The Mormon Apocrypha

  Parley P. Pratt was one of the most important characters in early Mormonism. His missionary and literary work contributed a lot to the early days of the church. In between all that, he wrote "A Dialogue between Joseph Smith and the Devil", a satirical piece making fun of the Christian churches at the time. Hope you have a laugh while reading this humorous piece. (Enter Devil with a bundle of hand bills, which he is in the act of pasting up) WANTED IMMEDIATELY! All the liars, swindlers, thieves, robbers, incendiaries, murderers, cheats, adulterers, harlots, blackguards, gamblers, bogus makers, idlers, busy bodies, pickpockets, vagabonds, filthy persons, and all other infidels and rebellious, disorderly persons, for a crusade against Joe Smith and the Mormons! Be quick, be quick, I say or our cause will be ruined and our kingdom overthrown by the d----d fool of an imposter and his associates, for even now all earth and hell is [sic] in a stew. Joseph Smith happens to be passi...

Mainline Christian Churches have always been fighting again the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints from its foundation to the present day. They believe that due to the LDS Churches beliefs it cannot be considered a Christian Church. Here is a sermon delivered in April 1926 by Anthony W. Ivins about why the LDS Church is a Christian One. President Anthony W. Ivins I sincerely desire, my brethren and sisters, during the few moments of time that I may occupy, that I may have the benefit of your faith, exercised in my behalf. I appreciate fully the responsibility which I assume, as I stand here professing to teach the doctrines of our Lord, Jesus Christ. The Advice of Gamaliel The scripture which I am about to read I have often quoted before, but it appears so appropriate to the subject which I desire briefly to discuss that it will bear repetition. The apostles who had been chosen by our Lord had been imprisoned by those who were opposed to the doctrines which they taught, and ha...

It has been a while since I did a Dedicatory Prayer. They are nice and simple and always great to read. Presented here is the dedicatory prayer for the Las Vegas Temple. Las Vegas Nevada Temple Dedicatory Prayer Dedicated 16–18 December 1989 by Gordon B. Hinckley O God our Eternal Father, Almighty Judge of the nations, we thy thankful children solemnly bow before thee in a prayer of dedication. We are gathered in thy holy house to present it unto thee and unto thy Beloved Son, our Redeemer. We lift our voices in gratitude for thy manifold blessings. Thou hast favored us with life in this glorious dispensation of time. Thou hast granted us citizenship in this good land. Above all, thou hast blessed us with the truths of thine everlasting gospel and the authority of thine eternal priesthood. We thank thee for the Prophet Joseph Smith, an instrument in thy hand in bringing to pass this great work of restoration in preparation for the time when thy Son shall come to reign as King of kings ...

Not all passages in the Journal of discourses were sermons. Located in the fourteenth volume was a story about how while in Nauvoo, Brigham Young outsmarted a government official.   I do not profess to be much of a joker, but I do think this to be one of the best jokes ever perpetrated. By the time we were at work in the Nauvoo Temple, officiating in the ordinances, the mob had learned that "Mormonism" was not dead, as they had supposed. We had completed the walls of the Temple, and the attic story from about halfway up of the first windows, in about fifteen months. It went up like magic, and we commenced officiating in the ordinances. Then the mob commenced to hunt for other victims; they had already killed the Prophets Joseph and Hyrum in Carthage jail, while under the pledge of the State for their safety, and now they wanted Brigham, the President of the Twelve Apostles, who were then acting as the Presidency of the Church. I was in my room in the Temple; it was in the sou...

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...