DiscussMormonism.com

- FIFTEEN - Elder Burton, the Prophet’s junior body-guard, meandered down State Street, past the ZCMI Center, until the temple was in full view. It sat heavy and serene and castle-like behind the spiked black fence. Near it was the domed tabernacle, and its metal, tortoise-shell roof gleamed in the ...

- FOURTEEN - It was some time in the afternoon, well after President Baylor had attended to all his morning meetings and duties and an hour or two after he’d taken his lunch, when a knock sounded on the door of his spacious, curtain-darkened office in the Church Administration Building. He had set a...

- THIRTEEN - INCIDENT REPORT No. 20166 Entered on 9/25/1992 – 22:54 Date / Time of Incident Location 9/25/93 18:20:00 100 E 700 N __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Incident Type/Violation Reporting Officer 1. ASSAULT & BATT...

- TWELVE - After breakfast and a shower, and after dressing in a dark suit which had been tailored specifically for him by Mr. Mac, President Baylor waited in the sitting room near the elevator. He sat in the padded rocking chair beside the tall, white Bornholm clock, with his fingers knitted togeth...

Part TWO Continuing Revelation “We believe all that God has revealed, all that He does now reveal, and we believe that He will yet reveal many great and important things pertaining to the Kingdom of God.” --The 9th Article of Faith - ELEVEN - Once again, President Alma Grange Baylor, the Prophet, S...

- TEN - The ensuing days were a blur. Sam could scarcely contain his excitement and anticipation, and the hours could not pass quickly enough. When he woke up the day after he’d made up his mind, he first tried to get ahold of the missionaries, who didn’t seem to have a phone, and then he called Bis...

- NINE - Bishop Chuck Gladden lived at the end of a cul-de-sac in a subdivision in the southwestern part of town, near the irrigation canal by Country Drive. The house looked like it was still being built; there was exposed, black tarpaper covered in chicken wire on part of the roof, and although th...

- EIGHT - It was the darndest thing. It just goes to show you that you can’t ever judge a person. What happened was that we were comin out of Ely. Yeah—just a couple of miles out, and yep, you’re right, we had been over to see the Lehman Caves. What? Oh, yes, it was amazing! All those rock formation...

- SEVEN - After sacrament meeting, Bishop Gladden came down from the dais and met up with a slightly severe-looking woman who turned out to be his wife. He spoke with her for a moment, pointed in Sam’s direction, and then ushered her over. “Sam, I’d like you to meet Barbara, my wife.” “Nice to meet ...

- SIX - Sunday. Samuel Younger sat in his living room, wearing a grey collared shirt and a pair of dark, army green, multi-pocketed, rather baggy pants. This was an outfit he’d debated over for some time that morning, as he had virtually no idea what people wore to church on Sundays. Or, rather, he ...