[…] By profession Ivins was a rancher, although his interests intersected with college trusteeship, mining, banking, and other enterprises.[ 6] He was the New West type: tough, intellectual, and practical.[7] He was described by Noble Warrum, […]
[…] good; but on moral and religious subjects, he was perfectly visionary—sometimes advocating one sentiment, and sometimes another.[ 6] Harris became the last of the three witnesses to the gold plates from which the Book […]
[…] up blood. A frail and thin 43-year-old mother of twelve, her life could probably have been saved for $200. As a missionary, I had baptized her in 1980. As a BYU student, I had […]
[…] of cities leave such a mark that time is thenceforth measured in terms of before and after. For example, following the Columbian Exposition that brought more than 27 million people to Chicago in 1893, […]
[…] a mission in Houston while his “soul was in a waning phase, narrowing to a sliver” (p. 3). [His] mission was like thermal underwear, useful for safety and warmth, but hampering his free movement… […]
[…] Saints have engaged in missionary work since the year of the religion’s founding. But sociological research on the experience of these missionaries is still young and stands as a field white and ready to harvest.
[…] twentieth century, the bloodiest and most war-crazed in the history of the world, has alone been responsible for combat in which “not less than 62 million civilians have perished, nearly 20 million more than […]
[…] also had Quaker neighbors. When the Smiths were losing their farm, a Quaker neighbor negotiated a friendly buy-out that let them continue to live on the farm for another three years.[16] Three Smiths were […]
[…] could be traded. Elder Monson would probably have accepted a long-term lease, but President Burkhardt wanted to buy the land. Therefore, according to Loffler, the good will that had been developed between the state […]
[…] the doctrine of the restored gospel of Jesus Christ, obedience to which alone can make us free.”[ 6] McKay’s primary responsibility as second counselor in the First Presidency was the supervision of the Church’s […]