{"id":9900,"date":"2018-10-22T13:52:22","date_gmt":"2018-10-22T19:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/?p=9900"},"modified":"2019-01-08T12:07:06","modified_gmt":"2019-01-08T18:07:06","slug":"discovering-relief-society","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/2018\/10\/22\/discovering-relief-society\/","title":{"rendered":"Discovering Relief Society"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">When I first set out to discover Relief Society, nothing was online. I remember the first time I walked into the Church History Library (which, at that time, was in the corner of the main floor of the Church Office Building), I didn\u2019t know what I was going to find. I didn\u2019t know what to search for.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">I started walking up and down the shelves trying to figure things out. I noticed a periodical called <a href=\"https:\/\/lib.byu.edu\/collections\/relief-society-magazine-index\/\">The Relief Society Magazine<\/a>&#8211;which I had never heard of before&#8211;and grabbed one to look through. There was an article written by President Joseph F. Smith talking about the great organization of the Relief Society. I loved reading it so much I photocopied it, so I could read it again at home.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Several trips later, I discovered the <a href=\"https:\/\/contentdm.lib.byu.edu\/digital\/collection\/WomansExp\/search\">Woman\u2019s Exponent<\/a>&#8211;again something I didn\u2019t know existed. These were much older, and the copies were difficult to read but I found a gold mine of information. As I read through them, I discovered all of the projects the sisters began working on during the 42-year period of this publication in the Salt Lake Valley. It took me a few years, but I read through every issue, taking notes and offering up the information on my blog where I knew many sisters were also discovering it for the first time.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">We Now Have Availability<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Today, everything is online. And it\u2019s available to anyone who wants to take the time to read through this magnificent history we have.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Recently, I pulled off my own shelf a copy of <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.churchhistorianspress.org\/at-the-pulpit?lang=eng\">At the Pulpit<\/a> <\/em>(which is also online). Our church historians have created this volume from talks given by women in the church from 1831 to the present. Yes, women have been speaking in church and at various meetings since the beginning of the Restoration. And they have said some amazing things that help us remember who we are, what our future holds, and what our organization is created to do.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Faithful women have spoken exciting truths that cannot be forgotten. While reading one of Eliza R. Snow\u2019s talks (Chapter 10), I found delicious concepts so worth our time in discussing just in her talk alone.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cWe are daughters of our Heavenly Father, and our position as Saints of the Most High is at the head of the world.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cThis organization is a portion of the holy priesthood.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cWe must learn to act from principle, not from feeling.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Becoming Women of Faith<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">There is a lot of information available that can bring about an interesting discussion to a group of sisters. And the church historians continue working on additional books (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.churchhistorianspress.org\/the-first-fifty-years-of-relief-society?lang=eng\">First 50 years of Relief Society,<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lds.org\/manual\/daughters-in-my-kingdom-the-history-and-work-of-relief-society?lang=eng\">Daughters in My Kingdom<\/a>, and more) encouraging us to learn about our great sisterhood.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">But when can it be done? How and when can sisters get together to council with one another, or be motivated by one another, and combine our good works?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Sisters, as Barbara Thompson, counselor to Julie B. Beck, once said,<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cRelief Society is not just a class on Sunday. It isn\u2019t just a place we go if we are not teaching in the Primary or Young Women organizations. It is the Lord\u2019s organization for women\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lds.org\/general-conference\/2008\/10\/now-let-us-rejoice?lang=eng\">(\u201cNow Let Us Rejoice,\u201d<\/a> Oct. 2008).<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Boyd K. Packer reminded us, \u201cYou belong to it\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lds.org\/general-conference\/1998\/04\/the-relief-society?lang=eng\">(\u201cThe Relief Society,\u201d<\/a> April 1998).<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">What Can We Do Today?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Each Relief Society president must find ways to bring her sisters together, so they feel a part of this great organization. She will need to utilize the weekdays. She will need to allow for and consider her sisters\u2019 interests, but also provide many spiritual opportunities that will stretch her sisters and help them bond\u2014spiritually\u2014with this sisterhood. A president holds the destiny of this organization in her hands.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Don\u2019t think that a 2-hour block is simply for simplification purposes. It will demand more creativity, more devotion, more consistency, and more purpose in our lives.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I first set out to discover Relief Society, nothing was online. I remember the first time I walked into the Church History Library (which, at that time, was in the corner of the main floor of the Church Office Building), I didn\u2019t know what I was going to find. 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