The Mormon Apocrypha

Windows of Heaven (1979 revision) uploaded by Hard-to-find Mormon Videos On a visit to the St George Tabernacle a few months ago, one of the guides told me how over a hundred years ago, in 1899, in the tabernacle, Lerenzo Snow gave a revelation to the members of the Church in St George to pay tithing. If they did, the land would receive the rain it so desperately needed. The members in St George followed his counsel and soon, the rains came down upon the town. Snow went to other towns and cities after this to preach of tithing. Below are the words he said on that fateful day in St George, published in the Millennial Star. The Saint George Tabernacle, where Lorenzo Snow delivered his sermon on Tithing Brethren, sisters and friends, I wish to read to you this afternoon what occurred in the Temple of the Lord at Kirtland about sixty-three years ago. I was intimately acquainted with the parties concerned. It is a vision manifested to Joseph, the Seer, and Oliver Cowdery, in the Kirtland Te...

Charles E. Rowan jr. with his wife Irene Noble in Texas ca. 1931 Working on this blog, I come across some interesting people in church history. Charles E. Rowan Jr was one of those interesting people. Rowan was born on October 18, 1885, in Coyote (Now known as Antimony) Utah to Charles E. Rowan Sr and Delilah King Rowan. He was sent to spread the gospel to the southern states in 1903 to 1905. A few years after his mission, in 1913, he married Irene Noble at the age of 27 and had eight children with her. He was called to be president of the Texas mission on January 8, 1935, and was released on March 23, 1935. He passed away on May 5 1963 in Pheniox Arizona and was buried in the Provo City Cemetery in Provo Utah. Charles Rowan Jr Tombstone I have shared a previous talk of his, where he shares a story with an elderly woman embracing the gospel. I wanted to share another talk of his, where he shares another story, this one about a man in need of medical attention. Elder Charles E. Rowan J...

  To temporarily close off this look at Orson F. Whitney's work, I wanted to share one of his sermons found in the twenty sixth volume in the Journal of Discourses. The sermon was delivered at the tabernacle in Salt Lake City, Utah on June 21, 1885, while he was a bishop, and discusses the nature John the Revelator. Having been called upon, my brethren and sisters and friends, to address you this afternoon, I feel as though I would like to read a portion of the word of God. I will therefore read to you a part of the 14th chapter of the Book of Revelation, from the Bible known as King James’ translation. “And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him a hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father’s name written in their foreheads. “And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps: “And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before th...

Doctrine and Covenants 91:1-6 1  Verily, thus saith the Lord unto you concerning the Apocrypha—There are many things contained therein that are true, and it is mostly translated correctly.  2  There are many things contained therein that are not true, which are interpolations by the hands of men.  3  Verily, I say unto you, that it is not needful that the Apocrypha should be translated.  4  Therefore, whoso readeth it, let him understand, for the Spirit manifesteth truth;  5  And whoso is enlightened by the Spirit shall obtain benefit therefrom;  6  And whoso receiveth not by the Spirit, cannot be benefited. Therefore, it is not needful that it should be translated. Amen. The Deuterocanon is arguably the most famous "Apocrypha" of them all. The word Apocrypha originally exists to describe them. I felt it was only a matter of time I would make a post on it. But I did not feel up to the task, so I asked the De...