Times and Seasons, 15 April 1842
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Source Note
Times and Seasons (, Hancock Co., IL), 15 Apr. 1842, vol. 3, no. 12, pp. 751–766; 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
The 15 April 1842 issue of the ’s , Illinois, newspaper, Times and Seasons, was the fifth issue to identify JS as editor. The issue contained three editorial passages, each of which is featured below with an accompanying introduction. Two other JS texts printed in this issue—a discourse and minutes of the April 1842 special in Nauvoo—are featured as stand-alone documents elsewhere in this volume.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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1
While JS likely authored many of the paper’s editorial passages, John Taylor reportedly assisted him in writing content. No matter who wrote individual editorial pieces, JS assumed editorial responsibility for all installments naming him as editor except the 15 February issue. (Woodruff, Journal, 19 Feb. 1842; Times and Seasons, 1 Mar. 1842.)
Woodruff, Wilford. Journals, 1833–1898. Wilford Woodruff, Journals and Papers, 1828–1898. CHL. MS 1352.
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2
See Discourse, 20 Mar. 1842; and Minutes and Discourses, 6–8 Apr. 1842.
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3
See “Editorial Method”.
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Document Transcript
Ebenezer Hanks, Burton Ill. | $2 00 |
Dr. L. M. Knight, Pleasant Garden, Ia. | 2 00 |
Joseph King, Monticello, Ill. | 2 00 |
Harry Childs, Lamoile, Ill. | 1 00 |
J. J. Jackson, Belvedere, Ill. | 62 |
Joel H. Huntington, West Canaan, O. | 2 00 |
Wm. J. Sterrett, Beartown, Pa. | 10 00 |
Arthur Monfort, Mason, O. | 2 00 |
Lyman Higley, Utica, N. Y. | 2 00 |
Nathaniel H. Turner, So St. George, Me. | 5 00 |
M. H. Perk, West Milton, O. | 2 00 |
Wm. Johnson, Spoon River, Ill. | 2 00 |
Wm. Henrie, Dunlap, O. | 2 00 |
Samuel Pepper, Esq. Brookhaven, Mi. | 2 00 |
Moses Chidester, Milford Centre, N. Y. | 2 00 |
Job Barnum, Monkton, Vt. | 1 00 |
Cade A. Crawley, Camden, Tenn. | 1 00 |
Nesbit Bradley, , Pa. | 2 00 |
Josiah H. Perry, Keesville, N. Y. | 2 00 |
Elias Stone, , O. | 1 00 |
Julian Moses, , Pa. | 1 00 |
Abijah Crane, Medfield, Mass. | 1 00 |
Capt. Isaac Downs, South Davis, Mass. | 2 00 |
Elisha H. Davis, Lancaster, Pa. | 10 00 |
, , Pa. | 4 00 |
Mason Buss, Wendall, Ill. | 2 00 |
Joseph Duff, Sacketts Harbor, N. Y. | 1 00 |
Calvin C. Pendleton, Hope, Me. | 2 00 |
Jacob Griffith, , Pa. | 2 00 |
George Clair, Hudson, N. Y. | 2 00 |
David Neptune, Freeport, Pa. | 2 00 |
, , O. | 3 00 |
Christopher Dixon, Ohio | 2 00 |
S. W. Brandon, Stewart co Tenn. | 1 00 |
Wm. Harry, Chaneyville Ohio | 1 00 |
Wm. West, Mannville N. Y. | 4 00 |
, Mass. | 25 00 |
Footnotes
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1
See, for example, “To Our Brethren the Israelites of Europe and America,” Times and Seasons, Aug. 1840, 1:157–159; “Restoration of the Jews,” Times and Seasons, 1 Dec. 1840, 2:232; “The Jews of Damascus,” Times and Seasons, 1 Mar. 1841, 2:341–342; “The Jews,” Times and Seasons, 15 May 1841, 2:407–408; 1 June 1841, 2:436; 1 Oct. 1841, 2:563–564; “Persecution of the Jews in Turkey,” Times and Seasons, 15 [1] Nov. 1841, 3:587; and “The Jews,” Times and Seasons, 15 Feb. 1842, 3:691–693.
Times and Seasons. Commerce/Nauvoo, IL. Nov. 1839–Feb. 1846.
