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Shelby M. Barnes

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The Higher Powers: Fred M. Smith and the Peyote Ceremonies

Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought December 1, 1995 Shelby M. Barnes

Frederick Madison Smith was third president and prophet of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.Son of Joseph III and grandson of Joseph the Martyr, Fred M., as he was generally known, came to lead the Reorganization in 1915.Smith was a highly educated man interested in the relationship between science and religion.His interest led him to experiment with the religious...