Sunday Tidbits—The Common Cup

1.                  In March of 1916, the Murray Ward sent their common cup to the County Physicians Office to be tested and “not less than six contagious diseases” were found in the cup. What did the Murray Ward do when given the results?

a.   Sent a petition to Church headquarters

b.   Would not allow children to sip from the cup

c.   Switched back to using wine

d.   Canceled the water portion of the sacrament

2.                  What accelerated the use of individual cups during the sacrament?

a.                  The 1918 Spanish Influenza outbreak

b.                  Another petition from another ward

c.                   A protest in front of the Church office building by angered members

d.                  The Murray Ward sent the Physician’s result from the cup testing to other wards

3.                  When was the first time individual cups were used in the Church during the sacrament?

a.                  1899

b.                  1919

c.                   1921

d.                  1911

4.                  President Joseph F. Smith felt that the idea of individual cups would be a flop, as too many members remember Joseph Smith saying that the sacrament was to be taken from the common cup. Nevertheless, he pushed the decision to whom?

a.                  The Relief Society, like most wards do

b.                  The individual Bishops

c.                   The Deacons

d.                  The Quorum of the Twelve

Yesterday’s answer

b.   Warmed his shoulders with a stick

The following is from the autobiography of Eunice Warner Snow (Her husband was killed by the natives while living during the early Manti years and so she struggled trying her best to be saint-like and forgive, however, as the following story indicates, may have struggled some with this endeavor):

I had the satisfaction of beating one of them one day. I happened to be home alone and a tall young buck came and stood in the door, It was a warm August day. I motioned to him to go away, but instead of going off, he came in and shut the door, then asked me for some bread. I paid no attention at all but got out of my chair with my baby boy in my arms and opened the door and he asked again for bread. I was mute as before and he got mad and slammed the door shut. I was pretty mad by this time, so I left the door shut, laid my baby on the bed and took a piece of wood that held the window up. His shoulders were bare and I wore that piece of wood out on him. I could speak and understand almost everything he said. He laughed at first when he saw me get a stick. I warmed his shoulders good and told him one of us was going to lose. He tried to get his blanket from around his hips up to his shoulders, but I did not give him time. He squirmed and cried like a baby. I wore the stick out on him and then opened the door and told him to go. He went howling to their tents which were in sight of the fort where we lived. He told Arapeen a pitiful story. Arapeen soon came to see what the matter was and I told him what the fellow had done and he said it had served him right. The Indians always called him squaw after that.

Used with permission from Jim Childs family history