[…] mention the necessity of providing protection against the elements), the missionaries appealed to readers of the Deseret News to donate used clothing, “especially shirts, to help cover the nakedness of the Indians, especially the […]
[…] one in New England and another in England. He helped his father edit his New York City news paper, The Mormon, served as business manager for his father’s large family, taught grammar and geography […]
[…] than these alone. Mute walls cannot respond to prayers of dedication; neither can they take the good news to the world of God’s enduring love for man. So let this dedication be of mind […]
[…] westward expansion nurtured a profound belief in America as the land of destiny, a light to the world. God could not have chosen a better place, a better time, or a better people than […]
[…] Elder Petersen, who wrote the foreword, sniped away at science from time to time through his Church News editorials for the remainder of his life. He particularly objected to efforts to understand the origins […]
[…] in Arabic and Islamic subjects. Urdu is the principal language of the community and the use of English is stressed, even though Punjabi is the language of the area where Ahmadiyyat originated. (It is […]
[…] Bohn, a professor of political science at Brigham Young University, Neal W. Kramer, a graduate student in English language and literature at the University of Chicago, and Gary Novak, a graduate student at Columbia […]
[…] later that while the total number of missionaries was expected to increase, this was because all non- English-speaking missionaries would report to the Provo complex, not because of a dramatic jump in the number […]
[…] in earnest. In 1940 and 1942 Austin Fife published “The Three Nephites in Popular Tradition,” a ground- breaking col lection of fifty-two texts, and “Popular Legends of the Mormons,” which contained a summary of […]
[…] walked back beneath a continuously unfolding canopy of arches. Memories flowed through me like a strong current, breaking off into a strange network of smaller streams dappled by light and shadow. One was of […]