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“St. Charles Patriot—Extra,” Chicago Express, 7 Feb. 1843, [3]; see also Matthew 24:30.
Chicago Express. Chicago. 1842–1844.
In The History of the Saints, John C. Bennett claimed that the priesthood leaders had a harem, which Bennett designated as “the Mormon Seraglio,” comparing it to the harems in the Ottoman Empire. (Bennett, History of the Saints, 217–220.)
Bennett, John C. The History of the Saints; or, an Exposé of Joe Smith and Mormonism. Boston: Leland and Whiting, 1842.
Matthew 12:34.
See Matthew 24:29–30; and Revelation 6:12.
Although it is unclear whether Redding was a Millerite, JS’s denunciation of Redding’s vision and JS’s statement that the Second Coming would not occur in 1843 were part of a continuing effort to differentiate Latter-day Saints from Millerites. Led by Baptist William Miller, the Millerites preached that Jesus Christ’s second advent would occur in 1843 or 1844. The Latter-day Saints’ and Millerites’ similar beliefs in the approaching Millennium drew frequent comparisons between the sects in the press. (Miller, Evidence from Scripture, 26; Rowe, God’s Strange Work, chaps. 4–7; “Mormons and Mormon Tenets,” Home Missionary, June 1840, 37; “State of the Country,” New York Herald [New York City], 17 Sept. 1842, [2]; “Fanaticism,” Boston Investigator, 2 Nov. 1842, [3]; A. G. Comings, “Miller’s Views Reviewed,” Signs of the Times, 5 Oct. 1842, 18. For examples of JS’s focus on the nearness of the Millennium, see Visions, 3 Apr. 1836 [D&C 110:16]; Letter to the Church and Edward Partridge, 20 Mar. 1839; and Discourse, between ca. 26 June and ca. 4 Aug. 1839–A.)
Miller, William. Evidence from Scripture and History of the Second Coming of Christ, about the Year 1843; Exhibited in a Course of Lectures. Troy, NY: Kemble and Hooper, 1836.
Rowe, David L. God’s Strange Work: William Miller and the End of the World. Library of Religious Biography. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans, 2008.
Home Missionary and American Pastor’s Journal. New York. 1828–1840.
New York Herald. New York City. 1835–1924.
Boston Investigator. Boston. 1831–1904.
Signs of the Times and Expositor of Prophecy. Boston. 1840–1844.
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