Joseph Smith Writes About the Church

By Mary Halton

In 1842, the editor of a newspaper wrote to the Prophet Joseph Smith to ask for information about the Church. To find out more about this event, write the letters above the numbers below on the correspondingly numbered blanks in the answers to the questions.

“W 1

e

b

e

l

i

e 2

v

e

i 3

n

G

o

d, 4

t

h 5

e

E

t

e

r 6

n

a

l

F 7

a

t

h

e

r,

a 8

n

d

i

n

H

i

s 9

S

o 10

n,

J 11

e

s

u

s

C 12

h

r

i

s

t,

a

n 13

d

i

n

t 14

h

e

H

o

l 15

y

G 16

h

o

s

t”

(A of F 1:1).

1. Who was the editor?

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11	10	5	13		1	2	13	14	1	10	6	14	5

2. What was the newspaper’s name?

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12	5	3	12	8	16	10		4	2		10	12	6	8	14

3. Part of Joseph Smith’s answer was a list summarizing the “faith of the Latter-day Saints.” What was this list called?

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14	5	2		8	6	14	3	12	15	2	9
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10	7		7	8	3	14	5

Answers:

• (1) John Wentworth,
  (2) Chicago Democrat,
  (3) The Articles of Faith.