Speaking in Church
April 25, 2018The following excerpts, from the Preface and Chapter 1 of the first edition, are also found in almost identical form in the commended 1910 edition.
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Bird Island
April 25, 2018It will come as news to all Latter-day Saints that after many years of deep scholarly research the Hill Cumorah has finally been located—at the north end of Bird Island in Utah Lake. Those familiar…
Among the Mormons
April 25, 2018Eleven years ago, Dialogue and Ralph W. Hansen began an association which would last a decade and produce nearly forty Among the Mormons columns. His painstaking contribution stands as a monument to dedication and diligence.…
Poem for an Infant Son
April 25, 2018The little fish of life
Came unready to the land
His lungs unequal to the task
Of elemental air.
Elizabeth the Fijian
April 25, 2018“Since we became civilized,” she said
in her British voice,
as we gazed on the artifacts
of the last King—
Koosharem, Utah — 1914
April 25, 2018Three brass-skinned boys of Box Creek Reservation
in new Grass Valley Mercantile pants
black hair cut straight above their wary eyes
moved soft as any hunted cottontail
Caridad
April 25, 2018Typhoon rains were pounding the house for the fifth consecutive night. I was preparing for bed with a candle and a bowl of water when I heard urgent feet on the stairs. Belen Rivera, our…
Passive Aggression and the Believer
April 25, 2018A Priesthood group of six was contemplating an activity proposed by the group leader. One member objected, but the remaining five supported the proposal so enthusiastically that it was scheduled for the following Saturday. When…
The Liberal Institute: A Case Study in National Assimilation
April 25, 2018In a time of the Chautauqua and the public meeting hall, when cultural values were established and reinforced by pulpit and lectern, there stood in the very heart of Brigham Young’s Zion the Liberal Institute,…
The Enigma of Solomon Spalding
April 25, 2018“Every man’s life,” wrote Emerson, “is a secret known only to God.” Certainly this must be said of Solomon Spalding, much of whose story remains obsure. The events of his life suggest a pattern of…