DIALOGUE BOARD OF EDITORS DAVIS BITTON, History, University of Utah LESTER BUSH, JR., Medicine and History, Washington, D.C. JAMES CLAYTON, History, University of Utah ELIZABETH FLETCHER CROOK, Foreign Relations, Alexandria, Virginia JAMES FARMER, Science, Brigham Young University KATHRYN HANSEN SHIRTS, Religion, Harvard Divinity School BRUCE W. JORGENSEN, Literature, Brigham Young University JAN SHIPPS, History, Indiana University LAUREL THATCHER ULRICH, Literature, Durham, New Hampshire EDITORIAL STAFF EDITOR ROBERTA. REES ASSOCIATE EDITORS FRAN ANDERSEN, Los Angeles, California MARY L. BRADFORD, Arlington, Virginia EDWARD GEARY, Provo, Utah MAUREEN DERRICK KEELER, Los Angeles, California GORDON C. THOMASSON, Ithaca, New York BOOK REVIEW EDITOR: Edward Geary, Brigham Young University AMONG THE MORMONS EDITOR: Ralph Hansen, Stanford University ART EDITORS: Gary Collins, Salt Lake City; David Willardson, Los Angeles ASSISTANT EDITORS: Gary P. Gillum, Luana Gilstrap, Kay Linebeck, Frederick G. Williams, Dennis Youkstetter BUSINESS MANAGER: Thomas M. Andersen MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT: Richard F. Mittleman ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY: Linda Smithana DIALOGUE: A Journal of Mormon Thought is an independent national quarterly established to express Mormon culture and examine the relevance of religion to secular life. It is edited by Latter-day Saints who wish to bring their faith into dialogue with human experience as a whole and to foster artistic and scholarly achievement based on their cultural heritage. The Journal encourages a variety of viewpoints; although every effort is made to insure accurate scholarship and responsible judgment, the views expressed are those of the individual authors and are not necessarily those of the Mormon Church or of the editors. CONTENTS ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 4 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 5 MUSIC AND WORSHIP IN THE RESTORED CHURCH Edited by Walter Whipple and Rowan Taylor THE POSSIBILITIES OF WORSHIP David L.Egli 12 THOUGHTS ON MUSIC AND WORSHIP Vereena Ursenbach Hatch 18 COME INTO HIS PRESENCE WITH SINGING Bruce W. Jorgensen 21 CHORAL MUSIC IN THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS: SOME OBSERVATIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS Ralph Woodward 26 THE ROLE OF M U S I C IN THE REORGANIZED CHURCH Harold Neal 30 THE ORGAN AND MORMON CHURCH MUSIC 34 THE BIRTH OF MORMON HYMNODY Newell B. Weight 40 OUR LDS HYMN TEXTS: A LOOK AT THE PAST, SOME THOUGHTS FOR THE FUTURE Karen Lynn 44 THE LDS HYMNAL: VIEWS ON FOREIGN EDITIONS THE SPANISH HYMNAL Norberto Guinaldo 49 THE FRENCH HYMNAL Raymond C. Gobin 51 THE JAPANESE HYMNAL Weldon Whipple 53 THE GERMAN HYMNAL Walter Whipple 54 THE FUTURE OF MUSIC IN THE CHURCH : A CONVERSATION WITH REID NIBLEY AND NORBERTO GUINALDO 57 APOSTLE EXTRAORDINARY: HUGH B. BROWN (1883-1975) Richard D. Poll 68 POETRY THREE FOOT SHALLOWS DROWNER Clifton H. Jolley 72 Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought is published quarterly. Subscription rate in the United States is $20 per year; single copies, $5. Subscription Department, P.O. Box 1387, Arlington, VA 22210. Dialogue welcomes articles, essays, poetry, fiction, notes and comments, and art work. Manuscripts should be sent in triplicate to the Editor, accompanied by return postage. DIALOGUE: A JOURNAL OF MORMON THOUGHT Vol. X, No. i, Spring 1975/76 PERSONAL VOICES POOR MOTHER Laurel Thatcher Ulrich 75 ODE TO IRRIGATION Dean May 77 GRANDPA'S PLACE Edward Geary 79 REVIEWS Edited by Edward Geary THE LAW ABOVE THE LAW Jerry Jensen 84 Carthage Conspiracy: The Trial of the Accused Assassins of Joseph Smith, by Dallin H. Oaks and Marvin S. Hill A QUALITY LACKING Moana Bennett 86 Polygamist Wife by Melissa Merrill (as told to Marian Mangum) "REJOICE AT THE SOUND OF THE ORGAN" Nicholas Shumway 88 The Organ on "Mormon Temple Hill" Norberto Guinaldo, Organist ONE OF OURS Gladys Clark Tanner and A Biography of Ezra Thompson Clark Owen E. Clark 88 by Annie Clark Tanner AMONG THE MORMONS Edited by Ralph Hansen 91 NOTES ON STAFF AND CONTRIBUTORS 95 COMING NEXT IN DIALOGUE inside back cover ART CREDITS Cover: Leo Pando Sketches: Leah Tippetts 7 Randy Gibbs 73 Photography: Utah Historical Society 14, 16, 34, 37, 62 RLDS Church Music Department 31 Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought is published by the Dialogue Foundation. Editorial Office and Subscription Department, P.O. Box 1387, Arlington, VA 22210. Dialogue has no official connection with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints or with any college or university. Second class postage paid at Los Angeles, California. Printed by Anderson, Ritchie and Simon, Los Angeles. Contents copyright © 1976 by the Dialogue Foundation. Announcements from the Executive Committee New Dialogue Editor Appointed The Executive