Times and Seasons, 1 July 1842
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Source Note
Times and Seasons (, Hancock Co., IL), 1 July 1842, vol. 3, no. 17, pp. 831–846; 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 1 July 1842 issue of the Times and Seasons was the ninth issue published under JS’s editorship. Much of the issue was devoted to the publication of correspondence regarding ’s immoral conduct in , Illinois. This correspondence included a letter that JS wrote telling members about Bennett and describing how church leaders had handled his situation. To corroborate JS’s statements in that letter, the issue included excerpts of correspondence from unidentified individuals and from , who had evidently been sent to verify information about Bennett in . These statements, as well as JS’s letter, had been previously published in the 25 June 1842 issue of the Wasp.In addition to information about , the 1 July issue contained an article by , excerpts from the “History of Joseph Smith,” an article on the Jews, and a reprint of a letter published in the Dollar Weekly Bostonian recounting a meeting at which “, the Mormon lecturer of the city of ” spoke. Also included were accounts of earthquakes that had occurred in Haiti and in Greece, a letter from to JS, communications from preaching outside of , minutes of in outlying , and a poem by about the . The issue also featured editorial commentary and notices written by the editorial staff. How involved JS was in composing the editorial material is unclear. While assisted him in editing the paper, JS, as editor, assumed primary responsibility for the paper’s content.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
See Wasp, 25 June 1842, [2]–[3]. This letter is published in this volume as a separate JS document. (See Letter to the Church and Others, 23 June 1842.)
The Wasp. Nauvoo, IL. Apr. 1842–Apr. 1843.
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2
This letter is published in this volume as a separate JS document. (See Letter from Mephibosheth Sirrine, 25 May 1842.)
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3
See “Editorial Method”.
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it was represented to be, and that it consisted of 36 members, 1 elder, 1 priest, and 1 teacher.
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AGENTS.
.
, City of
, Victoria, Knox co.
, Pittsfield Pike co.
David Nelson, Jacksonville, Morgan co.
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John Groosbeck, North Agusta.
John Pincock, South Agusta.
.
, City of .
, City of Utica.
Charles Thompson, Batavia, Genesee co.
Isaac Haight, West Niles, Cayuga co—
Ira J. Patten, Theresa, Jefferson co.
William Cogswell, Pulski, Oswego co.
.
, City of .
Joseph H. Newton, " "
, .
DELAWARE.
Robert P. Crawford, Christiana.
NORTH CAROLINA.
, Joshua M. Grant.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Abraham O. Smoot, City of Charleston.
.
, City of .
, City of .
, .
, Ceorgetown, Essex co.
.
Dwight Webster, Farmington.
, .
Minor Prisley, Tolland, Tolland co.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Zadoc Parker, Lisbon Village.
Jeremiah Willey.
TENNESSEE.
. .
Tardy R. Whitcher, Green T. Lee.
Cade A. Crawley, Camden.
.
, .
James M. Adams, Andover, Ashtabula co.
Martin H. Peck, West Milton, Miama co.
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.
T. W. Bray, South Bend, St. Joseph co.
Lenos M. Knight, Pleasent Garden.
MISSISSIPPI.
Hamilton Jett,
TRAVELING AGENTS.
| , | Jonathan Hampton, |
| , | , |
| , | , |
| , | , |
| Benjaman Clapp, | Julian Moses, |
| . | |
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THE .
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What is it?
It is an Institution form’d to bless
The poor, the widow, and the fatherless—
To clothe the naked and the hungry feed,
And in the holy paths of virtue, lead.
To seek out sorrow, grief and mute despair,
And light the lamp of hope eternal there—
To try the strength of consolation’s art
By breathing comfort to the mourning heart.
To chase the clouds that shade the aspect, where
Distress presides; and wake up pleasures there—
With open heart extend the friendly hand
To hail the stranger, from a distant land.
To stamp a vetoing impress on each move
That Virtue’s present dictates disapprove—
To put the tattler’s coinage, scandal, down,
And make corruption feel its with’ring frown.
To give instruction, where instruction’s voice
Will guide the feet and make the heart rejoice—
To turn the wayward from their recklessness,
And lead them in the ways of happiness.
It is an Order, fitted and design’d
To meet the wants of body, and of mind—
To seek the wretched, in their long abode—
Supply their wants, and raise their hearts to God.
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Editorial Note
The last editorial item in the 1 July 1842 issue of the Times and Seasons was a notice requesting that respond to charges that had been brought against him. Lamoreaux, who was born in 1812, had joined the in with his parents and siblings after hearing preach. In 1838, Lamoreaux began preaching in . In September 1841, Lamoreaux presided over a held in Springdale, Hamilton County, Ohio, and represented the Mill Creek, Ohio, at that conference. What he was charged with is unknown.
NOTICE.
is requested to come to , to answer to certain charges that are preferred against him.
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The Times and Seasons,
Is edited, 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. 846]
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