Saturday, January 10, 2009

Only a stonecutter



I watched this video for the first time today. Here's a brief description about the video:

There are two kinds of people in this world, those who choose to act and those who are acted upon. In 1856 John Rowe Moyle and his family chose to act by leaving their beloved England, crossing the plains with the Ellsworth handcart company to eventually settle in Alpine, Utah. Soon after their arrival John Moyle was called by Brigham Young to work as a stone mason on the Salt Lake Temple. For 20 years he walked the 22 miles to Salt Lake City to chisel his deepest convictions into granite. Even after and accident causes him to lose his leg, John continued his sojourn to the temple site each week until his death. Today his handiwork can be seen on the east side of the Temple and verbalizes the motto of John's life, "Holiness to the Lord."

I learned a lot of things from this video. It put a lot of things in perspective for me, especially with serving my calling. Definitely check out this video. I will be purchasing this video and adding it to our video collection. Very inspiring.

Here's a clip from the DVD:

3 comments:

IONGI FAMILY said...

WOW THAT'S AWESOME!!!SO CAN I BORROW THE VIDEO FOR FHE LOOKS LIKE A GOOD ONE

Sinai said...

I haven't bought the dvd yet, but planning on it when I get back. It's not a long movie - it's like 14-18 minutes long, but the message is powerful!

Rasmussen Forever said...

That's so cool. I've seen this video on shelves at Deseret Book, I'm going to get it. Thanks!