a poor wayfaring man of grief
“A Poor Wayfaring Man of Grief” was the favorite hymn of Joseph Smith, Jr. The hymn was introduced to the LDS movement by Apostle John Taylor, who learned the hymn in 1840 as a missionary in England. On the afternoon that Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrum were killed by a mob in prison in Carthage, Illinois, on June 27, 1844 (165 years ago) the Smiths had … Read more
father, forgive them
In comments I got from publishing my last article zion cannot be built up, I was slightly frustrated at the suggestion that Jesus was/is a soldier. Even if it is just a ‘spiritual soldier’ or ‘spiritual warrior’, I just found it very upsetting – just the thought of it made me very sick. The way … Read more
seek to persuade all
seek to persuade all to become latter day satyagrahis The Apostle Dallin H. Oaks, the first among the twelve apostles to have served full-time in the Philippines, when reporting back to the global Church in one of his Conference addresses contrasts the Lord’s way with the world’s way, or in his own words, the culture … Read more
