tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124005887526469944.post6812584678366614084..comments2024-03-24T14:11:11.327-07:00Comments on Truth Will Prevail: Mormon Book Bits #12: Matthew Cowley, Matthew Cowley SpeaksUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124005887526469944.post-5500502182443439652016-06-08T09:29:34.929-07:002016-06-08T09:29:34.929-07:00For those interested in learning more about Elder ...For those interested in learning more about Elder Matthias Cowley, from his son's point of view, Elder Rudd compiled a book called "Tender Mercies" which he has given out to many many friends and associates, and in which he records the stories about Matthias that Matthew told him when a young man. Some of the material talks about the plural marriage difficulities, but much of it talks about other interesting items as well. It also talks a lot about Matthew. This is one of the finest and most faith-promoting booklets I have ever read. It is the kind of thing that one wishes were available to the entire church in these times of doubt being a fad.Dennis Hornenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124005887526469944.post-35625646790960183982016-06-07T23:00:28.015-07:002016-06-07T23:00:28.015-07:00@ BS a couple of the talks in the book were edited...@ BS a couple of the talks in the book were edited/shortened to remove references to Cowley's father Matthias Cowley who had been removed from the 12 in 1906 over his continued support of polygamy. The talk that was the most effected was called "Put Your Hand into the Hand of God." In the full version of the talk he describes how his father never lost his faith after being disciplined by the Church. The edited version cuts the story out.<br /><br />Early versions of the book are orangeish with a blue dust jacket, the edited versions have a brownish dust jacket. The full, unedited talk is actually available on the BYU devotional speeches website as an mp3andrew hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14700671906889869427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124005887526469944.post-447753064570268322016-06-07T16:41:57.721-07:002016-06-07T16:41:57.721-07:00“I was reared in a very unusual home. Because of ...“I was reared in a very unusual home. Because of certain conditions which arose…my father was released from the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. He was not disfellowshipped; he was not excommunicated; but he had to hold his priesthood in abeyance for a number of years until the First Presidency again gave him the green light to go ahead. I suppose he was officially inactive for some 27 or 28 years. At the beginning of that period his children were mostly young. I was just 7 or 8 years of age. He could not officiate in the priesthood in any way. But they couldn’t stop him from being the patriarch of his own family—from presiding in his own home. I wouldn’t be here today…if it had not been for the integrity and the devotion and the loyalty of my father, to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. During those years of inactivity, he kept his sons on missions for 25 years.” (“Put Your Hand into the Hand of God,” BYU Speeches, Oct. 20, 1953; the above quotation is a transcription of the audio recording, and is not included in the published version of this talk as found in Matthew Cowley Speaks [Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1954], 295-300.) Dennis Hornenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124005887526469944.post-16686305294143088672016-06-07T12:21:38.475-07:002016-06-07T12:21:38.475-07:00Could you cite the changes made, Dennis?Could you cite the changes made, Dennis?BShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02195593764959928981noreply@blogger.com