[…] the United States, many of which have circulations of several hundred thousand. Yet once a particular day’s news is superseded by the next, what remains is available only to the few who are willing […]
[…] been created since 1978 and only about 23 percent of which were in Utah (Watson 1990; Deseret News 1989-90 Church Almanac). In 1950 the Church functioned in less than fifty nations or territories, but […]
[…] by Christ and of the power God has granted his children to sanctify themselves by overcoming the world. In such a reality Latter-day Saints live, move, and have their being; it is their meat […]
[…] supernatural realm, where the spirits inform him of his future vocation.” When Joseph Smith first delivered the news that he’d had a vision of God, he received no support outside his own family. His […]
[…] for the Primary Associations of the Children of Zion, by Eliza R. Snow (Salt Lake City: Deseret News, 1880). It contained 121 texts, divided into “Hymns” and “Songs.” In the same year, the Juvenile […]
[…] exemplified—would be right for me. If I someday reached the Pearly Gates and Saint Peter broke the news that the Mormons had no corner on the truth, I reasoned, I would smile knowingly and […]
[…] Goddess her-self. In the King James Version (KJV), the Hebrew word ’asherah is always represented by the English word “grove,” following the mistranslations of the Greek Septuagint (alsos) and Latin Vulgate (lucus, nemus). Although […]
[…] the terrestrial kingdom as he had ever been. The boy recited the poem, his preadolescent voice sometimes breaking almost bass, then cracking into boyish alto. Even in his nadir, Vernie thought that, despite the […]
[…] Doctrine: Selections from the Sermons and Writings of Joseph F. Smith, 5th ed. (Salt Lake City: Deseret News Press, 1919), 136. Alan K. Parrish, “Keys of the Priesthood,” in Encyclopedia of Mormonism, edited by […]
[…] and importance. Typical of his efforts is the following from an article appearing in the Deseret Evening News. . . . . But when the day comes that we shall have a gathering point […]