Gentle Persuasions
March 18, 2018[…] to be chased. Finally someone answered. The door had been mine, but the sound of an actual human voice startled me into silence. Ben, of course, was quick to come to the rescue. Before […]
[…] to be chased. Finally someone answered. The door had been mine, but the sound of an actual human voice startled me into silence. Ben, of course, was quick to come to the rescue. Before […]
[…] Now over 90 years old, he is revered both for his leadership position and for his great human qualities. Moreover, his intervention in the 1960 election placed his influence over Mormon voters against powerful […]
[…] picture of the universe shifts from tongue to tongue. There is no one metaphysical pool of universal human thought. Speakers of different languages see the Cosmos differently, evaluate it differently, sometimes not by much, […]
[…] accomplished, and the struggles with the federal government and their aftermath were taking a severe toll of human energy and threatening the economic and institutional life of the Church. More than anything else, the […]
[…] 1950) is generally conceded to be an improvement over previous Mormon hymnals, “although lacking in qualities of design and content.” As a reaction against the “bouncing rhythms and trite melodies” of the popular Deseret […]
At a meeting in the mayor’s office in Nauvoo, Illinois, on January 29, 1844, it was moved and voted unanimously that “we will have an independent electoral ticket, and that Joseph Smith be a candidate…
[…] platform will reveal, however, that Joseph Smith was opposed to those who used the cause of “ human rights” to promote special interests. He denounced the abolitionists who even in 1844 were fanning the […]
[…] quality for him is similar to a compromise in principles. The Gospel of Jesus Christ contains a design for molding the individual. There is a demand for conformity, a demand for order and an […]
Our society is afflicted with a tumorous disrespect for law. Ordinary citizens and public figures reject the requirements of law and boldly substitute some other set of values to justify clearly illegal behavior. Widely publicized…
[…] people know that our wish and our mission are for the blessings and salvation of the entire human race. May the Twentieth Century prove the happiest as it will be the grandest of all […]