World of Hurt
A Novel of Las Vegas
Richard J Pietschmann
Chapter 16
May 28, 1965: The evils of the gentile world
Reasons were never given to justify any mission call, but Arden Montgomery had a pretty good idea why he was sent to Los Angeles. He figured it was because he loved the same music that had drawn so many rootless kids to the same place. LDS leadership hated that music, of course, the way they despised all the ills and evils of the gentile world. But the Twelve Apostles were shrewd enough to sense an opportunity. With his known passion for Dylan, the Beatles and the rest of that godless music, Arden seemed like the ideal missionary to convert searching young people who loved the same music to the church.
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