the mormon church never taught that the Book of Abraham was actually written by Abraham himself.

Here is a poem written by one of the members of the Council of the Seventy--

It accompanied a painting of Joseph Smith at a table with a book (maybe the Bible?) and papyrus scrolls scattered around on the table.

Here's the poem:

Joseph Smith Surveys the Papyrii
Elder S. Dilworth Young (April 1969 Instructor)

This writing is the work
Of Abraham, the father of
the faithful of the Lord,
Whose seed will fill
The land,
Innumerable as the sands
Upon the shore.
His word
Was revelation from
The Son of God, given
In that early ancient time
To guide the star
Of his true destiny.

What was this word?

We lived in that far
Pre-existent time
And proved our worth.
We stood and saw the
Valiant spirits chosen,
Leaders of the Sons of God,
To come to earth.
WE stood and watched
The star of Lucifer
Streak across the
Vault of heaven
To plummet down
Into the spirit world
At last,
With his rebellious host.
We sorrowed in his loss,
Rejoicing that our leader,
Abraham,
Stood fast.

We learned that all creation
Is of God: the planets
Each above the other,
Timed in order
Until one is reached,
A mighty one,
Whose turning is
One day a thousand years,
The nearest one to
That great governing star
Where dwells our God
‘Mid everlasting fire.

O Joseph Smith, who
By abiding faith in God
Unlocked the mystery
Of those words, old
As time is old,
What did you see
As visions filled
Your soul?

I saw the visions
Seen by Abraham,
The plans of God
And Christ
To bring our souls
To them.
I saw our place
In this our modern time.
And I am called
To be like Abraham,
To lead the faithful
Back into the kingdom
Of our God,
To make men whole.

the Instructor Magazine was, it was a magazine with guidelines for Sunday School instruction.

It was actually an excellent resourse, giving tips on how to make visual aids, how to ask questions, how to involve your class members in the lesson, etc.

That was back in "the good old days" when church lessons were SOMETIMES interesting and thought provoking.

We had one particular instructor in Sunday School. He was a college kid, and was teaching the high school aged group. He held the manual while he taught, but very often strayed from the printed material. What a great teacher he was! All the kids in the ward would flock to his lessons. Some of the kids that weren't in his age group started coming.

Then the SS Pres and bishop attended a few classes. Then the Stake Pres got involved and told him he needed to stick to the lesson material. I'm not sure what happened (or I can't remember) because I went off to college shortly after that.