John Pulsipher (July 17, 1827-August 9, 1891) Memories of Joseph’s last speech to the Nauvoo Legion. I have been with the Prophet Joseph and heard his instruction weekly and sometimes daily. The last time I heard him speak in public he spoke to the Legion. After telling over what heContinue Reading

Judge declares the Bible to be treason Well, a mock court under the administration of Austin A. King, since governor of Missouri, while Joseph Smith and others were taken by a mob and were made subject to this inquisition, and to a mock trial, and while undergoing this mock trialContinue Reading

The following story comes from Parley P. Pratt: Captain Lawn and his troops had marched about twelve miles towards home when the news reached them of the martyrdom! At this he exclaimed: “O that I had known of this massacre, so soon to transpire! I would have remained, and, whenContinue Reading

Joseph Smith’s name had for good and evil Elder John H. Groberg of the Seventy told of an experience in which he saw a fulfillment of Moroni’s prophecy in Joseph Smith—History 1:33. While serving as a missionary in the South Pacific, Elder Groberg visited a remote island named Tafahi, which had onlyContinue Reading

Atheism, not religion, is the real force behind the mass murders of history Dinesh D’Souza NOVEMBER 21, 2006 Accessed from the Christian Science Monitor: http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/1121/p09s01-coop.html  on 11/8/2016 RANCHO SANTA FE, CALIF. — In recent months, a spate of atheist books have argued that religion represents, as “End of Faith” author Sam HarrisContinue Reading

I read this today and had to post: Tolkien and Lewis’ recourse was to draw us back to the heroic tradition: a mode of thought tempered by the realities of combat and fortified by belief in a God of justice and mercy. Perhaps the character of Faramir, the Captain ofContinue Reading