At 06:58 10/1/2002 -0800, BLT wrote: >At 07:17 AM 10/1/02 -0400 Jon Spencer favored us with: > >I agree, although I don't know about the wealthy part, unless your speaking > >in a spiritual sense. The cost of the deluxe scriptures is minor compared > >to what they would cost from any other source. I have had my large print > >deluxe quad for about 7 years, and it is in wonderful condition. It should > >last many more years. > > > >Of course, perhaps we should take a page from some of the Apostles, and > >write furiously in our scriptures, making notes on what the Spirit teaches > >us, and get a new set a year or two. Then the less expensive set would > >suffice quite well. > >I believe it was Dave Crockett who said he bought a new set of scriptures >every year so that he could start with one that didn't have any >highlighting or underlining, the idea being that we should get something >different from our scriptures every year as we grow in the gospel. I >don't follow this practice, but the idea sounds right.
My large print quad got wet on the flight to SLC this August*, so I bought a new set of scriptures. I was thinking of doing it anyway**. I got the regular size, mid-priced version ($35 or some such for the bible) and decided I would not be the least bit shy about marking them up. I took notes during education week, classes with Holzapfel, V Ludlow and Robert Matthews, taking notes in my new scriptures. I have a real treasure house of markings in there. I am now in the process of going through the Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, and cross-referencing it with scripture. I am finding associated scriptures with all of the concepts that I can and marking all the scriptures in the TPJS and marking TPJS p <whatever> in the scriptures next to the verse. This way, when I hit a particular scripture and want to elaborate on it for a talk or for study, I have this marvelous little reference volume that has a whole load of scripture references right next to Joseph's commentary on the subject. It's proving to be a very large task, but I don't really care. When I get done, I may get a new set of scriptures and use some other marking approach, keeping the old one as a reference. I keep thinking I SHOULD go through each conference talk with a set of scriptures and back reference the scriptural references that they use. Of course, while doing that, there's no reason not to do what I'm doing with the TPJS too. Maybe I should include a TPJS page number in there too. I suppose someone will suggest I do the same with the Journal of Discourses and the History of the Church 8>(( ...and the teachings of all the other modern prophets .... Till * which Jet Blue has been kind enough to replace, actually. I pressed my wet ones when I got home, so they are serviceable, although not yet right. I now have a new large print quad that is as yet unread and unmarked. ** I have decided I don't really like the index cuts in the good scriptures. I have a much harder time finding things. I can thumb through a set of scriptures, knowing approximately where things are, then home in much quicker than fumbling with those silly tab cuts. They just seem to get in the way all the time, with page blocks not falling through the fingers predictably. ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
