[…] the Sabbath, he requested the family girls sing the popular “In the Gloaming.” Rachel believed singing and newspaper reading breached the Sabbath and responded with a mortified, “Why Joseph, it’s Sunday!” Smith swept her […]
[…] man down but he sent men later to tip over Eagle’s small house and pour out his stock of liquor. John Hardy , History of the Trials of Elder John Hardy (Boston: Conway and […]
[…] small (126 pages) book written for juveniles, is one person’s view of a thorny issue in America today. Mormons will be interested to read Ms. Weiss’s first three chapters discussing historical events leading up […]
[…] the young pioneer girl. As such it takes a refreshing introductory look aimed at the popular Mormon market, thereby making a valuable contribution to the “sisters” genre. The book is consciously written to include […]
[…] throws more light on this subject than anything yet produced in or out of the Church” (“Book News on Mormon History,” No. 1 p. 3, issued by Deseret Book Company). Much of Hogan’s effort […]
[…] the Old Testament is generally believed not to be the same disease we know by that term today. Folk medicine included bandages, splints, oils, poultices, and a variety of herbal remedies such as Balm […]
[…] that the voting process in the Church was originally much more open and thoughtful than it is today. I explained that I was really sustaining him more than most members of the stake because […]
[…] (Journal History, 5 Sept. 1848, 4). At the 1862 general conference, participants clapped their hands together (Deseret News, 15 Oct. 1862). Beginning in 1892, with the capstone laying at the Salt Lake Temple, participants […]
[…] to his apartment about his work on Ronald Reagan’s re-election campaign gave me the feeling that our politics would not lead to a sudden and perfect rapport. Nor would our economic situations, I thought, […]
[…] dashing moustache. He started in the typesetting business as a boy when it was all hot lead. Today he still sets hot lead in a workshop in his basement. He’s worked nights and weekends […]