The first sermon preached in the Salt Lake Valley in 1847 was delivered on July 25 by Elder George A. Smith. He spoke from atop a piece of artillery known in Church history as the "Old Sow" cannon....

"The book of Leviticus, the third book of the Pentateuch, gets its name from the tribe of Levi, the priesthood tribe of ancient Israel," explained Kent P. Jackson in Studies in Scripture: The Old...

On July 9, 1923, a young missionary serving in the British Isles reported in his journal: "Warm. Arrived in Sunderland from Darlington this morning at 11 o'clock and attended to the mail...

Dr. Gerald Argetsinger, associate general education professor at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf and a member of the Rochester (N.Y.) 2nd Ward, has been named new Hill Cumorah Pageant...

Don H. Wall was a 21-year-old farmer helping his father on their large ranch in Raymond, Alberta, when a young "schoolmarm," or teacher, moved in next door. His father told him, "There's a...

Holders of the priesthood had numerous responsibilities during Old Testament times. Many of those duties are outlined in Leviticus and other early Old Testament books. In Unlocking the Old...

Why I wanted to go to America, I don't know, but because I like to bike, I went. I flew from Japan to Los Angeles, Calif., on April 15, 1983. Because I can't speak English, it was very scary....

ATLANTA GEORGIA STAKE: (March 4, 1990) President - Robert Crosby, 43, manager of transportation company, succeeding Mark V. Johnson; former high councilor, bishop and counselor, and high priests...

When Kevin McLane and Annette Barnes met, it was mud at first sight. Head gardener at the Chicago temple, she was repairing a sprinkler line when he stopped to ask directions. He was on his...

"Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our...