Journal of Mormon History Volume 38 Issue 4 Article 1 9-27-2012 Journal of Mormon History Vol. 38, No. 4, Fall 2012 Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/mormonhistory Part of the Religion Commons Recommended Citation Journal of Mormon History, Vol 38, Fall 2012: Iss. 4. This Full Issue is brought to you for free and open access by the Journals at DigitalCommons@USU. It has been accepted for inclusion in Journal of Mormon History by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@USU. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Journal of Mormon History Vol. 38, No. 4, Fall 2012 Table of Contents CONTENTS LETTERS --Presidential Billiards Revisited William P. MacKinnon, vii --Conclusions Unwarranted Polly Aird and Gary Topping, x --Augusta Young and Priesthood Jonathan A. Stapley, x --Willard Richards Devery S. Anderson, xii --Dinger Responds John Dinger, xv --A Response to Robin Jensen Gary James Bergera, xix --Jensen versus Kline and Perdue Ron Priddis, xx --Disappointed by Review Joseph Geisner, xxiii --The Future of Mormon Documentary Editing Robin Scott Jensen, xxiv --Timely Reminder Tom Kimball, xxviii --Corrections, XXIX ARTICLES --Between Two Economies: The Business Development of the Young Woman’s Journal, 1889–1900 Lisa Olsen Tait, 1 --“As Bad as I Hated to Come”: Lucy Hannah White Flake in Arizona David F. Boone, 55 --The Lord’s Supper during the Progressive Era, 1890–1930 Justin R. Bray, 88 --“A Continuation of the Seeds”: Joseph Smith and Spirit Birth Brian C. Hales, 105 --The Book of the Law of the Lord Alex D. Smith, 131 --Ox in the Mire? The Legal and Cultural War over Utah’s Sunday Closing Laws Timothy G. Merrill and Brian Q. Cannon, 164 --Setting the Record Straight: Brigham Young’s Baptism Date H. Michael Marquardt, 195 --“Does Not Purport to Comprehend All Matters of Church Government”: The LDS General Handbook of Instructions, 1899–2006 Michael Harold Paulos, 200 --Solomon Spaulding’s Indians, Or What the Manuscript Really Tells Us Adam Jortner, 226 REVIEWS --Tom Mould. Still, the Small Voice: Narrative, Personal Revelation, and the Mormon Folk Tradition Jill Terry Rudy, 248 --Edward L. Kimball. Father of a Prophet: Andrew Kimball Joann Follett Mortensen, 253 This full issue is available in Journal of Mormon History: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/mormonhistory/vol38/iss4/ 1 JOURNAL OF MORMON HISTORY FALL 2012 Cover illustration: Two men lift the public drinking cups, attached to the foun- tain by chains, on Temple Square in Salt Lake City, ca. 1894. Photograph by Charles R. Savage, Courtesy L. Tom Perry Special Collections, (PH 500 13 2), Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young Universty, Provo, Utah. 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Stapley x Willard Richards Devery S. Anderson xii Dinger Responds John Dinger xv A Response to Robin Jensen Gary James Bergera xix Jensen versus Kline and Perdue Ron Priddis xx Disappointed by Review Joseph Geisner xxiii The Future of Mormon Documentary Editing Robin Scott Jensen xxiv Timely Reminder Tom Kimball xxviii Corrections XXIX iv CONTENTS v ARTICLES Between Two Economies: The Business Development of the Young Woman’s Journal, 1889–1900 Lisa Olsen Tait 1 “As Bad as I Hated to Come”: Lucy Hannah White Flake in Arizona David F. Boone 55 The Lord’s Supper during the Progressive Era, 1890–1930 Justin R. Bray 88 “A Continuation of the Seeds”: Joseph Smith and Spirit Birth Brian C. Hales 105 The Book of the Law of the Lord Alex D. Smith 131 Ox in the Mire? The Legal and Cultural War over Utah’s Sunday Closing Laws Timothy G. Merrill and Brian Q. Cannon 164 Setting the Record Straight: Brigham Young’s Baptism Date H. Michael Marquardt 195 “Does Not Purport to Comprehend All Matters of Church Government”: The LDS General Handbook of Instructions, 1899–2006 Michael Harold Paulos 200 Solomon Spaulding’s Indians, Or What the Manuscript Really Tells Us Adam Jortner 226 vi The Journal of Mormon History REVIEWS Tom Mould. Still, the Small Voice: Narrative, Personal Revelation, and the Mormon Folk Tradition Jill Terry Rudy 248 Edward L. Kimball. Father of a Prophet: Andrew Kimball Joann Follett Mortensen 252 LETTERS Presidential Billiards Revisited trolled f low of tens of thousands of such American refugees into the rev- In my MHA presidential address (“‘Not As a Stranger’: A Presbyterian olutionary turmoil of northern Mex- Afoot in the Mormon Past,” 38, no. 2 ico, the United States would move to [Spring 2012]: 1–46) I described what annex the region as it had done a de- I called “an expansionist billiards cade earlier with Texas. Once in Mex- game” (33) in which President James ico, Buchanan envisioned bringing Buchanan schemed during early pressure to bear on a nearly bankrupt 1858 to acquire the Spanish colony of Spain to