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Editorial, circa 15 March 1842

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JS, Editorial, [
Nauvoo

Principal gathering place for Saints following expulsion from Missouri. Beginning in 1839, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints purchased lands in earlier settlement of Commerce and planned settlement of Commerce City, as well as surrounding areas....

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, Hancock Co., IL, ca. 15 Mar. 1842]. Version published in Times and Seasons, 15 Mar. 1842, vol. 3, no. 10, p. 726. For more complete source information, see the source note for Letter to Isaac Galland, 22 Mar. 1839.

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See Historical Introduction to Times and Seasons, 15 Mar. 1842, and Editorial Note preceding editorial in that issue.
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Editorial, circa 15 March 1842
Times and Seasons, 15 March 1842

Page 726

☞ In the last number I gave a brief history of the rise and progress of the
Church

The Book of Mormon related that when Christ set up his church in the Americas, “they which were baptized in the name of Jesus, were called the church of Christ.” The first name used to denote the church JS organized on 6 April 1830 was “the Church of Christ...

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, I now enter more particularly into that history, and extract from my journal.
JOSEPH SMITH.
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Following this editorial is the first installment of the published version of JS’s history.


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Editorial, circa 15 March 1842
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    Following this editorial is the first installment of the published version of JS’s history.

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