[…] and have deep feelings of gratitude and joy relating to the mission experience that awaits him and his readiness for it. I hope he will sense this as I share some advice concerning missionary service.
[…] session Parley con fronted Sarah, accusing her of “influencing his wife against him, and of ruining and breaking up his family,” as well as “being an apostate, and of speaking against the heads of […]
[…] by Him after Trouble with the Church; Has Left the City.” The sensational article began: No local news story published in recent years has caused so much comment as the exclusive story in yesterday’s […]
[…] deviants like Jesuits, Quakers, and Enthusiasts by labeling them vagabonds and disorderly persons, then penalizing them for breaking vagrancy law. Skeptical witchcraft legislation continued to be developed in the American colonies and then the […]
[…] librarian? There are no sections in the D&C about how to collate copies of the Relief Society newsletter, and the Book of Mormon says nothing about how to pair different colored dry-erase markers with […]
[…] get home, I will write to Marie. I can’t speak to her about it now; that would be breaking the rules again. Maybe she will come to Utah; my uncle would sponsor her immigration—that is, […]
[…] as well. Perhaps the best of this ammunition would have been Eirikur’s account of his reasons for breaking with the Mormons. He tells of how perplexed he was when he first learned, late in […]
[…] An allusion to blood atonement was also contained in a Februrary 26, 1972 editorial in the Church News: Biblical principles are sound, and are as applicable today as they were in ancient times. One […]
[…] issue. Joseph Smith, History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Salt Lake City: Deserer News, 1950) V, 80n. Millennial Star 1 (1841), 252-55. Cf. Robert Bruce Flanders, Nauvoo: Kingdom on the […]
[…] arts. Old Nick had circled some passages in a bright red magic marker. I quote: In our world, there have risen brilliant stars in drama, music, literature, sculpture, painting, science, and all the graces. […]