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''Times and Seasons'' was a 19th-century
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newspaper published at Nauvoo,
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. It was printed monthly or twice-monthly from November 1839 to February 1846. The motto of the paper was "Truth will prevail," which was printed underneath the title heading. It was the successor to the ''
Elders' Journal The ''Elders' Journal of the Church of Latter Day Saints'' (the name changed to ''Elders' Journal of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints'' with the third issue) was an early Latter Day Saint periodical edited by Don Carlos Smith, yo ...
'' and was the last newspaper published by the Church in the United States before the
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that occurred after the
death of Joseph Smith Joseph Smith, the founder and leader of the Latter Day Saint movement, and his brother, Hyrum Smith, were killed by a mob in Carthage, Illinois, United States, on June 27, 1844, while awaiting trial in the town jail. As mayor of the city of N ...
.


History

As Mormons fled
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as a result of the 1838 Mormon War, the press and type for the ''Elders' Journal'' was buried in Far West. In April 1839,
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and Hiram Clark, among others, returned to the city and recovered the press and type. It was taken to Nauvoo and in June 1839 was given to Ebenezer Robinson and
Don Carlos Smith Don Carlos Smith (March 25, 1816 – August 7, 1841) was the youngest brother of Joseph Smith and a leader, missionary, and periodical editor in the early days of the Latter Day Saint movement. Smith was born in Norwich, Vermont, on March 25, 18 ...
(younger brother of
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), who served as the editors. In December 1840, Robinson moved exclusively to book printing while Don Carlos took over as the sole editor of the ''Times and Seasons''. In May 1841,
Robert B. Thompson Robert Blashel Thompson (October 1, 1811 – August 27, 1841) was an associate of Joseph Smith Jr., a leader in the Latter Day Saint movement, a Danite, and an Church Historian and Recorder, official historian of the Church of Christ (Latter Day S ...
joined as an editor. After the death of Don Carlos in 1841, Robinson rejoined as an editor and worked with Thompson on a single issue before Thompson's death, just twenty days after the death of Don Carlos. Robinson was then joined by Gustavus Hills for a few issues before he deeded the print shop to Joseph Smith. in January 1842. Joseph acted as director of the print shop and was listed as editor in the ''Times and Seasons'', but operation was actually run by John Taylor and
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. In November 1842, Taylor became the principal editor, but was still assisted by Woodruff. The printing office was eventually sold to Taylor directly in January 1844.


Contents

The publication was the first to include such significant
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documents as
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, a construction of the King Follett Discourse, the
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(which was later canonized in 1880 by the LDS Church as part of their Pearl of Great Price), the personal history of
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, and the announcement of the assassination of Joseph and
Hyrum Smith Hyrum Smith (February 9, 1800 – June 27, 1844) was an American religious leader in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, the original church of the Latter Day Saint movement. He was the older brother of the movement's founder, J ...
.


Namesake

From 1974 to 1977, a periodical entitled ''The New Times and Seasons'' was published by the Church of Jesus Christ Restored, a group that broke from the RLDS Church in 1979. The church's president, Stanley M. King, opened the first issue with a prospectus claiming the paper was a continuation of the original ''Times and Seasons''. The paper republished many articles, letters, and other materials published in the original Nauvoo newspaper. It was published in
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. Another breakaway sect, the
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, which split from the
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, published a periodical entitled ''The Manti Times and Seasons''. Its purpose was "to uplift and encourage all those who truly seek to reclaim the House of Israel and redeem the Zion of our God." The first issue was published in August 1996. The periodical was edited and printed by J. K. Braddy in
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.Braddy, J.K. ed., "Announcing the Publication of the New Manti Times and Seasons," ''The Manti Times and Seasons'', August 1996, pp. 1. A LDS-themed
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, and one of the earliest blogs in the so-called Bloggernacle or community of Mormon blogs, carries the name of ''Times & Seasons''.


See also

*''
The Evening and the Morning Star ''The Evening and the Morning Star'' was an early Latter Day Saint movement newspaper published monthly in Independence, Missouri, from June 1832 to July 1833, and then in Kirtland, Ohio, from December 1833 to September 1834. Reprints of edited ...
'' *'' Messenger and Advocate'' *''
Elders' Journal The ''Elders' Journal of the Church of Latter Day Saints'' (the name changed to ''Elders' Journal of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints'' with the third issue) was an early Latter Day Saint periodical edited by Don Carlos Smith, yo ...
'' *'' Millennial Star'' * List of Latter Day Saint periodicals


Notes


References

* *Sorensen, Parry D. "Nauvoo Times and Seasons," ''Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society'', vol. 55 no. 2, pp. 117–35.


External links


''Times and Seasons'' online source
(HTML) at CenterPlace.org, courtesy of the Restoration Internet Committee.
''Times and Seasons'' online source
(PDF scans) courtesy of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University.
''Times & Seasons'' blog
{{DEFAULTSORT:Times And Seasons Defunct newspapers published in Illinois Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints) periodicals Publications established in 1839 Publications disestablished in 1846 Latter Day Saint movement in Illinois 1839 in Christianity 19th-century Mormonism