[…] Mormons while holding Joseph Smith to be at least misguided if not a downright liar, and his writings, the Mormon scriptures, to be false. Although many historians and students of religion do not subscribe […]
[…] the fine things in it. I find it much less satisfactory in scientific matters than the excellent writings of Brother Talmage and Brother Widtsoe with which it is in frequent disagreement. Our scientists in […]
[…] of motherhood. As J. Reuben Clark remarked, “Motherhood is near to divinity. It is the highest, holiest service to be assumed by mankind.” Since, however, it is all too easy for men to evade […]
[…] a New Englander and a first-rate scholar. That last statement might require some defense. In addition to writing reviews over the last eight or nine years, I have also been teaching American history, including […]
[…] asked me about DIALOGUE, and I told him that I knew many of the people who were writing for it. Indeed, I had written for it myself. He said that he found it only […]
[…] over us, and the bureaucracy gets bigger and more powerful every year. Some have been questioned about writing for and associating with certain publications and institutions. I have not been, and that suggests quite […]
[…] you’ve begun a catalog of ways in which Christ can be seen as an intellectual in the service of the faith, you could write a book, of course; and discussing it would take more […]
[…] here apparently because they have never been published precisely as written. Holmes stresses that “the manner of writing, including spelling, punctuation, and capitalization or lack of it, is an important statement by the writer. […]
[…] wrote to the Secretary of the Interior on 26 November 1890, “I feel convinced if the Secret Service would be set to work, they would find that the Mormons are the instigators of the […]
[…] Moore and Ellis are now back in the states, enthusiastic about the challenges they encountered. At this writing as 1986 begins, comes another season for decision. Should we launch a new drive or let […]