things to help us. The Church set up a printing press to print Jesus’s words. That way people would be able to read them.
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scripture pages being thrown on street
One day, a group of angry men came. They destroyed the printing press. They threw the pages of the scriptures out into the street.
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two girls holding scripture pages
Two sisters named Mary Elizabeth and Caroline Rollins saw what happened. They ran and gathered the pages in their arms.
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girls hiding in cornfield
The girls hid in a cornfield until the men left. They had saved the scriptures! Those scriptures later became part of the Doctrine and Covenants.
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child and grandma reading scriptures on bus
I can read the scriptures. I can be brave and stand up for what I believe.
Illustrations by Apryl Stott