#church-history art https://bencrowder.net/art/tags/church-history/feed/ Feed for art tagged with #church-history. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 05:22:16 GMT en-US https://bencrowder.net/ “Joseph Smith’s First Prayer” hymn print https://bencrowder.net/art/joseph-smiths-first-prayer-hymn-print/ https://bencrowder.net/art/joseph-smiths-first-prayer-hymn-print/ Mon, 07 Jul 2025 12:00:00 GMT An abstract representation of the first part of the melody of “Joseph Smith’s First Prayer.”
“Joseph Smith’s First Prayer” hymn print. Made with Figma, Inkscape, and Affinity Photo.
]]> “Come, Come, Ye Saints” hymn print https://bencrowder.net/art/come-come-ye-saints-hymn-print/ https://bencrowder.net/art/come-come-ye-saints-hymn-print/ Mon, 09 Jun 2025 12:00:00 GMT An abstract representation of the first part of the melody of “Come, Come, Ye Saints.”
“Come, Come, Ye Saints” hymn print. Made with Figma, Inkscape, and Affinity Photo.
]]> By Common Consent https://bencrowder.net/art/by-common-consent/ https://bencrowder.net/art/by-common-consent/ Mon, 24 Mar 2025 12:00:00 GMT A five-by-five grid of red checkmarks.
By Common Consent. A reference to D&C 26:2. “And all things shall be done by common consent in the church, by much prayer and faith, for all things you shall receive by faith. Amen.” Made with Figma, Inkscape, and Affinity Photo.
]]> First Vision XVII https://bencrowder.net/art/first-vision-xvii/ https://bencrowder.net/art/first-vision-xvii/ Tue, 14 Nov 2023 12:00:00 GMT From top: a white rectangle, a white rectangle, a red rectangle.
First Vision XVII. A reference to Joseph Smith’s first vision of God the Father and Jesus Christ. The two white rectangles represent the Father and the Son; the red rectangle represents Joseph. Made in Figma, Procreate, and Affinity Photo.
]]> Suddenly a Light Descended https://bencrowder.net/art/suddenly-a-light-descended/ https://bencrowder.net/art/suddenly-a-light-descended/ Sat, 12 Aug 2023 12:00:00 GMT A red triangle at lower left, with a white pillar made from the negative space of two larger yellow triangles pointing down at it.
Suddenly a Light Descended. A reference to the hymn “Joseph Smith’s First Prayer.” “Suddenly a light descended, / Brighter far than noon-day sun, / And a shining, glorious pillar / O’er him fell, around him shone, / While appeared two heav’nly beings, / God the Father and the Son.” The red triangle represents the boy Joseph. Made with Figma, Procreate, and Affinity Photo.
]]> First Vision XVI https://bencrowder.net/art/first-vision-xvi/ https://bencrowder.net/art/first-vision-xvi/ Mon, 17 Apr 2023 12:00:00 GMT A red triangle at lower left with two white triangles at upper right.
First Vision XVI. A reference to Joseph Smith’s first vision of God the Father and Jesus Christ. Made in Figma and Affinity Photo.
]]> “As Sisters in Zion” hymn print https://bencrowder.net/art/as-sisters-in-zion-hymn-print/ https://bencrowder.net/art/as-sisters-in-zion-hymn-print/ Tue, 17 Jan 2023 12:00:00 GMT An abstract representation of the first part of the melody of “As Sisters in Zion.”
“As Sisters in Zion” hymn print. Made with Figma, Inkscape, and Affinity Photo.
]]> “Press Forward, Saints” hymn print https://bencrowder.net/art/press-forward-saints-hymn-print/ https://bencrowder.net/art/press-forward-saints-hymn-print/ Thu, 12 Jan 2023 12:00:00 GMT An abstract representation of the first part of the melody of “Press Forward, Saints.”
“Press Forward, Saints” hymn print. Made with Figma, Inkscape, and Affinity Photo.
]]> “High on the Mountain Top” hymn print https://bencrowder.net/art/high-on-the-mountain-top-hymn-print/ https://bencrowder.net/art/high-on-the-mountain-top-hymn-print/ Thu, 12 Jan 2023 12:00:00 GMT An abstract representation of the first part of the melody of “High on the Mountain Top.”
“High on the Mountain Top” hymn print. Made with Figma, Inkscape, and Affinity Photo.
]]> Pillar of Light II https://bencrowder.net/art/pillar-of-light-ii/ https://bencrowder.net/art/pillar-of-light-ii/ Mon, 21 Feb 2022 12:00:00 GMT A red circle and two red triangles in the form of a person kneeling, with a tall, thin green rectangle on each side.
Pillar of Light II. A reference to Joseph Smith—History 1:16. “But, exerting all my powers to call upon God to deliver me out of the power of this enemy which had seized upon me, and at the very moment when I was ready to sink into despair and abandon myself to destruction—not to an imaginary ruin, but to the power of some actual being from the unseen world, who had such marvelous power as I had never before felt in any being—just at this moment of great alarm, I saw a pillar of light exactly over my head, above the brightness of the sun, which descended gradually until it fell upon me.” Made with Figma and Affinity Photo.
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