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...looking for guidance. The missionary, Bentley J. Tolk '87-'90, worked with the man and discussed the teachings of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints with him, and within days the man had stopped drinking and smoking and was ready to convert to the Mormon religion, Tolk says...
...DeGraw '91 is the only married freshman at Harvard and expects to be the only sophomore next year with a child. DeGraw, 22, is a former Mormon missionary in Japan. He commutes to Harvard daily from Medford, where he and his wife actively participate in a local church...
Tolk and Durham, both originally from Utah, met at a church dance in February 1987 Their marriage ceremony will take place at the Salt Lake City Mormon Temple on August 19th of this year, Tolk said...
...unfolding drama framed the extremes of modern Mormon life. Utah lures skiers to the slopes of its Wasatch Mountains, but the state is also home to Fundamentalists who find the 20th century anathema. About 20 miles northeast of the ski resort of Alta, the Singer clan nursed its cheerless fantasies. Founded by John Singer, an American-born TV repairman who spent his formative years in Nazi Germany, the family first ran afoul of the law when Singer pulled his children from school to shield them from the influence of drugs and racial integration. His continued defiance...
Most of the 40,000 polygamists scattered throughout Utah are peaceful. They follow the admonition of Mormon Leader Brigham Young: "The only men who become Gods, even the sons of God, are those who enter into polygamy." For the devout, polygamy means a chaste life where sex is initiated mainly at the invitation of the wife. In the 19th century, polygamy served to cement ties among Mormon families...