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April 22, 2018[…] about when his turn would come. But he retired right off the Springville job, receiving his Golden Service Pin at an elegant dinner in Salt Lake and wearing it proudly in his best suit. […]
[…] about when his turn would come. But he retired right off the Springville job, receiving his Golden Service Pin at an elegant dinner in Salt Lake and wearing it proudly in his best suit. […]
[…] clothes, and I nodded as though I understood. The coffin lid was left open throughout the funeral service, perhaps, I thought, so Great-grandpa could hear the talks. If he listened he was apparently not […]
This is a Festschrift of four lectures given by Jacob Neusner at Brigham Young University in 1977: “The Glory of God is Intelligence: A Theology of Torah-learning in Judaism,” “Cultic Piety and Pharisaism Before 70,”…
[…] Other Poems (New York, 1840) which includes “A Treatise on the Regeneration and Eternal Duration of Matter.” This essay, written to pass the time in Columbia Jail, contains a clear denial of an ex nihilo […]
[…] What was there to fear? Tonight in maturity’s church goodbye who I was in the warm silent service with snow fighting to break through the windows of my youth and ghost voices forever echoing […]
[…] I felt relief Beyond the joy of pardoned guilt. I felt the need to celebrate By boldly writing LIFE across The blank space of my new-washed soul. We played football at the ward at […]
[…] flowed forth in innumerable pungent, humorous, forceful letters and sermons. Personal essays are right for a Mormon writing largely for Mormons for still another reason. Besides being an individual of his own time, Brigham […]
[…] central direction of large-scale irrigation projects. Neither of these characteristics, however, was typical of Mormon towns. To get from the last century to the current one, Leone relies heavily on the familiar model of […]
[…] introduces the reader to little known events in the life of Emma Smith, one purpose for historical writing is to illuminate the past in order for the present to understand. It hasn’t been done […]
[…] and Don C. Wood called on President Grant and asked permission to use Widtsoe’s tract and to get the First Presidency to invest in their “Nature Way” health food company. Grant refused, saying that […]