Times and Seasons, 15 June 1842
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Source Note
Times and Seasons, (, Hancock Co., IL), 15 June 1842, vol. 3, no. 16, 815–830; edited by JS. For more complete source information, see the source note for Letter to Isaac Galland, 22 Mar. 1839.
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Historical Introduction
As editor of the Times and Seasons, JS oversaw the publication of the newspaper’s 15 June 1842 issue. The issue opened with an excerpt from the church’s newspaper in , the Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star, emphasizing the necessity of a restoration of the gospel. This was followed by the seventh installment of the serialized “History of Joseph Smith” and excerpted articles from several eastern newspapers about JS and the . The issue also included a letter from traveling in , who had just returned from his mission in England, and the minutes of a 14 May 1842 church held in Grafton, Ohio. The issue concluded with a poem on the by and a public notice that the had withdrawn “the hand of fellowship” from .In addition to these items, the issue included editorial content that was presumably written by JS or his editorial staff. This editorial content, which is featured here, includes three items: commentary on a popular book on American antiquities, with quotations from the Book of Mormon; a letter to the editor denouncing a pair of missionaries in Tennessee, together with an editorial response; and an article on the .Note that only the editorial content created specifically for this issue of the Times and Seasons is annotated here. Articles reprinted from other papers, letters, conference minutes, and notices, are reproduced here but not annotated. Items that are stand-alone JS documents are annotated elsewhere; links are provided to these stand-alone documents.
Footnotes
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John Taylor assisted JS in editing the Times and Seasons, but JS, as editor, assumed primary responsibility for the content in the issues. (Woodruff, Journal, 19 Feb. 1842; “To Subscribers,” Times and Seasons, 1 Mar. 1842, 3:710.)
Woodruff, Wilford. Journals, 1833–1898. Wilford Woodruff, Journals and Papers, 1828–1898. CHL. MS 1352.
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The first installment of JS’s history was published in the 15 March 1842 issue of the Times and Seasons.
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Although the notice was written on 11 May 1842, it was withheld from publication until this mid-June issue. (See Historical Introduction to Letter to the Church and Others, 23 June 1842; Notice, 11 May 1842; and JS, Journal, 26 May 1842.)
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Priest, American Antiquities, 205–208.
Priest, Josiah. American Antiquities and Discoveries in the West. . . . 5th ed. Albany: Hoffman and White, 1838.
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See “Editorial Method”.
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THE OF GOD AT .
by .
Ye servants that so many prophets foretold,
Should labor for Zion and not for the gold,
Go into the field ere the sun dries the dew,
And reap for the kingdom of God at .
Go carry glad tidings, that all may attend,
While God is unfolding “The time of the end;”
And say to all nations, whatever you do,
Come, build up the of God at .
Go say to the Islands that wait for his law,
Prepare for that glory the prophets once saw,
And bring on your gold and your precious things, too,
As tithes for the of God at .
Go say to the great men, who boast of a name;
To kings and their nobles, all born unto fame,
Come, bring on your treasurers, antiquities, too,
And honor the of God at .
Proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord,
For now we have prophets to bring forth his word,
And reveal to the church what the world never knew,
By faith in the of God at .
To spirits in prison the gospel is sent,
For on such a mission the Savior once went;
And we are baptiz’d for the dead—surely, too,
In the font at the of God at .
Up; watch! for the strange work of God has begun,
And new things are opening, now, under the sun:
And knowledge on knowledge will burst to our view,
From Seers in the of God at .
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NOTICE.
The subscribers, members of the of the , withdraw the hand of fellowship from General , as a christian, he having been labored with from time to time, to persuade him to amend his conduct, apparently to no good effect.
| JOSEPH SMITH, | |
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The following members of the concur in the above sentiments.
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We concur in the above sentiment.
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of the above mentioned Church.
, May 11th, 1842.
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AGENTS.
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, City of
, Victoria, Knox co.
, Pittsfield Pike co.
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John Groosbeck, North Agusta.
John Pincock, South Agusta
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, City of .
, City of Utica.
Charles Thompson, Batavia, Genesee co.
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, City of .
Joseph H. Newton, " "
, .
DELAWARE.
Robert P. Crawford, Christiana.
NORTH CAROLINA.
| , | Joshua M. Grant. |
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Abraham O. Smoot, City of Charleston.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
, City of .
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, City of .
, City of .
, Richmond.
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Dwight Webster, Farmington.
, .
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Zadoc Parker, Lisbon Village.
Jeremiah Willey.
TENNESSEE.
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| Tardy R. Whitcher, | Green Y. Lee. |
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, .
LOUISIANA.
E. G. Terrell City of .
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Moses Johnson, P. M. Royal Oak, Oakland co.
INDIANA.
J. J. Guinand, Mount Sterling , Switzerland co.
MISSISSIPPI.
Hamilton Jett,
TRAVELING AGENTS.
| , | Jonathan Hampton, |
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| , | Isaac Haight. |
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The Times and Seasons,
is edited by
Joseph Smith.
Printed and published about the first and fifteenth of every month, on the corner of Water and Bain Streets, , Hancock County, Illinois, by
JOSEPH SMITH.
TERMS.—Two Dollars per annum, payable in all cases in advance. Any person procuring five new subscribers, and forwarding us Ten Dollars current money, shall receive one volume gratis. All letters must be addressed to Joseph Smith, publisher, post paid, or they will not receive attention. [p. 830]
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