[…] our physical environment obtrudes itself we should be dwarfed to nothingness by the infinite power thus irresistibly breaking open the privacy of our souls. Further, we should be spiritually blinded by God’s perfect holiness […]
[…] rural Utah is to inherit a tradition of unpainted outbuildings, tumbled-down fences, and superannuated farm implements: a world held together with bailing wire. According to a friend who has returned to the state after […]
[…] of everybody standing up and singing together—that’s great and I enjoy it. I’ve been all over the world and I’ve enjoyed going to church, and even though it was in Dutch or German or […]
[…] practice they believed they were within the law of the land. They were not hidden. The whole world associated Mormons and polygamists, and the Mormon polygamists stood before the public criticism to defend their […]
[…] it. Each had an inordinate preoccupation with the issue of sin. Chesterton may have found the good news of grace in the doctrine of original sin, but this hardly changes the fact that original […]
[…] he remembers an act of childish insensitivity that can never be undone: “Unwelcome guest in that memory world of gumdrops and candy canes, it sneaks along the edges of the mind, demanding it be […]
[…] here. Even if the items fail by current standards of beauty, let’s claim them as our heritage. American needlework was in decline after 1825, and Mormon sisters were unfortunately ill placed historically to sew […]
[…] is a set of histories of each state and the District of Columbia “designed to assist the American people in a serious look at the ideals they have espoused and the experiences they have […]
[…] the Father and the Son. The morning of the Dispensation of the Fullness of Time had come, breaking the darkness of the long generations of spiritual night. As in the creation, light was to […]
[…] Hyrum’s son Joseph and Jeddy’s son Heber, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints left the world of passionate preachers and radical ideology for the placid mainstream of American life. Andrew Jenson, Latter-day […]