[…] Church and would be evaluated in terms of its nature, its quality, and its value (1979, 184). Writing in January 1878 Joseph offered an observation that may well be taken as a threat or […]
[…] Indians might provoke gentile hostility is found in a letter which Smith attributes to Frederick G. Williams, writing from Kirtland “to the Saints in Missouri” in 1833. By then the Prophet’s second counselor, Williams […]
[…] the toilet,” he said. “Use the one in the feedstore.” “It’s broke.” “Use the one in the service station across the street.” “Maybe you got a leaky faucet you need fixed?” he said hopefully. […]
[…] told several people, almost with pride, about the adoption. At Lake Point when I pulled into a service station one day, the young attendant, a former stu dent, promptly asked, “Did you really adopt […]
[…] field of restoration studies. His monthly articles in the Saints’ Herald are models of high-quality, incisive historical writing. Howard is currently at work on a narrative history of the RLDS Church. The remarks of […]
[…] in London may well have been usefully cathartic. Many missionaries felt revitalized, learning to balance work and service with prayer, study, and introspection as sources of testimony. In December 1959, a little over a […]
[…] Although his intellectual prospects were initially modest, Clark went on to an illustrious career in national public service. After graduating from the University of Utah as valedictorian, he attended the Columbia Law School, served […]
On 21 May 1839, Joseph Smith introduced an unusual entry in his journal history, writing, “To show the feelings of that long scattered branch of the house of Israel, the Jews, I here quote […]
[…] reasons are several and compelling. In the first place, author Wayne C. Booth, surely one of the most significant critics now writing in English and perhaps in any language, unashamedly traces his roots to Mormonism.
[…] Israel. Maybe I should digress and observe that Ken supports, or at least never minds, my check- writing to charitable causes. Whether or not they are Jewish charitable organizations is beside the point for […]