[…] the administrator of those laws.” The Mormon priesthood, said Brigham Young, is a “perfect system of government.”[ 6] Such a view of government within the Kingdom had its external counterpart, albeit somewhat less simplisticly […]
[…] 2,000 people made the trip to Utah in 1847. The following year an additional number of nearly 3,000 joined them. With Salt Lake City only fourteen months of age, it had a population of […]
[…] with the people, I felt constrained to restrain rather than to urge them on in the work.”[ 6] Rigdon adopted Campbell’s goal of the restoration of the “ancient order of things” as his own. […]
[…] why, when they are able to move a step up the economic ladder, they don’t want to buy anything Provincial or Early American, but usually enter with joy and relief into the Outer Space […]
[…] and soon rose to above 5000. Since that time, subscriptions have fluctuated between 5200 and 6400, with over-the-counter sales adding an additional average circulation of 750. Eighty percent of the present subscribers are renewals. […]
Dialogue 5.3 (Fall 1970): 11–25 Godfrey describes the steps leading to Wilford Woodruff issuing the First Manifesto.
The two following commentaries on O. Kendall White’s “The Transformation of Mormon Theology” (Summer 1970) were received as Letters to the Editor, but due to their length we felt they would receive more attention here.
[…] upon close inspection of the original document and Joseph’s style of writing a “5” and a “ 6.” An adequate consideration of the issue of the time-lag and the discrepancies in the accounts would […]
Dialogue 6.1 (Spring 1971): 37–45 Thomasson argues that because the church did not give in to the federal government regarding Renyolds v United States, even though it might not look like it, he believes […]
[…] tuneful music interwoven into the story. People come away from performances singing the tunes or wanting to buy the music. Though the story and lyrics were written by a Broadway professional, Promised Valley suffers […]