Committee is pleased to announce that Mary Bradford of Arlington, Virginia has been appointed as the next editor of Dialogue. Mary has been working with a group in the Washington D.C. area for the past several months getting ready for the transition from Los Angeles and we are extremely pleased that she and her co-workers have agreed to publish Dialogue. As of June 1, all correspondence should be sent to Dialogue, P.O. Box 1387, Arlington, VA 22210. All manuscripts should be sent in triplicate, care of the editor, at the above address, and all subscrip- tion matters should be addressed to the subscription department at the same ad- dress. Mary Bradford is eminently qualified to be the editor of Dialogue. She is widely known as a poet and writer and has published in a number of Church periodicals. Along with Garth Mangum, she was responsible for editing the special issue of Dialogue on Mormons in the Secular City (Volume 7, No. 1). She Served on the Dialogue Board of Editors for eight years and for the past two years has been an as- sociate editor. We look forward to many exciting issues under her editorship. Mary will officially begin her responsibilities as editor with Vol. IX, No. 3, issue, which will be out sometime later this year. Subscription Notice "The time is out of joint; O cursed spight, That ever I was born to set it right!" —HAMLET Unlike Hamlet, we are undaunted. Faithful Dialogue supporters have come to ex- pect Dialogue when they see it. They have not been at all surprised to find a wide discrepancy between the date printed on the current issue and the season in which they receive it. On the other hand, it has been a continual source of embarrassment to those of us on the editorial staff to be constantly behind. We have, therefore, made a decision to catch up immediately. Not by publishing a lot of issues in quick succession, but by combining two years in one, and thus bringing Dialogue up to date. It is important for you to note that this will not result in any loss of issues for you. In order to keep your subscription date clearly in mind, just remember that 1975 and 1976 count as one subscription year. If you have any questions concern- ing your subscription please do not hesitate to write to the Dialogue office at the new address in Arlington, Virginia, listed above. In the transition of the office from Los Angeles to Arlington there may be some delay in responding to subscription inquiries. We ask your patience and assure you that attention will be given to all subscription matters as soon as possible. Finally, let us say how much we appreciate the faithfulness of you, our sub- scribers. Without your support and patience Dialogue could not have survived for ten years. It is our objective to continue publishing exciting issues so that we may continue our happy association for many more years to come. Letters to the Editor average born-in-Utah Mormon needs to get out and mix with the world—including the spiritual world—in order to set his/her faith on a firm foundation. Right now it is generally the product of incubation—just like staying in the spirit world: no test. On the other hand, the skeptics avoid the real deciding factor about the Gospel—simply, is it true? I mean either Jesus Christ and Joseph Smith were who they said they were, or they were not . and that is not something to take lightly or simply intellectually. Ecumenists are doing just as much harm as the prejudiced when they espouse the idea that one can have one's cosmic cake and eat it too—that reincarnation and resurrection can easily coexist, that it is all in the mind, etc. I think there are some strong ob- jective proofs of the Gospel—whether one wants new dialogue logo to take the dramatic spiritual experiences of general authorities or Nibley's scholarship. The reason the Book of Mormon is so important is Our erstwhile conversationalists are now ten that it reconfirms those truths with more years old and in need of a rest. evidence, with more substance to build our faith Dialogue invites graphic artists from through- on. The question isn't so much whether the out the Church to submit new mark and logo Gospel matches our ethical predelictions but is it designs for our tenth anniversary issue. The an accurate description of the universe, more so design selected by a distinguished panel of than other theologies? That should be the quest graphic artists and designers will become the of everyone who doesn't know that the gospel is official mark and logo on future issues and on true. Dialogue letterhead and promotional material. Quite simply, both the naive apologists and Contest deadline September 1, 1976. For details, the aspiritual skeptics need more direct contact write to: with God—need a more spiritual life every day. Dialogue Design Contest We've become too worldly—whether measured c/o Mary Bradford by our melting into the middle class or the P.O.