by Guest Author | Apr 5, 2016 | Inspiring Stories from Latter-day Saints
The following was an article originally published in the September 1929 Volume XXXII issue of The Improvement Era, an official publication of the Church until 1970. The account was written by LeRoi C. Snow, of the General Board of Y.M.M.I.A. Excerpts of the article...
by Guest Author | Aug 26, 2015 | Historical Stories
The Prophet Joseph Smith did not have any major interaction with Catholic clergy or the Catholic faith until 1839. In 1839, the Mormons purchased a small town named Commerce located in Illinois on the banks of Mississippi River. Commerce was a name given to the area...
by Keith L. Brown | Jul 3, 2015 | Early History
As part of the 50th annual conference of the Mormon History Association which took place at the Utah Valley Convention Center, a new generation of historians collaborated to present a more appealing view of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to outsiders....
by Keith L. Brown | Sep 30, 2014 | Historical Stories
Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy, also known as Leo Tolstoy, born 9 September 1828 in Yasnaya Polyana, Russia, was a Russian writer, philosopher and political thinker who primarily wrote novels and short stories. It is said that Tolstoy referred to Yasnaya Polyana as...
by Keith L. Brown | Sep 3, 2014 | Early History
Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints testify that the Book of Mormon, published in 1830, is exactly what its title proclaims it to be, Another Testament of Jesus Christ. Its title page states that one reason it was written was so that Native...