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Show _ TheSalt Lake Tribune _ RELIGION WORLD VIEW Battalion’s cold, hard cash. The MormonBattalion faith. fullysent its Army payandcloth: ing allowancesbacktothe church. In all, more than $20,000,a fortune in the 19th century, was made available to speedthe Saints’ July 24,1847,arrivalto their new home in the Salt Lake Valley. At the endof their six-month Long March Saved Church @ Continued from C-1 Compiled by Peggy FletcherStack Diego, Los Angeles and San Fran: Christmas Trimmings cisco, and they blazed what be: OKin Israel of ad ut Sutter's Mill, precipitat Israel's hotels and its Orthodox rabbinical leaders have reached a precedent-setting agreement to permit Christians to celebrate Christmas and New Year's Bye with ail of the traditional trim mings in the country’s major ho tels. Music can be played and Christmas trees can be erected for Christian guests in designated ar eas, In previous years, hotels in Jewish areas of Jerusalem, Tei Aviv and other major cities that erected Christmas trees or staged NewYear’s Eve parties risked los ing their kosher licenses. The state-controlled rabbis who certify hotels as kosher viewed suchac: tivities as violating the spirit of wish law, even if they did not marchfrom Council Bluffs to San Diego, the Mormon soldiers had won the respect of their hard came the main wagon road over the Sierra Nevadas, As it turned out, that road would be vital for another reason mustered-out battalion mem 1 in the discovery nosed commander, Lt. Col. Philip Cooke, The regular Army officer had driven the battalion with curses, oaths and stern discipline but finally offered his praise History may search in vain for ing the 1849 Gold Rush bringing tensof thousands tenths e of that mattered to Young, who won benefits by com: plying. Besides avoiding a literal battle for survival on the plains the Saints gained government permission to camp in Indian ter ritory as cold weather approached and an infusion of much-needed Adventists sn equal march of infantry of it has been through wil derness where nothing but sav ages and wild beasts are found, or (leserts where, for want of water there is no living creature,” he wrote in congratulations: Young, too, never forgot the sacrifice. “This people must have perished had not these men gone Saturday, November6, 1999 C3 werethe saviors of this people and ourstory-telling and folklore in Utah is about pione rs crossing death the plains. There is very little out there about the MormonBattalion he declared. “These men did save them from carnage and Thequotation ig contained in the Feb. 6-7, 1855, journal entry of battalion chaplain David Pp was my great grandfather,” said Paul, today a major and enlistment officer for the modern-day, 250-member Mormon Battalion David Petigrew was 56 years old when Brigham Young asked him to go, At first he said no, that he had a son going and that wa: enough. But the prophet persisted ind on the third request great-grandfather reluctantly greed,” said Paul, of St. George It is to assure those men’shis: torical contributions that Paul and other members of the Mor mon Battalion this week kicked off their fund-raising campaign for a National Home and Head quarters to be built in Salt Lake City into the service of their country The great preponderance of ay iG TO)I Gray ENve.ning aon to the latest generation and I will prophesy that the those who have been in in defense of their country, will and what they did forthe develop: grow up and blesstheir fathers for ment of this nation and the LDS Church,” Paul said. ‘We want to be able to showall the many artifacts and memora what they did at that time,” Young said long ago. “And men and na tions will rise up and bless the iia wehae heae “Rug Fal thetime fo Tl men who went in that battalion pole, Today's Mormon Battalion plans to seek contributions from ment of that oracle has long since come. “We want a building where the nations of the world can come major corporations and individu here and see als. But Paul said the group al ready has one longstanding divine endorsement Story,” he said. (For further information, call (801) 255-3197 or visit the Mormon and hear this great The Mormon Battalion willbe held in honorable remembrance Battalion’s Internet Web site at www rmonbattalion.com.) French Music RUSSIAN STYLE! Grapple With Friday & Saturday, Diversity Issues November 5 &6 AbravanelHall, 8 p.m. @ Continued from C-1 food preparatio mi ind New Year fall on the Jewish Sabbath th year, which observant Jews mark by not playing or listening to mu: sic, cooking or using electricity. The compromise will help with this year’s overwhelmingly Chris. tiantourist groups. Religion News Service introduce to unite that which is fragmented.” Hesaid the Seventh-day Ad. ventist Church, in which he was ‘The exciting Pavel Kogan conducts ed, has been “succe gaining minority members, nowmust take a further step in music fromthreeof France's most famous composers: Bizet, Gounodand Ravel. Thrill especiallyto twoof Ravel’s most electrifying works: La Valseandthefiendish Concertofor the Left Hand. Celebrated Russian pianist Vladimir Feltsman is the soloist. outreach “If you bring them into the Q Shoppers Own7-9 Bibles A survey of Bible shoppers has. found that on average, American book buyers own an average of sevento nine Bibles and most of the 1,807 bookstore customers surveyed this year by Zondervan Publishing House said they ex- pected to purchase another copyof theholy bookin the next year. Publisher's Weekly Q Koran Music Challenged By putting a Koranic verse to music, a