1.
At the turn of the twentieth century, how many different hymn
books were being used by the Church?
a.
1
b.
2
c.
3
d.
4
2.
Joel H. Johnson is credited with the words to the ever popular
“High on a Mountain Top.” He wrote these words while performing his Church
calling. What was his calling in the Church?
a.
Lumber cutter
b.
Tithing collector
c.
Mountain climber
d.
Tithing yard worker
Yesterday’s
answer:
a.
Pretended to be the Colonel and obtained a meal from an area
farmer
The
following from the journal of Zadoc Kapp Judd while serving with the Mormon
Battalion:
One day one of the boys rather an eccentric character, had procured an odd kind of hat with a feather in it, similar to an officer's uniform. He went ahead of the company several miles and about noon called at a farm house and asked for his dinner, stating he was the colonel of the Mormon Battalion.
Of course he was given his dinner and the farmer thought himself quite highly honored to have such a guest. When the company came to the farm house quite a number of the boys stopped for a drink of water. The man was telling them that our colonel had stopped there and got his dinner. Some of the boys inquired how he looked and what kind of a man he was and from the description given the boys recognized the comrade with a feather in his hat, and had a hearty laugh about it.
After the company had camped for the night the man with a feather in his hat came walking back into camp. The boys saw him coming and knowing what he had done, began to hail him and holler: "Here comes the colonel." The news soon spread through the entire camp and so much yelling and cheering brought the Colonel Allen from his quarters to enquire what was the matter. On being told the circumstance he also had a hearty laugh over it.
Autobiography of Zadoc Knapp Judd
(1827-1907), Typescript, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University; http://www.boap.org/LDS/Early-Saints/ZJudd.html
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