By GuestFebruary 1, 2008
Robin Scott Jensen is employed by the Church Archives and works as an editor on the Joseph Smith Papers Project, working on Joseph Smith’s 1843-1844 journals and JS’s revelations. Robin received a master’s degree in history at BYU, writing his important thesis on early Strangite missions. He is currently pursuing a Masters of Library Science at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He has been published in the John Whitmer Historical Association Journal, BYU Studies, and The Journal of Mormon History. Robin has received many awards for his work, including “Student Researcher of the Year, 2005” for the Joseph Smith Papers.
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By GuestJanuary 27, 2008
Admin: This post is authored by occasional guest blogger and friend to JI, Bored in Vernal.
While doing genealogy work some years ago, I came across an epitaph in a New England cemetery where several of my ancestors are buried. I remember I was somewhat shocked to read:
As you are now, so once was I
As I am now so you will be
Prepare for Death to follow me. [1]
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By GuestJanuary 25, 2008
Admin: This post is authored by occasional guest blogger and friend to JI, Bored in Vernal.
What woman would not want to have earned the title “Elect Lady?” This evocative term was used to describe Emma Hale Smith in a revelation given by the Lord in July 1830. “Thy sins are forgiven thee,” Emma was told, “and thou art an elect lady whom I have called.” The appellation is an interesting one, and may possess shades of meaning beyond simply that Emma was an extraordinary and revered woman. How do the words “elect lady” fit in with her being “called?” Does this phrase have any connection with the ordination promised to her in verse 7? Following are several interpretations which can be made of the words “elect lady:”
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