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Instead of focusing on the perpetuity of life, LDS death poems often depicted departed souls as being at rest or simply asleep. Others cited LDS doctrine as a source of hope. Some authors expressed terrible pain or even the desire to join their loved ones in death. [13]
[31]: 27–30 To remember the deceased, the Latter-day Saints made death masks [35] and canes from the wood of coffins. [36] They also kept locks of the person's hair. [35] LDS women wrote death poetry to express their thoughts and feelings, and many such poems were published in periodicals such as the Woman's Exponent. [33]
She also wrote One On The Seesaw, a lighthearted book about raising a family as a single parent. Early in her career she published poetry and essays in various venues. Her plays Pegora the Witch and Think Your Way to a Million won statewide contests in Utah; a third, Martyr-in-Waiting, was published by the LDS Church's Mutual Improvement ...
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Top LDS leaders in the 1800s seemed to accept the idea of a Heavenly Father and Mother pairing as common sense. [11]: 80 [12] According to one sermon by Brigham Young, Smith once said he "would not worship a God who had not a father; and I do not know that he would if he had not a mother; the one would be as absurd as the other."
In the 2011 LDS Beliefs: A Doctrinal Reference published by the church, the section on suicide called it "self-murder" and stated that, "modern prophets and apostles have likewise spoken clearly about the seriousness of murder, including self-murder and the severity of consequences associated therewith." It also says "Because we do not ...
One of these, "Lord I Would Follow Thee," has also been recorded by the Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square. [5] Lines from this hymn have been quoted in essays by church leaders, [ 6 ] and it has even been called "one of the best-loved songs in the LDS Church" [ 7 ] McCloud wrote her other hymn, "As Zion's Youth in Latter Days," with the goal of ...
Eliza Roxey Snow (January 21, 1804 – December 5, 1887) was one of the most celebrated Latter-day Saint women of the nineteenth century. [4] Greatly respected within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints, she was a poet, chronicled history, celebrated nature and relationships, and expounded scripture and doctrine.