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The Old Dented Bucket
Faith is not about everything turning out OK; it’s about being OK no matter how things turn out.
Read MoreAn Experience With Helaman 10:4-5
“In 1967 Sister Ida Romney suffered a serious stroke
Read MoreA Christmas Story to Remember
It was Christmas Eve 1881. I was fifteen years old and feeling like the world had caved in on me because there just hadn’t been…
Read MoreDiary of Frederick William Hurst
Along about the 1st of March, 1893, I found myself alone in the dining room, all had gone to bed
Read MoreDirections From Heaven
I’ve been enjoying your letters, and somehow they’ve brought back memories for me of traveling Oregon in a “chase truck” for fueling the helicopter.
Read MoreFrom Loss to Faith
After almost 31 years of marriage Maxine Rasmussen’s husband, Moon, was taken from her in an instant.
Read MoreMy Father’s Prayer
Growing up, I always had great faith that prayer is direct communication with Heavenly Father
Read MoreWhere Love is, There God is Also
There was a cobbler named Martin Avdeich who lived in the city. He lived in a cellar, in a little room with a single window.
Read MoreIt Couldn’t Be Done
Somebody said that it couldn’t be done,
But, he with a chuckle replied
Just an Old Farmer
“I’m just an old farmer,” said 61-year old John Hess of Ashton, Idaho
Read MoreA Profound Lesson Taught To Me by The Spirit
I was a temple worker in the Portland, Oregon Temple for five years.
Read MoreSherrie’s Shield of Faith
For Sherrie, the summer of 1991 began like all of her other fondly remembered summers
Read MoreThe King’s Lost Emerald
Forty-four years ago I heard William J. Critchlow Jr., then president of the South Ogden Stake,
Read MoreSheep Ignored the Shepherd
[There is] an experience that I had as a youth which helped to teach me an important lesson.
Read MoreResponsibilities of Shepherds
When I was a very small boy, my father found a lamb all alone out in the desert
Read MoreFeed My Sheep
Since recently returning from a three-year Church assignment in Africa and becoming reacquainted with our twenty-three grandchildren,
Read MoreThe Summer of The Lambs
The day school was out at the beginning of each summer, our family went to our ranch in Wyoming.
Read MoreThe Shepherd Loves His Sheep
Some years ago, it was my privilege to visit the country of Morocco as part of an official United States government delegation.
Read MoreTwas a Sheep That Strayed
Twas a sheep not a lamb that strayed away
In the parable Jesus told,
A Boy and His Sheep
When I was nine or 10 years old my father, a cattleman, bought me 13 Columbia ewe lambs.
Read MoreThe Shepherds of Israel
As I sat down to study about the priesthood one morning, and to think about what I could use as subject matter to teach my quorum,
Read MoreThe Legend of Cliff Young:
Every year, Australia hosts 543.7-mile (875-kilometer) endurance racing from Sydney to Melbourne
Read MoreRecommended Reading
The Catbird Seat, by James Thurber
Neighbour Rosicky, by Willa Cather
All of O. Henry’s short stories, but especially
One in A Million Chance
“(Russ) Taylor, who is currently the department chairman of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections at the BYU library, helps oversee a vast collection of rare books, films and artifacts.
Read MoreCharity
One of my favorite examples of (charity) is the subject of a forthcoming Hollywood movie called The Little Red Wagon.
Read MoreBelle S. Spafford
Sister Spafford was great because she was obedient. Let me illustrate.
Read MoreI Have to Get Out
On the night of January 30, 1945, Latter-day Saints Margarete Hellwig and her daughter Gudrun fought their way through the crowds that thronged the piers of the Baltic Sea port and secured passage on the Wilhelm Gustloff.
Read MoreTwo Amazing Prophecies
An army of Elders will be sent to the four quarters of the earth to search out the righteous and warn the wicked of what is coming.
Read MoreFrom England to Utah in Three Days
On May 17, 1884, the Logan Temple was dedicated.
Read MoreRecommend For A Dollar
President (John) Taylor was standing by the east pulpit on the morning of (the Logan Temple) dedication, watching the hundreds of people filing into the assembly hall through the four doorways in the corners of the building
Read MoreThe Nephite Warriors
Brother Samuel Roskelley, recorder of the temple, relates that in early days the United States marshals
Read MoreA Baptism Manifestation
Probably one of the mightiest preachers the Mormon Church ever had was Apostle Melvin J. Ballard.
Read MorePreaching to The Dead
President Marriner W. Merrill, the first president of Logan Temple, was a very spiritual man and took good care of affairs at the temple.
Read MoreAn Interesting Visitor
President (Marriner Wood) Merrill was sitting in his office one morning (in the Logan Temple) in the early 1890’s when he heard a commotion outside. Stepping to the window
Read MoreChristmas Day in The Morning
He woke suddenly and completely. It was four o’clock, the hour at which his father had always called him to get up and help with the milking
Read MoreVisits From The Other Side, #5
There is an incident in which President Lorenzo Snow raised a young girl from the dead
Read MoreVisits From The Other Side, #4
The Logan Temple is sacred to our family, for there my wife and I were married
Read MoreVisits From The Other Side, #3
“We experienced a special day in our family on January 4, 1997.
Read MoreVisits From The Other Side, #2
“I would like to include an incident that happened one night in 1966 to Helen Nebeker Zaugg, a daughter of Joseph Wiley Nebeker. At that time,
Read MoreVisits From The Other Side, #1
Excerpt from a letter written by Paul Hunt, Buhl, Idaho to Orlan Van Leuven, Emmett, Idaho 19 June 1933:
Read MoreThe Fire
During (the) busy summer of 1871, a Portland minister called at Mr. Condon’s home accompanied by a representative of one of the great eastern colleges who wished to purchase the Geological Cabinet;
Read MoreSacagawea Finds Her Brothers
“Shortly thereafter, Clark arrived, accompanied by Charbonneau and Sacagawea. Cameahwait gave Clark the national hug and festooned his hair with shells.
Read MoreGeared to The Tread of Oxen-II
You have asked me to write the story of that branch of the McCornack family which came west in pioneer days and include some personal reminiscences, either first or second hand.
Read MoreGeared to The Tread of Oxen-I
“It seemed unlikely that one nation could govern an entire continent. The distances were just too great. A critical fact in the world of 1801
Read MoreThe Book of Kings
No race of kings has ever presented above one man of common sense in twenty generations.
Read MoreBalancing The Budget
Let’s play a little game: Let’s pretend that you readers are our elected federal leaders and you wish to do something about the deficit.
Read MoreAn Effective Solvent
Alcohol is a product of amazing versatility.
Read MoreAn Impudent Missionary
President (Boyd K.) Packer, President of the Quorum of the Twelve, recalled a time years ago when he met a young, disrespectful missionary.
Read MorePinned To The Ground
Marriner Wood Merrill was working alone in North Mill Creek Canyon east of Salt Lake City in January 1856 hauling five large logs for houses.
Read MoreMore Than Names
The page was faded and yellowed, and jagged, uneven holes punctuated the spidery script.
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