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2
Noah was appointed a judge of the New York County Court of General Sessions by William H. Seward. (Wolf, Mordecai Manuel Noah, 17.)
Wolf, Simon. Mordecai Manuel Noah: A Biographical Sketch. Philadelphia: Levytype, 1897.
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3
Lynch served as a judge of the New York County Court of General Sessions, beginning 20 May 1840. (Morris v. People, 3 Denio 382 [N.Y. Sup. Ct. 1846].)
Denio / Denio, Hiram. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court and in the Court for the Correction of Errors of the State of New-York. 5 vols. Albany: Gould, Banks and Gould, 1846–1850.
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4
According to a report of the trial, “the libels were of a tenor tending to throw the greatest contempt upon the officers and proceedings of that court [the Court of General Sessions of New York County], and to make their administration of criminal justice a laughing-stock, and a subject for general derision. They were not mere single separate attacks . . . but they had been preceded by a long series of abusive and contemptuous articles.” The sentence was a fine of $350. (“Trial of William L. Stone, for Libel,” 146.)
“Trial of William L. Stone, for Libel.” The Law Reporter 5, no. 4 (Aug. 1842): 145–155.
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5
The Western Reserve Cabinet and Family Visitor here ridiculed a statement made by John C. Bennett to the city council and two resolutions commending James Gordon Bennett and recommending the New York Weekly Herald. (“New York Weekly Herald—James Gordon Bennett,” Times and Seasons, 1 Jan. 1842, 3:652–653.)
Times and Seasons. Commerce/Nauvoo, IL. Nov. 1839–Feb. 1846.
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Lyman Hall was the founder and editor of the Western Reserve Cabinet and Family Visitor in Ravenna, Ohio. (History of Portage County, Ohio, 364.)
History of Portage County, Ohio. Containing a History of the County, Its Townships, Towns, Villages, Schools, Churches, Industries, Etc. . . . Chicago: Warner, Beers, 1885.
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Although contemporaneous sources do not allow for precise calculations of international church membership during this time, this number is an exaggeration.
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Simon Baker, “15 Aug. 1840 Minutes of Recollection of Joseph Smith’s Sermon,” JS Collection, CHL; see also Jane Harper Neyman and Vienna Jaques, Statement, 29 Nov. 1854, Historian’s Office, JS History Documents, ca. 1839–1860, CHL.
Smith, Joseph. Collection, 1827–1846. CHL. MS 155.
Historian’s Office. Joseph Smith History Documents, 1839–1860. CHL. CR 100 396.
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9
See Minutes and Discourse, 3–5 Oct. 1840; Discourse, 3 Oct. 1841; Discourse, 27 Mar. 1842; and Minutes and Discourses, 6–8 Apr. 1842.
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10
An archaic term for a Muslim. (See “Mussulman,” in American Dictionary [1845], 548.)
An American Dictionary of the English Language; Exhibiting the Origin, Orthography, Pronunciation, and Definitions of Words. Edited by Noah Webster. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1845.
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Latin for “he said it himself,” meaning an unproven statement.
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12
See Matthew 5:45.
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13
See 2 Corinthians 5:10.
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See 2 Corinthians 8:12.
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15
See Matthew 12:31–32.
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See Isaiah 24:20–22.
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See Job 38:7.
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Erskine, Gospel Sonnets, 73.
Erskine, Ralph. Gospel Sonnets; or, Spiritual Songs. In Six Parts. . . . 5th ed. London: J. Oswald, 1741.
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19
See Luke 16:22.
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20
See Book of Mormon, 1840 ed., 228 [Alma 5:15].
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See Romans 10:14–15.
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See John 3:5.
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The editor quoted from the entry for “Baptism for the Dead” in Buck’s Theological Dictionary. (Buck, Theological Dictionary, 38.)
Buck, Charles. A Theological Dictionary, Containing Definitions of All Religious Terms: A Comprehensive View of Every Article in the System of Divinity. . . . Philadelphia: W. W. Woodward, 1818.
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24
See Obadiah 1:21.
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25
See Milton, Paradise Lost, bk. 1, line 26.
Milton, John. Paradise Lost: A Poem Written in Ten Books. England: Samuel Simmons, 1667.
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26
See 1 Peter 4:3, 6.