Teachings of Lorenzo Snow
In 2013, adult priesthood and Relief Society classes will study the book Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Lorenzo Snow. The January issue of the Ensign and Liahona magazines has an article "Pickles, Turnips, and Testimony: Inspiration from the Life and Teachings of Lorenzo Snow" to help us come to understand a little better the [...] Ref. Source 2
Teachings Of Lorenzo Snow (Hover)
I quickly checked the manual and it was nice to see the addition of stating President Snow practiced plural marriage and I saw they mentioned two of his wives. There was a lot of criticism when they printed the Brigham Young manual because some people felt the Church was trying to make him sound monogamous.
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Title: Teachings of L. Snow
Comments: When you consider how much the Church suffered for so many years for our belief in plural marriage, it is understandable why some people hesitate to bring it up. The burnt child fears the stove.
I saw the manual before anyone did and I could tell that Church correlation worked hard in order to fix the problem they had in the past about this same topic. Unfortunately, plural marriage is seen by some members as something dirty and sinful because they cannot understand the wonderful blessings from this ancient practice. Their minds are filthy with what society teaches them instead to understand and see the bigger picture. Lorenzo Snow had more than 2 wives and if I am not mistaken, he fathered his last child when he was in his 80's!
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Title: Teachings of L. Snow
Comments: I think you're right, [Liahona]. I think that one of the biggest problems people have is allowing themselves to be influenced by the doctrines and philosophies of men as opposed to the scriptures and teachings of the modern prophets.