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Joseph Smith

  • Faith conquers 'impossible trek'

    It was this month 130 years ago, in October 1879, when early Mormon settlers in southern Utah left their base camp in Dance Hall Rock to embark on one of the most arduous treks in Church history. They had been called by President John Taylor to leave their comfortable settings in the Parowan, Utah, area to colonize the opposite corner of the state in southeastern Utah.
  • Sidney B. Sperry Symposium: Restoration is crucial to understanding Bible

    The Restoration is crucial to our understanding of the Bible, Elder F. Melvin Hammond, an emeritus Seventy, said during the keynote address of the 38th annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium at BYU on Oct. 30.
  • Path to happiness

    "Happiness in family life is most likely to be achieved when founded upon the teachings of the Lord Jesus Christ" ("The Family: A Proclamation to the World").
  • Bringing to light the 'Inspired Version'

    At the funeral service of Robert J. Matthews, President Boyd K. Packer described him as a "treasure" to the Church. (Brother Matthews died Aug. 30 in Provo, Utah, of complications following open-heart surgery; his funeral was Sept. 3. See Church News, Sept. 12.)