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Show Exhibit honors Relief Society 's birthday . Broad themes written in the minutes of the organizing meetings of the Relief Society of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in March of 1842 have been the guidelines for what is now considered con-sidered the largest women's organization in the world. A new exhibit at the Museum of Church History and Art titled "Come, Let Us Rejoice," honoring the ses qui centennial celebration of the Relief Society, will be open to the public beginning March 14 and will run through Feb. 22, 1993. The themes from the original Relief Society minutes are faith in Christ, nurturing, sisterhood, compassion, com-passion, community service, and cultivating individual gifts and talents. tal-ents. Eliza R. Snow, the society's first secretary, kept the original minutes and brought them with her across the plains to Utah in 1847. Marjorie Conder, museum curator cura-tor and head of the exhibit team, explains 4 'We have focused this exhibit ex-hibit on stories and messages relating to the most important Relief Society virtues. These virtues vir-tues can be effectively communicated com-municated through available historical objects and three-dimensional three-dimensional exhibits. "Many of these messages, Conder said, "can have considerable con-siderable emotional and historical impact when communicated with authentic artifacts and documents and are displayed in proper settings with appropriate art and photographs." The title of the exhibit comes from the closing song sung at the organization meeting. Minutes, however, show the title to be "Come, Let Us Rejoice in the Day of Salvation." The current LDS hymn book lists the song title as 'Now Let Us Rejoice. ' ' The Museum of Church History and Art is in downtown Salt Lake City across from Temple Square. It is open Monday through Friday 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Saturdays, Sundays Sun-days and holidays from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Admission is free. |
