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Letter “To All People,” 6 April 1840
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To all people unto whom these pres ents shall come.—Greeting.
Be it known that we the con stituted authorities of the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter Day Saints, as sembled in conference, at Nauvoo, Han cock county and State of
Illinois, on this, sixth day of April, in the year of our Lord, one thousand, eight hundred
and forty, considering an important event at hand, an event involving the interest and fate
of the Gentile nations throughout the world. From the signs of the times, and from
declarations con tained in the oracles of God, we are forced to come to this conclusion.
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...
View GlossaryA meeting where ecclesiastical officers and other church members could conduct church business. The “Articles and Covenants” of the church directed the elders to hold conferences to perform “Church business.” The first of these conferences was held on 9 June...
View GlossaryPrincipal gathering place for Saints following expulsion from Missouri. Beginning in 1839, LDS church purchased lands in earlier settlement of Commerce and planned settlement of Commerce City, as well as surrounding areas. Served as church headquarters, 1839...
More InfoThose who were not members of the House of Israel. More specifically, members of the church identified gentiles as those whose lineage was not of the Jews or Lamanites (understood to be the American Indians in JS’s day). Certain prophecies indicated that ...
View GlossaryThe Jewish nation have been scat tered abroad among the Gentiles for a long
period; and in our estimation, the time of the commencement of their re turn to the Holy
land, has already ar rived.
As this scattered and persecuted people are set among the Gentiles as a sign unto
them of the second coming of the Mesiah; and also, of the overthrow of the present
kingdom’s and Govern ments of the earth, by the potency of his Almighty arm in
scattering famine and pestilence like the frosts and snows of winter, and sending the
sword, with nation against nation to bathe it in each others blood: It is highly important,
in our opinion, that the present views and movements of the Jewish people be sought
after, and laid before the Amer ican people for their consideration, their prophet [profit] and their
learning; and feeling it to be our duty to employ the most efficient means in our power to save
the children of men from the “a bomination that maketh desolate.”— We have, by the
counsel of the Holy Spirit, appointed Elder Orson Hyde, the bearer of these presents, a
faithful and worthy minister of Jesus Christ, to be our agent and representative in for eign
lands, to visit the cities of London, Amsterdam, Constantinople and Jeru salem; and also
other places that he may deem expedient, and converse with the priests, rulers and Elders
of the Jews, and obtain from them all the in formation possible, and communicate the
same to some principal paper for publication, that it may have a gener al circulation
throughout the United States.
8 Jan. 1805–28 Nov. 1878. Laborer, clerk, storekeeper, teacher, editor, businessman, lawyer, judge. Born at Oxford, New Haven Co., Connecticut. Son of Nathan Hyde and Sally Thorpe. Moved to Derby, New Haven Co., 1812. Moved to Kirtland, Geauga Co., Ohio, ...
View Full BioCapital city of ancient Judea. Holy city of Christians, Jews, and Muslims. Population in 1835 about 11,000; in 1840 about 13,000; and in 1850 about 15,000. Described in 1836 as “greatly reduced from its ancient size and importance.” Occupied and governed ...
More InfoNorth American constitutional republic. Constitution ratified, 17 Sept. 1787. Population in 1805 about 6,000,000; in 1830 about 13,000,000; and in 1844 about 20,000,000. Louisiana Purchase, 1803, doubled size of U.S. Consisted of seventeen states at time ...
More InfoAs Mr. Hyde has willingly and cheerfully accepted the appointment to become
our servant, and the servant of the public in distant and foreign coun tries for Christs’
sake, we do confident ly recommend him to all religious and christian people, and to
gentlemen and ladies, making no profession, as a wor thy member of society, possessing
much zeal to promote the happiness of mankind, fully believing that they will be forward
to render him all the pecu niary aid he needs, to accomplish this laborious and hazardous
mission for the general good of the human family. Ministers of every denomination, upon
whom Mr. H. shall call, are requested to hold up his hands and aid him by their influence,
with an assurance that [p. 86]
8 Jan. 1805–28 Nov. 1878. Laborer, clerk, storekeeper, teacher, editor, businessman, lawyer, judge. Born at Oxford, New Haven Co., Connecticut. Son of Nathan Hyde and Sally Thorpe. Moved to Derby, New Haven Co., 1812. Moved to Kirtland, Geauga Co., Ohio, ...
View Full Bio8 Jan. 1805–28 Nov. 1878. Laborer, clerk, storekeeper, teacher, editor, businessman, lawyer, judge. Born at Oxford, New Haven Co., Connecticut. Son of Nathan Hyde and Sally Thorpe. Moved to Derby, New Haven Co., 1812. Moved to Kirtland, Geauga Co., Ohio, ...
View Full BioJS, letter, Nauvoo, IL, “To All People,” 6 Apr. 1840; Times and Seasons, Apr. 1840, pp. 86–87.
Principal gathering place for Saints following expulsion from Missouri. Beginning in 1839, LDS church purchased lands in earlier settlement of Commerce and planned settlement of Commerce City, as well as surrounding areas. Served as church headquarters, 1839...
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