Empirical Witnesses of the Gold Plates
July 17, 2019[…] plates in a room at the Smith home, four at one time and four at another (Deseret News, Aug. 14, 1878). This report is uncorroborated, however; nor was it approved by Whitmer before his […]
[…] plates in a room at the Smith home, four at one time and four at another (Deseret News, Aug. 14, 1878). This report is uncorroborated, however; nor was it approved by Whitmer before his […]
[…] I was entering the building, another teacher passed me and said, somewhat excitedly, “Have you heard the news? Blacks can have the priesthood.” Something in the way he said it made me think he […]
[…] for teaching doctrine and principle “by study, and also by faith.” The next year, Joseph was studying English grammar, avidly and ably, and was teaching it at the School. Early in 1835, he superimposed […]
[…] proselyting an ethic all their own. Similarly, critics believe the press can deliver more thorough and believable news that show the positive dynamism of human affairs. Some virulent criticisms are overstated, yet no church […]
[…] vote, only inviting members to participate. Ironically, that evening an editorial appeared in the church owned Deseret News entitled “Utah Women Should Match Power with Responsibility.” The editorial noted that “unhappily” many of the […]
[…] Martha, who had been “afraid to die. Not afraid of the afterward . . . but of breaking off. In all breaking away there is agony, and Martha had loved to live” (p. 21). […]
[…] in Thatcher, Arizona, and found a variety of Socialist documents, including personal statements, party platforms, periodicals, and news papers. George W. Williams, Jr., and Lorenzo Watson, the contractors for the building, and active Mormon […]
[…] widest possible sense to cover all possible actions against the Pretoria government. This includes all withdrawals and breaking of links, economic sanctions and embargoes, diplomatic actions, and cultural and other boycotts. It also includes […]
[…] Dean Brimhall, Fawn commented on the semi-official Church position vis-a-vis the general German situation: “If the Deseret News is careful not to offend Germany, and I gather from your statements that it is falling […]
[…] Our intercourse has been interrupted, Beth. And without intercourse . . . Not only can I not share it with anyone else, I can’t even talk to you—”Shut up,” he said to the mirror. […]