[…] a woefully inadequate diet. Nigeria was not in such dire straits when we were there. You could buy Americantype food at the markets. Since, the drought has wreaked havoc there, too. On the city […]
[…] quivered. “Asleep.” The old woman drew her shawl over her silver hair and walked away. He would buy a coffin in the morning, one large enough for both babies. He entered the room which […]
[…] several times with no success. Orson [Jr.] has furnished one load but it is so expensive to buy he cannot get for himself and me too this winter, will it not be possible for […]
[…] are none that are known” (p. 38). Also, “At this point, Joseph’s active imagination would have taken over and begun to consider the possibilities” (p. 118). On still another page the writer in a […]
[…] “more Christian” funerals; and from instituting a bureau of research and service to instructing church officers to buy economy cars (to “replace the gas guzzling models now prevalent on the present inventory of church-owned […]
[…] recruiters, who argue that Christians must not run from the world but confront and convert it; ( 3) civil religionists, who have taken the long-held American view that God ought to be in government […]
[…] with his team and go straightway and bring a load of the poor from Nauvoo . . . [ for] this is a day of action and not of argument” (Journal History, 28 Sept. 1846).
[…] expressed concern that Oahu might soon become depopulated. His sympathy for the victims was evident in a 6 August 1853 entry: “I went to see Sister Dennis who is very low with the small […]
[…] in equal measure … . The transparent surfaces of Juanita’s unhurried prose play, as in Willa Cather, over unsuspected depths” (Mulder 1984). A few reviewers had reservations. One was unhappy that the account brought […]
[…] earnest effort to transform the serious conversation of Mormonism from monologue to dialogue, the journal has thrived for two decades because of the energy and imagination of its writers and contributors. Charter subscribers or […]