''Prophwyd y Jubili'' (in English, ''Prophet of the Jubilee'') (also called ''Seren y Sant'' or ''Star of the Saints'') was a

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monthly periodical of the

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between 1846 and 1848. It was the first Latter Day Saint periodical that was published in a language other than

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History

The first edition of ''Prophwyd y Jubili'' was printed in Rhydybont,

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, in July 1846. One edition was published every month until the final issue was published in December 1848. The editor of ''Prophwyd y Jubili'' was Dan Jones, who was presiding over the

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in Wales at the time. All but the final two editions of the periodical were printed on the press owned by Jones's non-Mormon older brother, the Reverend John Jones. The final two editions were published at

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on the press owned by John Davis, a young

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bachelor. ''Prophwyd y Jubili'' was similar in content to the ''

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'', the church periodical targeted towards

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s in the

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. A substantial amount of material was borrowed from the ''Millennial Star'' and translated into Welsh for publication in ''Prophwyd y Jubili'', especially doctrinal writings and letters from church leaders. Other contents were

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reports, progress in baptisms, poetry, accounts of miraculous healings, accounts of persecution and conversion, and an occasional "thumbing of the nose" at the enemy's lack of success in forestalling the spread of

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in Wales. In almost every issue, there is a defense against an attack on Mormonism that had been printed in one of the other Christian periodicals in Wales. The only fact known about the circulation of ''Prophwyd y Jubili'' is a comment made by Dan Jones at a December 1847 church meeting where he comments that he had increased the circulation to 1200.''Millennial Star'', 15 April 1848, 122. The cover price of ''Prophwyd y Jubili'' was originally three pence, which was cut to two pence with the January 1847 edition. ''Prophwyd y Jubili'' ceased publication when Dan Jones ended his first Welsh mission and returned to the

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. In 1849, '' Udgorn Seion'' succeeded ''Prophwyd y Jubili'' as the official

periodical of the church; the new periodical was edited by John Davis.

Full name

The complete name of the periodical was ''Prophwyd y Jubili, neu, Seren y Saint; yn cynnwys hanes sefydliad "Goruchwyliaeth cyflawnder yr amseroedd," ynghyd ag erlidigaethau, merthyrdod, ac alltudiaeth ei hufyddion, a'u llwyddiant'' (in English ''Prophet of the Jubilee, or, Star of the Saints; containing an account of the establishment of the "Dispensation of the fulness of times," together with the persecutions, martyrdom, and exile of its adepts, and their success'').

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Prophet of the Jubilee
on WelshMormonHistory.org

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