[…] elements in the doctrine of the political kingdom of God are these: (1) The governments of this world will shortly pass away. (2) The government of the kingdom of God administered by the L.D.S. […]
[…] his missionary controversies with the Christian sects; of his fight to get into action in the First World War, when he was commissioned a chaplain above the age limit because of his demonstrated physical […]
[…] vivid description of “unrestrained and indiscriminate police violence,” which it characterized as a “police riot,” against demonstrators, news men, and bystanders at the Chicago Democratic Convention (Rights in Conflict, The Walker Report to the […]
[…] implicitly, with a predictably positive flourish: In the twentieth century the Church became, in a real sense, world-wide, as its membership spread beyond the isolation of the Intermountain West, and as other historical forces […]
[…] reassurance that God’s foreknowledge is absolute and exerts no causative force on events can rebuild my real world for me. A world where time, with all its sense of reality and significance, disappears into […]
His eyes milky, intensely blue, Fasten totally upon the life that was living From 1884 to nineteen hundred and twelve; Not seeing the life that has been his dying since, Though he has braked […]
[…] but who also shared some of my deepest feelings about the life of the spirit in the world, who seemed unafraid to think, to explore, to question—and unembarrassed to fast, to pray, and to […]
[…] complete agreement on various issues, and there were some. More notable, though, were the shared feelings and mutual support that emerged. The effect was cathartic. We decided to meet again and have come together […]
[…] speech, in light-mindedness—”in everything not good or beautiful.” This organization still exists today as the Young Women’s Mutual Improvement Association. Later, the women of the Relief Society organized Primary Associations for children in each […]
“I’m sure that you wouldn’t be interested in the only position I have to offer you. We do need a teacher in our Negro school but the problems are insurmountable. The children are undisciplined […]