Howard Egan, one of the outstanding members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints during the period shortly after its organization, demonstrated his faithfulness to the Church by supporting the leaders, through all their difficulties, from the day of his conversion until the end of his life. While living in Nauvoo he lent his assistance to the leaders by serving as a city policeman, as Captain of the Camp Creek detachment of the Nauvoo Legion on reconnaissance duty during the mob hostilities of 1845, and as a missionary for the Church in the Eastern States. During the exodus of the Saints from Nauvoo, he organized one hundred families of Saints into a compact group and moved them safely to the west bank of the Mississippi.In order to maintain continuity of narrative, the writer has followed closely the chronology of the Church History, Egan's diary as contained in the book Pioneering the West, and other histories which include him in their records. The material quoted in the pages of this thesis, when copied from records searched, has been written as the writer found it. He has made no changes in spelling or punctuation.

The Seminaries of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints were organized to provide religious education for high school and junior high school students. Inspirational devotional programs are a part of the class procedure in the Seminaries designed to create a spiritual tone in this religious education. Objectives of these devotional periods are:1. To encourage students to reflect and meditate on spiritual subjects.2. To provide opportunities and experiences for student participation in planning and presenting inspirational devotional programs.3. To establish in the classroom an atmosphere or setting which will stimulate the study of scripture and sacred history, thus serving as a lead into lesson work.This project involves a discussion of techniques of planning and producing inspirational devotional programs in the Seminary. In it outlines are given for fifty-nine devotional programs to accompany the fifty-nine lessons outlined in the Teacher Manual which was published in 1961 by the Department of Education of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for the Seminary course in Church History and Doctrine.While these devotional programs do no satisfy the daily needs for the entire year, they do serve as an outline for a minimal devotional activity and provide a pattern for further planning by teachers and students.

The purpose of this study was to test the follow null hypotheses:1. There are no differences between boys and girls in religious attitudes and religious activity.2. There are no differences in students' religious attitudes related to the priesthood and religious activity status of the fathers.3. There are no differences in students' religious activity related to the priesthood and religious activity status of the fathers.4. There is no relationship between a student's religious attitudes and his religious activity.A religious attitude index was obtained for each student from a summated rating of students' responses to a Likert-type attitude scale, and a religious activity index was determined from students' expressed religiosity for individual prayer and church attendance. The required data were obtained for 153 students enrolled at the Kaysville L. D. S. Seminary during the spring of 1960.Five groupings were established for the priesthood and religious activity status of the fathers: Seventies and High Priests (active), Seventies and High Priests (inactive), Elders (active), Elders (inactive), and Aaronic Priesthood—Adults (inactive).The following statistics were employed in testing the above hypotheses: simple analysis of variance, t-test, and Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient.

This thesis is a history of the original thirty-seven homesteaders of Highland, Utah. It covers a period of about twenty-five years, 1875-1900. The study provides an example of a aberrant community which was not established in the same, distinctive style of settlement as the typical Mormon village. In addition it describes the relationship between the original residents and non-residents of Highland with the surrounding villages of Lehi, American Fork, and Alpine.

It was the purpose of this study to determine the influence of the Seminary program of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the development and persistence of certain desired religious attitudes, beliefs, and practices of its graduates.A student questionnaire was constructed for the purpose of determining student responses, opinions, and attitudes on various phases of their religious lives as they were influenced by their seminary training. The questionnaire was based on certain beliefs and practices which the investigator felt were indicative of the beliefs and practices which characterize those living in harmony with the tenents of the LDS faith.

