Tagged with "LDS History"
Relationships between the ancient Israelite temple and the modern endowment
MR says: Great illustrations of what temple worship was like anciently, and correlations to today. Professor William J. Hamblin has offered some good starting points in considering the relationship between the ancient Israelite temple ritual and the modern day LDS temple endowment. It is from this vantage...
Deporting "Undesirables"
On April 23, 1914, five Latter-day Saint elders arrived at the port of Table Bay, South Africa, to begin service as missionaries in that country. Before they had actually set foot on the docks, government officials boarded the ship to examine the passengers. Upon learning of their presence, the...
Information on the History of LDS Relief Society
MR says: Links to some great resources here. There’s a great (unofficial) site called LDS Women of God that explores much of the history of the Relief Society. We’ve had people searching our site for information on the history of the Relief Society, so we thought this would be a good resource to share....
You Have Been Listening to the Sunday Evening Broadcast: History of LDS Hymns
Radio Program Presented Sunday, Jan. 4, 1934 Announcer: As we near the close of another Sabbath, we bring you again the radio service of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the seventh of a series presenting the hymns of the “Mormon” people. Tonight’s broadcast comes from...
Orrilla Northway Rose Higley: “If You Should Have a Chance to Hear a Mormon Elder Preach”
Orrilla Northway was born 13 June 1795 at Granby, Connecticut. She married Josephus Rose of Granville, Massachusetts, and had at least one child, Samuel. After Josephus’s early death, she married Lyman Higley of Simsbury, Connecticut, on 7 January 1825. Their five children were Harriet, Oliver,...
The roles of Eliza R. Snow
"We believe in Joseph Smith, the Book of Mormon and Eliza R. Snow." This motto was given in direction to Primary teachers at the end of the 19th century. "Children were taught to honor Joseph Smith, Eliza R. Snow and the Holy Priesthood. That gives you a sense of the esteem in which that...
Mormon proselytizing in Europe started early
The preaching and proselytizing of the Mormon faith in central and eastern Europe has not been an inaugural endeavor in recent decades. In fact, the presence of leaders and missionaries of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints dates back nearly 170 years ago, when Orson Hyde of the...
Mormon Kid Art, 1919
The Church’s children’s magazines have frequently encouraged children to send in their artwork, poems, and short stories for publication in a special contributors’ section. In 1919, that section of the Juvenile Instructor was called “The Children’s Budget Box.” (One old-fashioned...
“The Gushing Rill”
BCC’s sidebar links to this report of a clinical study providing scientific evidence for something most of us have heard before: drinking water — plain, pure water — before meals helps you eat less, probably by filling your stomach and helping you feel fuller faster, or at least by reducing...
Remembering, recording: 4 women profiled in history lecture
MR says: Some really inspiring examples of strong faithful women. Highlighting the lives of four Latter-day Saint women from different time periods in Church history, Christine Cox told a gathering at the Church History Library in Salt Lake City that there can be various ways of remembering and recording the...
Eliza R. Snow
Eliza R. Snow. How many members of the church today recognize the name? More importantly, how many women in the church today know of Eliza R. Snow? More than ever, women in the church today need great and good role models, and Snow certainly stands out as the pre-eminent LDS woman in 19th century...
Oliver Cowdery’s Last Testimony
On 20 May 1848, Samuel Whitney Richards and his brother, Franklin Dewey Richards, arrived at Winter Quarters, Nebraska after nearly two years spent on missions in England and Scotland. Franklin and his wife, Jane Snyder, were able to join Uncle Willard Richards’s company about to leave for Utah...
President David O. McKay had global reach
David O. McKay, the ninth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, had a full life — 96 years long — that was chronicled extensively in the Deseret News. As an apostle in 1930, then-Elder McKay's strong educational talents were highlighted. "He received his early...
What Is Our Required Sacrifice?
My ancestors were part of the mass exodus that came from Illinois across the plains to settle in Utah, the desolate desert. My Great-Great-Grandfather lost not only his wife, but his oldest daughter. His daughter died first, and they buried her near the Sweetwater River-- a little over one-hundred...
Early Mormon grudge against President Van Buren lasted a long time
Mormons believe that the higher level of salvation, or exaltation, a person earns after their time on Earth determines the extent of their power and responsibilities throughout eternity. Temple ceremonies on earth are connected to the Mormon view of the hereafter. As can be expected, energetic...
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