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  • Work begins on Camden meetinghouse

    Across the Delaware River from historic Philadelphia, Pa., is the City of Camden, the 12th largest municipality in New Jersey, and it's neighbor, Pennsauken Township.
    Published: Saturday, Sept. 24, 2011

  • President Eyring returns home for Philadelphia Temple groundbreaking

    In an area where national and Church history roots run deep, President Henry B. Eyring broke ground for the Philadelphia Pennsylvania Temple on Saturday morning, Sept. 17.
    Published: Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2011

  • Visit to a convert on her 90th birthday

    When Elder Ralph Kramer left to serve in the North Central States Mission in 1951, he didn't realize what a profound impact he would have on the Gulbranson family of Alexandria, Minn.
    Published: Saturday, June 11, 2011

  • New mission presidents

    Seven new mission presidents and their wives have been called by the First Presidency. They will begin service about July 1.
    Published: Saturday, Feb. 27, 2010

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Published: Saturday, May 23, 1992

Abish is distinguished because she is one of only three women named in the Book of Mormon. One sentence about the Lamanite woman convert is at once informative and cryptic: "she having been...