115 years ago today - Sep 19, 1899; Tuesday

[First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve minutes] ...The matter of printing, for Sunday School purposes, the Lord's prayer as proposed at the Council of the First Presidency and the Apostles, held on the third day of last August, was brought up and considered by Presidents Snow and Cannon with Brothers Anthon H. Lund, Rudger Clawson and Heber J. Grant. The question considered was, which version of the prayer should be used, the one given by the Prophet Joseph Smith, or the one contained in St. Matthew's Gospel, the Council having postponed consideration of the matter, owing to the absence of President Cannon, whose opinion, as General Superintendent of the Deseret Sunday School Union, President Snow wished to have, before the question was decided. President Cannon now stated that while he favored the Prophet Joseph's version, from the sound point of doctrine, he thought it better to adhere to the scriptural version in the Sunday schools, for the reason that this version appears in the Book of Mormon, and if the new version were adopted, questions might arise that would be confusing to the minds of the children. If the Scriptural version were used, proper explanation could be made, and the wisdom of the Prophet's rendering of the prayer would be appreciated upon comparison. President Snow acquiesced.

[Source: First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve minutes]

2 comments:

  1. "the wisdom of the Prophet's rendering"

    Not hardly. In truth it was the disobedience and foolishness of Joseph Smith - the unauthorized tampering of the King James Bible - a rendering NOT commanded by the Lord.

    The JST in reality stands for the "Joseph Smith TAMPERING".

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  2. "this version appears in the Book of Mormon"

    And it very well should!

    Wherefore murmur ye, because that ye shall receive more of my word? Know ye not that the testimony of two nations is a witness unto you that I am God, that I remember one nation like unto another? Wherefore, I speak the same words unto one nation like unto another. And when the two nations shall run together the testimony of the two nations shall run together also. (2 Nephi 29:8).

    God does not speak double-talk, i.e., with a forked tongue. He talks straight as the American Indians always say.

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