Volume 16, No. 4
Winter 1983
Contents
Articles/Essays
“Moonbeams From a Larger Lunacy”: Poetry in the Reorganization
Paul EdwardsDialogue 16.4 (Winter 1983): 22–31
This study addresses poetry within the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and defines an RLDS poet as someone who belongs to the RLDS church and who has published poetry in some form or other.
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The 1981 RLDS Hymnal: Songs More Brightly Sung
Karen LynnDialogue 16.4 (Winter 1983): 33–42
About ten years ago the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints decided that its 1956 hymnal was already becoming out of date. An RLDS Hymnal Committee was commissioned to begin work on a new volume, and the result, Hymns of the Saints, was published in 1981. Hymns of the Saints is more than just a revision or reediting of the 1956 hymnal; out of 501 hymns and responses, more than a third are new to this collection.
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Fiction
Feeding the Fox: A Parable
Clifton Holt Jolley“Many religious people are deeply suspicious. They seem—for purely religious purposes, of course—to know more about iniquity than the Unregenerate.” Rudyard Kipling, Witches of the Night When the rabbits built Hilltown, they had a special…
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Notes
Personal Voices
Poetry
Reviews
An RLDS Leader | F. M. Smith: Saint as Reformer 1874-1946 by Larry E. Hunt
Robert D. HutchinsDialogue 16.4 (Winter 1983): 154
Few scholars have studied the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and fewer still have studied its leaders.
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