The Mormon Apocrypha

This Manifesto, published on  June 17, 1933, was the last manifesto released about polygamy. It once again denounces polygamy and those who practice it. A large portion of it is dedicated to discussing the previous manifestos against polygamy.   Official Statement From the First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints The First Presidency have recently received letters making inquiry concerning the position of the Church regarding the contracting of polygamous or plural marriages.  It is evident from these letters, as well as from certain published material—some of it distributed during our last General Conference—that a secret and, according to reputation, an oath-bound organization of misguided individuals is seeking to lead the people to adopt adulterous relations under the guise of a pretended and false polygamous or plural marriage ceremony. While the position of the Church since 1893 has been repeatedly set forth, namely, that polygamous o...

This video is the recording of the first general Conference over the radio. On this recording are multiple sermons from prominent members of the church. Since the talks are so short, I will be transcribing all of them here. I will also transcribe how the program was presented on air, which is something I usually do not do.  ​Church of the Air Broadcast  At 10:50 a. m. Conference proceedings were interrupted to prepare for the Church of the Air broadcast which commenced promptly at 11:00. This program, presented on the Columbia Broadcasting System’s regularly scheduled Church of the Air series, was released by more than seventy important network stations throughout the United States and Canada and was carried by short wave to Europe and other countries. The radio announcer was Richard L. Evans. The program opened with the Choir and congregation joining in the singing of the hymn, “How Firm a Foundation.” ​President David O. Kay Second Counselor in the First Presidency Happiness...

Missionary work has been a part of the church for as long as it has been around. The desire to proclaim the gospel is present within many works of the standard works. During one address, Heber J. Grant discussed those scripture of missionary work and the importance of it. He also talked about what things one needs to do in order to become a great missionary. Alma's Cry for Repentance I will read from the 29th chapter of Alma in the Book of Mormon: "O that I were an angel, and could have the wish of mine heart, that I might go forth and speak with the trump of God, with a voice to shake the earth, and cry repentance unto every people! "Yea, I would declare unto every soul, as with the voice of thunder, repentance and the plan of redemption, that they should repent and come unto our God, that there might not be more sorrow upon all the face of the earth. "But behold, I am a man and do sin in my wish; for I ought to be content with the things which the Lord hath allotte...