History has always been replete with controversial questions–and perhaps always will be. Oftimes these questions afford interesting subjects for discussion. This appears to be especially true in so-called “Mormon History.”
One question which has provoked considerable discussion is: Who authored the beautiful and well-known hymn, “Praise to the Man”
Some things that are true are not very useful. Boyd K Packer
Why would anyone in The Church want to know the truth of who wrote this song? Eliza R. Snow Smith already has enough fame from the hymn O'My Father as well as having had Emma Smith push her down a flight of stairs.
For some odd reason the author of this hymn was changed. A Revelation maybe?
“If paying tithing means that you can’t pay for water or electricity, pay tithing. If paying tithing means that you can’t pay your rent, pay tithing. Even if paying tithing means that you don’t have enough money to feed your family, pay tithing." Ensign/2012/12
It is quite apparent that some employee erred and his mistake has been carried down through the years...
Whether seen through a typographical error or a list of health suggestions gone holy, we Mormons are a very traditional people.
[#img] http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... dbible.jpg[˛/img] (- Whenever a poet or preacher, chief or wizard spouts gibberish, the human race spends centuries deciphering the message. - Umberto Eco) Seems familiar?
by the way In our extended family we have an old lady - otherwise a loveable person - who develops every illness every time she reads something about. Then she romances volumes about the symptoms.
She will die of a printer's error.
- Whenever a poet or preacher, chief or wizard spouts gibberish, the human race spends centuries deciphering the message. - Umberto Eco - To assert that the earth revolves around the sun is as erroneous as to claim that Jesus was not born of a virgin. - Cardinal Bellarmine at the trial of Galilei
