We
live in a day when big appears to be better. Pro sports team look on the
stature of an athlete, but may not factor in the size of the heart. We prefer
heaping plates of food, but want a slim figure. Finally, the press wants to be
“fair and balanced,” but love the sensational stories even if it means
“doctoring” up those stories. In Joseph Smith’s day, the press wasn’t quite so
concerned at the fair and balanced, they just loved to sensationalize. What did
one Ohio newspaper report was the end result of Zion’s Camp?
a. The
Saints eviction of the Jackson County populace
b. Joseph
Smith’s death
c. Zion’s
camp storming the Missouri state capital and holding all politicians hostage
d. Zion’s
camp got lost and couldn’t find Jackson County
Records of a meeting of the high council on September 14, 1835, indicate that “it was further decided that Sister Emma Smith proceed to make a selection of Sacred Hymns, according to the revelation; and that President W. W. Phelps be appointed to revise and arrange them for printing.”
Many of the
hymns selected were printed in the Evening
and Morning Star and in the Messenger
and Advocate. The hymnal, which was completed in February 1836, measured
three inches by four inches. There was no musical score; hymns were sung to
various tunes, and congregations sometimes used different tunes of the same
hymns
Joseph
Smith’s Kirtland, Karl Ricks Anderson (Salt Lake City:
Deseret Book Company, 1989), 124.
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