Christian in Beirut, Lebanan, with communist views has landedin a legal battle over blasphemy. Some Muslims consider singing star Marcel Khalifa’s “I am Yussef, oh Father” offensive because it borrows lyrics from their holy book. Politicians, law- yers andintellectuals haverallied to his defense, saying he broke no law. Khalifa’s trial on blasphemy chargescould drag on for months. Hefaces up to three yearsinjailif onvicted. Some in Lebanon see Ahe controversy as a sign of grow- ing intolerance in the multi- sectarian, politically diverse na- tion of 3.5 million people, which shas prideditself as a liberal bea‘can in a largely conservative region. The Associated Press church, don’t deny themaccess to responsibility,” he said. ‘Theincrease in minority members among Adventists in North Americaoccurredin part because regional structures called conferences wereorganized in the 1940s a century after the denomination’s founding that are led by African-Americans and focus on Tes (neseaelee ga CONT Pewter) Ff rae te Pre-concert talks by Ardean Watts beginat 7:20p.m. in the First Tier Room. bringing in more black members. The effort has worked: the African-American membership grew from 20,000 in the denomination’s first 100 years to 130,000 by 1975. Today, there areclose to 265,000 members of African descent in North America. Elder RosaT. Banks,oneof the organizersof the summit, said the meeting was not designed to make structural changes but they may be consideredin thefuture. There has been an increasing number of African-Americans and other minorities involved in IA eeu RS PMU trerr anteERG ae LTCCP Meester ebay rac) MONE Aaa Tickets at ArtTix: 355-ARTS Deyairesenna Kings Maal aad < -~--At age 87, Margaretta “Manchey’s ability to play the organ for Otterbein United Brethren Church in Waynesboro, Penn., uninterrupted for the past 70 years, has earned her a place in the Guinness Book of World Records. Manchey began playing the organ at the church in 1929, and for 50 of the 70 years, she had no substitute. She is recognized as holding the record the “longest time for a church organist to play at one church,” United Methodist News Service 600,000 Attend Brazil Mass An open-air Mass and music UTA LL Berane TUE STR SSCL een plik en tals CUR eee Chea oe se Ces the church outsideofthe regional conferences aimed at African-Americans. There are numerous examples Oquirrh Shadows Baptist Church of continuing challenges regardingdiversity. The Rev. Tony Campolo, a sociology professor at Eastern Collegein St. Davids, Pa., pointed out the popular pictures of Jesus depicted as a white man that hung sSOUTH VALLEY _ UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST SOCIETY 10:30 a.m.- Racial Justice Sunday's at 4 pm - Poetry and Music 11/10 - CountdowntoEternity WWW.OQUIRRHSHADOWS.ORG 957-9697 Campolo. “If we're going to have pictures of Jesus . . . it seems to methatall the white membersof yourchurch should havea picture of Jesus who was black andall the black membersshould have a pic- tureof Jesus that was wh McClure said the summit — the first of its kind for the denomination — aimsto diminish tensions between cultures within the church, Results are yet unknown. “We would certainly hope that this would lead toward a greater acceptance of one anotherin its showtitled “I Believe in Life” led fullest sense, and that there would be a greater openness to involve- largest Catholic celebration in mentto peoplein leadershipofall races and cultures and that our Brazil since Pope John Paul II's visit. Organizers had expected about 400,000 people at Tuesday's hanced or even made possible,” said McClure, whois white. Memorial Day. Knownfor his un- orthodox ceremonies that include dancing and aerobics, the former gym teacher hasjust released his second record. Hisfirst sold more than 3 million copies. The Associated Press Q Anti-Catholic Law to Remain British Prime Minister Tony Blair has ruled out any idea of changing the law barring Roman Catholics from the British throne. In letter to a Conservative mem- zn of the Scottish Parliament, rd James Douglas-Hamilton, ir said any attempt to amend ‘the 1701act would be “complex in the extreme” becauseit would in_Volve amending or repealing eight t pieces of legislation. Lord that because firitain is now a multifaith nation, » the law prescribing the heir to the tirone could not succeed if martied to a Roman Catholic was out worship together might be en- In a workshop dealing with racial tension in congregations, participants spoke of their desire to see more attention focused on inclusiveness in their individual houses of worship. In some cases, they noted, diverse congregations neverdiscuss the various cultures represented in weekly services. In other cases, more homogeneous congregations feel threatened when people of another race or culture start attending in notice- able numbers. Ron Halvorsen Jr., the white pastor of Southwestern Adventist University Churchin Keene, Texas, voiced his disappointment that his diverse congregation — with Anglos, Hispanics, African- Americans and Asian-Americans is not the norm, “T have this burning passion: Weoughtto be able to as Christians ... worship together and enjoy ourdifferences,” he said, “T don’t believe when we get to heaven, we're going to have 15 Religion News Service different services.” "Purpose: WhatIT is" Rev. Donald Graves Sunday mee Services Te Carsh etapa Bookstore Geb aye 4615006 BeeUMeat 1471 South 1800 East “The white establishment has [Meeting at Wheeler Farm: 6351 So. 900 E.| ‘Sunday Services 10:15 am. 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