Thirteen (1818)(^14) The terminology (i.e., “vision”) by which it is known to and understood by the LDS Church
and which may be used interchangeably with “visitation,” according to the aspect of its use.
(^15) “History of Joseph Smith,” Times and Seasons 3 (1 Apr. 1842): 748.
(^16) The Times and Seasons was a continuation of its predecessors, The Elders’ Journal, The
Messenger and Advocate, and The Evening and Morning Star. Early LDS publications included but were
not limited to:
The Evening and Morning Star; published monthly at Independence, Missouri from June 1832
to July 1833, and then at Kirtland, Ohio from December 1833 to September 1834.
Latter Day Saints’ Messenger and Advocate; published monthly at Kirtland, Ohio from
October 1834 to September 1837.
The Elders’ Journal of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints; published at Kirtland, Ohio
in October and November 1837, and at Far West, Missouri in July and August 1838.
Times and Seasons; published monthly or twice-monthly at Nauvoo, Illinois from November
1839 to 15 February 1846.
The Wasp; published weekly at Nauvoo, Illinois from 1842 to 1843.
Nauvoo Neighbor; published weekly at Nauvoo, Illinois from 1843 to 1845.
The Prophet; published bi-weekly at New York, New York from 1844 to 1845.
The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star; published at Manchester, England from 1840 to 1970;
replaced by the Improvement Era (1879–1970) and the Ensign (1971–present).
(“List of Latter Day Saint periodicals,” Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, 30 Mar. 2011, Wikimedia
Foundation, Inc., 12 Apr. 2011 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Latter_Day_Saint_periodicals.)
(^17) “Latter Day” is the original spelling as contained in a photocopy of the Times and Seasons 3
(15 Mar. 1842): 726. Variations on split capitalization (i.e., “Latter-day”), as well as variations of the
name of the Church, i.e., “Church of the Latter Day Saints” were occasionally used until well into the
20 th Century. Misspellings are not infrequent, according to the knowledge of individual writers in
their penned articles.
(^18) “History of Joseph Smith,” Times and Seasons 3 (15 Mar. 1842): 726–7.
(^19) Matthew, chapters 5, 6, and 7; BOM, 3 Nephi, chapters 12, 13, and 14. See also JSH 1:34;
D&C, 35:17; 42:12.
(^20) Exodus 32:1–9.
(^21) D&C, section 104.
(^22) See BOM, Jacob 4:14.
(^23) For images of LDS graven idols of “golden calves,” Google™ “Salt Lake Temple Baptistry”
and click on “Images.”
(^24) D&C, 129:1–9.
(^25) SNS, 105.
(^26) D&C, 129:8.
(^27) See, for example, HR, 9:27 discussing Democritus and atomic theory in 400 B.C.E.
(^28) See D&C, 9:9.
(^29) “History of Joseph Smith,” Times and Seasons 3 (15 Mar. 1842): 728.
(^30) Compare JSH 1:17 and BOM, 3 Nephi 11:7.
(^31) BOM, 3 Nephi 26:8.
(^32) BOM, 3 Nephi 26:9–10.
(^33) BOM, Alma 12:10.
(^34) BOM, Alma 12:10.
(^35) The term “delusions” would be more correct, essentially, in non-scriptural accounts.
(^36) Brodie, 24–5.
(^37) JSH 1:17.
(^38) “History of Joseph Smith,” Times and Seasons 3 (1 Apr. 1842): 749.
(^39) “History of Joseph Smith,” Times and Seasons 3 (15 Apr. 1842): 753.