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I’d been meaning to bring this book to the attention of this forum for a while. It was published by The Church Historian’s Press (which I think is an arm of the LDS Church). So it’s a church publication. Now I’m not really one for just reading talks. My wife bought the book and I picked it up idly one day. But I was soon absorbed. Eliza R. Snow, Zina Young, Elaine Cannon, Ardeth Kapp are all represented in the volume. Most were women I hadn’t heard of. (One exception is a talk by Alice C. Smith who served on the Relief Society General Board… I knew her personally! She was a wonderful woman!) But I really wanted to mention a talk by Francine Bennion who served on the Young Women General Board back in the 80’s. The title is “A Latter-day Saint Theology of Suffering” and it’s simply one of the best talks on this topic I’ve read or heard. The fact that they are all by women might be the hook but it’s just a very interesting collection of discourses. Period. I agree that this book is excellent… it is also available online! https://www.churchhistorianspress.org/at-the-pulpit/part-4/chapter-43?lang=eng The link above will take you directly to Francine Bennion’s amazing discourse.
Eliza Snow is one of the most underrated people in LDS history. SamBee wrote:
Eliza Snow is one of the most underrated people in LDS history.
Agreed, and that’s something I only recently learned. I think part of the reason we generally only know what little most members know is because they’ve repressed that part of her history because they didn’t want people (especially women) to know how powerful women were in the early church.
I’ll phrase this diplomatically, but I would rather read the works of Eliza Snow than Boyd K. Packer.
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