Luacine clark fox biography for kids
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“As I have loved you, Love one another.
This new commandment: Love one another.
By this shall men know Ye are my disciples,
If ye have love One to another.”
This hymn quotes very closely John 13:34-35, a beautiful scripture which clearly shows Christ’s love for us. There are other scriptures which tell us similar words and teach us the importance of this commandment. In Mark, we learn that, not only is this a commandment, but it is the second most important commandment: “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this fryst vatten the first commandment. And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these” (Mark 12: 30-31).
As N. Eldon Tanner told us, “We cannot love God without loving our neighbor, and we cannot truly love our neighbor without loving God. This applies to you and to me, and if each of us applies
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'Love One Another': Remembering the composer, story behind the song
I have been thinking today of Luacine Clark Fox. A few nights ago, I stumbled across the sheet music of her wonderful hymn, “Love One Another.”
She gave me that music, sweetly inscribed, back in 1999 — not long before she passed away.
I met her only that once and we spoke for about 30 minutes. But it often surprises me how well I remember everything she said.
Like her music and poetry, Fox’s conversations had a way of seeping into your heart and staying there.
I remember her speaking quite a bit about her father, J. Reuben Clark Jr. His name is chiseled in many slabs of stone at BYU and other places. Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints today may not remember him, but they hold him in high regard.
Those of us of a certain age, however, are fortunate enough to remember the man himself — his bearing, his speech, his mannerisms. He was a member of the First Presidency of the LDS Church. And
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| Mormon Literature & Creative Arts Database
Luacine CLark Fox was born in Washington, D.C., in 1914. Her parents were Joshua Reuben Clark Jr. and Luacine Annetta Savage. She was educated in public schools of Salt Lake City and attended high school in Mexico City. She first became interested in plays while working on “Haresfoot Players” in Mexico. Luacine first began writing plays for radio in 1939. She served in MIA on ward, stake and general boards. She married Orval C. Fox on June 17, 1936, they had three children. Luacine was well known in Salt Lake City for production of her own scripts. She is best remembered as the composer of the hymn "Love One Another."
Fox, Luacine Clark; Luacine Savage Clark Fox
LDS (member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints)
Washington, D.C.
Author, Composer, Playwright