And Testing one, two three, testing one, two one two three this is radio free Mormon on the air

Broadcasting behind enemy lines tonight's episode part three of General Conference post-mortem from October of 2017.

This episode covers the Sunday afternoon session of general conference with a particular focus on a talk

by elder Arderne about how it is that Mormons should not look at any materials other than those produced by the church in order to answer

their questions about Mormonism.

But before we get to that scintillating talk, there are a number of other juicy tidbits

that we will pick through on our way.

And I hope you enjoy this analysis of the Sunday afternoon session of general conference

as much as I enjoyed putting it together for you.

At last we come to the final session of general conference.

The Sunday afternoon session, which begins with a talk by Elder Russell M. Ballard, called,

The Trek continues, exclamation point.

He begins with a story about Jane Manning James, whom he refers to as the daughter of a freed

slave, a convert to the restored church and a most remarkable disciple who faced difficult

challenges. Yes, Jane Manning James did face difficult challenges.

What Elder Ballard does not mention is that a number of those challenges she

faced within the church due to the priesthood and temple ban on blacks.

Going from the Wikipedia article on Jane Manning Jane, she traveled with her husband to Utah spending the winter of 1846-47 at Winter Quarters.

She petitioned the first presidency to be endowed and sealed.

She had to petition the first presidency because she was not allowed to be either endowed

or sealed because of her race.

As a result of her requests, she was allowed to be sealed to Joseph Smith, but not as a daughter

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