The aim of this thesis is to present the diaries of Hosea Stout in the light of literary criticism and analysis. Two questions have been asked: do the diaries contain literary quality by revealing the characteristics, attitudes, abilities, and feelings of Hosea Stout; and, does Hosea Stout's style contain the literary elements necessary to distinquish it from ordinary communication. Passages from the diaries have been quoted and analyzed to answer these questions. Conclusions are made after each analysis, after each chapter, and at the end of the thesis.This study revealed that, in spite of Hosea Stout's spelling difficulties and stylistic Imperfections, his journals, in actual content and style, often contain literary value. They record Hosea Stout's personal characteristics in their content, and in style are seen to contain narrative and poetic elements. Hosea Stout successfully uses many literary methods and devices. He falls short only when recording feelings of sorrow; in such Instances, he becomes extremely sentimental.Within his diaries, Hosea Stout vividly records his observations of Nature, events, and people. He seems always interested in going beyond physical detail, and in supplying human meaning to otherwise bare facts. Writing spontaneously, with only his natural skill and ability to aid him, he presents an intense, concentrated, interpreted picture of life. Acknowledging this, it follows that his journals, though outwardly imperfect, inwardly attain literary value.

The degree of validity of various teacher evaluation systems in the Church Educational System (CES) of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has been questioned. Despite several administrative and scholarly attempts, there has been an absence of an accepted set of dimensions for such measurement. In an effort to specify the desirable attributes and practices of religious educators, CES administrators have defined six CES values and seven principles of edification. One of these values is identified as Edifying Teaching. By CES definition, edification occurs when a student is built up spiritually. The seven principles of edification are believed to be important in fostering teaching that edifies. Although full-time employees have been trained on these dimensions, they are not yet the basis for teacher evaluation. This study explores the dimensions upon which students evaluate their seminary teachers and the potential viability of using the principles of edification as measures. While students may conceptually understand the principles of edification, there is evidence that they are unable to apply them to an evaluation of their seminary teacher. Exploratory factor analysis of student's ratings of their seminary teacher provides evidence that students discriminate upon the two dimensions of teacher-student relations and the teacher's presentation manner or skill. The first of these two dimensions, teacher-student relations accounts for 93% of the variance in this two-factor model.

The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between religiosity and life satisfaction among Latter-day Saints (LDS) college students. The scales used were the religiosity scale by Chadwick and Top (1993), and the life satisfaction scale by Neugarten, Havighurst and Tobin (1961). The analysis was based on data obtained from 222 students (55.5%) who responded. A prediction model was used to develop a regression equation. Pearson correlation analysis was used to evaluate the correlation between religiosity and life satisfaction. The regression equation is as follows: life satisfaction = 1.436815592 + 0.045915152 (spiritual experiences) + 0.042888274 (integration in congregation). A significant correlation of 0.0230 (p<.05) was found for spiritual experiences, and 0.0215 (p<.05) for integration in congregation. But no significant correlation was found between life satisfaction and the other factors such as gender, age, religious beliefs, private religious behavior, attendance/public behavior, and family religious. Spiritual experiences and integration in congregation were the only factors correlated with higher life satisfaction scores.

As one studies the history of Cache Valley, he becomes increasingly aware of the presence of church-sponsored cooperative stores, farms, and mills, in every community in the valley. True, there are only scattered remains of a once rather extensive movement, but there is enough evidence to cause one to wonder what influence the cooperative enterprises had in the settlement of Cache Valley. This study has been made to determine the extent of this contribution and to preserve as much information as possible concerning a very important phase of the settlement days in Cache Valley.This study includes only the period from 1865 to 1900. These are the important years of church-sponsored cooperative institutions in Cache Valley. The general plan of cooperation was introduced formally in the October Conference of 1868. There were a few cooperative stores in operation prior to this time, however. The movement grew to magnanimous proportions before dwindling to a mere trickle by 1900. There were only a few concerns that extended beyond this date.Data for this study has been obtained from many sources. Newspapers, journals, and other manuscripts have been the most valuable sources. Other important sources have included personal interviews, secondary sources, and company records.

The Utah War and its aftermath changed Utah and the Mormons forever. This change came because of the growing Gentile influence in the territory and was reflected most adequately in the current periodicals of the period. The Valley Tan and the Mountaineer are especially important because their opposition to one another brought many important issues to the forefront of discussion. These issues would be important to the Mormons learning to live and work with those not of their faith and to share in their Zion.These newspapers were successful in giving to its reader, both past and present, a glimpse into the troubles and pains of a very difficult time in Utah history.