Show Church briefs Ogden Baptist missionaries speak at Washington Terrace LDS Institute speaker to be educator OGDEN — Speak-e- r at the Ogden LDS TERRACE — David Institute devotional Dixon to missionaries France will be the guest speakers Sunday at 6 pm at the Heights Baptist Church 147 E 4800 South Serving with the Conservative Baptist Foreign Mission Socithe ety (CBFMS) Dixons are in the United States speaking about their work They began Sunday services in 1967 in Vilhers-le-BFrance and the growth at first was slow but by the time the Dixons left in 1988 about 150 people were meeting in two locations and and tion chief n Kerr was born and raised in Tremonton and obtained his bachelor's degree at Utah State University where he was president of the student body and quarterback for the USU football team He obtained his master’s degree from USU and bis doctorate from the University of Utah in 1970 Prior to coming to the Utah System of Higher Education Kerr was executive vice president of Brigham Young University and president of Dixie College in St George In 1976 he received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from USU on el Along with their ministry Christian Women’s Club executive committee for the northern Paris suburbs visited and counseled women and taught Sunday school and a ladies Bible study Doctrine be- From Section Cover “bilingual: You must speak with authority and excellence to your professional colleagues in the language of scholarship and you must also be literate in the language of spiritual things" One of the pioneers to this proach was Juanita Brooks apau- thor y Church Mews Standard-Examin- er Dixon served as business manager and acted as a liaison between the mission and the French government She served on the history put aside personal Bitton and Arrington point out that this “dual loyalty” felt by many professional Mormon historians produces inevitable tension On one hand they are faithful believing practicing Latter-daSarnts on the other hand “they defend their right and obligation to examine the evidence and to report it honestly and forthrightly" To report history honestly arid forthrightly requires objectivity something that those writing Mormon history have been slow to practice Mormons were either portrayed as saints or sinners seldom anything between Bringhurst said He cited f awn Brodie an excommunicated Mormon who wrote “No Man Knows My History” published in 1945 Bringhurst who is writing a biography on Brodie said she represents one of the last of the “old Mormon history" writers She like others before her wrote her book with the specific goal of demeaning Mormonism and Joseph Smith AH her research as good as it may have been went toward that end In contrast he said those at the “cutting edge” of Mormon A Joyce Wash-ingt- executive officer of the Utah State Board of Regents The event will be Tuesday at 10:30 a m at the the institute chapel 1302 Edval-so- liefs of “The Mountain Meadows Massacre” published by the Startford University Press in 1950 The massacre which occured 131 years ago not far from Cedar City involved the brutal killings of nearly 100 men women and children at the hands of Mormons Those were the gruesome facts Brooks chose to write about Bitton and Arrington wrote that after the book was printed Brooks was “branded as an apostate” When she was asked if her book harmed the church in any way she replied “I hope not I didn't want to harm the church I think always the truth is better-' That philosophy seemed to mark most of the Arrington years as church historian from 1972 to 1982 They were the years historians today refer to as “Camelot" Bringhurst said During those years Bringhurst said he had free access when re- searching material for his first hook “Saints Slaves and Blacks” but found that restrictions increased toward the end of the 1970s By the time he began researching his second book about Bngham Young he had to be very specific about what papers by Bngham Young he wanted to look at and why he wanted to look at them Bringhurst said the church seemed to tighten restrictions after a few of the documents such 479-703- Jehovah’s Witnesses WASHINGTON will be Wm Rolfe Kerr Utah Commissioner of High Educa- The public is welcome to attend these For more information call 0 services to hold convention in Roy ROY — Spanish-speakin- congrega- g tions of Jehovah's Witnesses will be cony convention today vening for a and Saturday at Roy High School 2150 two-da- W 4800 South Approximately 800 people are attending from Oregon Idaho Wyoming and Utah The convention will be in Spanish and Saturday’s program will concern adherence to Bible principles and a dis- on baptism and dedication followed by a baptism Sunday’s program features the keynote address given by Aldo F Muscariello a representative of the Watchtower Bible & Tract Society His topic is “Why Fear the True God” g All persons are welcome to attend There will be no collections taken course Spanish-speakin- Ogden East Stake presents Christmas show LDS OGDEN — The LDS Ogden East Stake is presenting a special Christmas program “Welcome the Christmas Season” Wednesday at the stake center 1314 27th St as the William Clayton diary were stolen reprinted and distributed by groups The tightening may have also come as a reaction by church leaders after reading what some historians chose as their focus such as Joseph Smith and magic practices While they want church history to be written they want it to be Brinnot ghurst said All of these things including Mark Hofmann's forgeries “really brought everything to a rather depressing climax” he said Arrington and Bitton said in their book that the LDS Church Archives should not be singled out and derided They said they are convinced that the church follows the same procedures as other institutions “We acknowledge however that in the 1980s many documents are more highly restricted than in the 1970s no apparent reason being given for the ‘tightening up’ " they wrote “For the general reader who may not understand this detail may we simply mention that the Church Archives like other research archives is not a public library” Recognizing some restrictions Bitton and Arrington wrote that they do encourage the “widest possible” access to historical documents “We see no evidence that the tight restrictions of old prevented malicious and hostile publications and we are confident that some very good histories and DOCTRINE on Page 5 At 7 a re- freshment buffet a visit with Santa and tree trimming in the Cultural Hall At 7:30 programs and activities will be held for different age groups Adults will meet in the chapel Young Men and Young Women in the basement activity room and children over age three meet in the Primary rooms After the programs the stake Christmas tree will be lit Harvest Rally celebrated at Embry Chapel Sunday OGDEN — The annual Harvest Rally will be celebrated at Embry Chapel 264 30th St Sunday at 3:30 pm Theme for the event is “The 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