by Ashley Morales | Jul 12, 2017 | Early History, Historical Landmarks, Joseph Smith, Modern History, Mormon Historical Sites, Pioneers
With innovation and prosperity come access. With access comes power. With power come miracles. The Erie Canal, which celebrates its 200th birthday this year, provided many miracles—not the least of which included a means of travel and communication that allowed The...
by Ashley Morales | Jun 28, 2017 | Bios, Early History, Historical Stories, Joseph Smith, Modern History, Past Leader Bios
This article originally appeared in LDS Daily on June 27th, 2017. On June 27, 1844, not longer after singing “A Poor Wayfaring Man of Grief” to his cellmates, John Taylor lay suffering on the floor of Carthage Jail. He had endured terrible injury at the hands of an...
by Megan Finley | Feb 1, 2017 | Joseph Smith's Family, Past Leader Bios
The following article by Scot and Maurine Proctor first appeared on LDSMag.com on February 1, 2017. In this article, published yesterday, we talked about how Lucy’s Preliminary Notes were extensively edited before they became the book we have had for years in the...
by Megan Finley | Jan 23, 2017 | Early History, Joseph Smith
Parley Pratt remains the most eloquent thus far in describing the atmosphere that pervaded before the coming forth of the Book of Mormon, stating that we “…can never understand precisely what is meant by Restoration, unless we understand what [was] lost or taken away”...
by Guest Author | Jun 27, 2016 | Joseph Smith
This article which was written by Danielle B. Wagner appeared in the 23 June 2016 online edition of LDS Living Magazine. “As with many other truths of the gospel, our present knowledge about a Mother in Heaven is limited,” the Church’s Gospel Topics...
by Guest Author | Jun 27, 2016 | Joseph Smith
The following article by Jannalee Rosner appeared in the 27 June 2016 online edition of LDS Living.com. Most members of the Church are familiar with the events surrounding the death of the Prophet Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrum. But what they might not realize is...
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