In the west door for kings alone swung wide, the leather-padded wicket, left behind me stifling a gasp, expired. No more fresh air: I had entered the dim, mouldy, hollow hush of a dead […]
[…] Alof Larson and May Hunt, my parents, were among the early arrivals to this pioneer settlement, named for Erastus Snow and William J. Flake who in 1878 exchanged 500 head of cattle for 300 […]
[…] Man Across the Sea contains the contributed papers of 24 scholars who originally presented their ideas be fore a symposium at the Society for American Archaeology in 1968. The editors have divided the papers […]
[…] interest group such as a church in interpreting history and life through art can be frustrating. Mutual cooperation can lead to great artistic achievements which otherwise would go uncreated for lack of interest and funding.
The literature surveyed for this quarter’s bibliographical essay is from periodicals. Even the casual reader of this impressive list of recent works will notice that a high proportion of the reviewed literature concerns the […]
[…] 13 June, 1968 reported the discovery of “a fossilized footprint” which was said to pose a “dilemma for geologists.” The discovery was made in the Antelope Springs area of the House Range, Millard County, […]
[…] spirit to write a novel about the Promised Land, Halldor Laxness had already received the Nobel Prize for Literature. The Icelander’s own quest for a Promised Land—a notion that had tugged persistently at his […]
[…] Aaronic Order (who refer to themselves as Levites or Aaronites) also believe that they are to per form special religious functions before the second coming of Jesus Christ, which they claim will occur before […]
[…] tastes, philosophy and the organizational structure of the Church itself. Historically, Latter-day Saints have had three distinct forms of ecclesiastical architecture: the temple, the tabernacle and the ward meetinghouse. In the nineteenth century, these […]
For much of its history, the Relief Society has been primarily concerned with educating and providing compassionate service to its own members, carrying out instructions passed on from priesthood leaders, keeping its own […]