Power still resides in apostles from past

By Jerry Johnston
Deseret Morning News
Published: Thursday, April 10, 2008 12:08 a.m. MDT
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FOR MORMONS OF a certain age, when Elder William R. Walker showed photos of general authorities from the 1950s at LDS conference, it "woke up the echoes" — as they say at Notre Dame. Names of other former apostles came floating back like the names of old schoolteachers — Henry D. Moyle, Alvin R. Dyer, Adam S. Bennion, LeGrand Richards. Today they exist in bits and pieces — in the anecdotes that people share.

Past apostles never die, they live in the stories we tell each other.

But we forget sometimes they were more than kindly grandfathers. They were dynamic, formidable souls in their day — Mormons to be reckoned with.

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Jerry Johnston is right. When a general authority dies, so does his...

Jon B. Holbrook | April 11, 2008 at 2:35 p.m.

As always, Jerry Johnson hits the nail on the head. It seems strange...

jph1223 | April 10, 2008 at 3:33 a.m.