Juvenile Instructor

Cover of the August 1910 Juvenile Instructor

The Juvenile Instructor was a magazine for members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). It began publication in 1866 as a private publication, but by the late 1860s served as the de facto publication of the LDS Church's Deseret Sunday School Union organization.[1] It was an official periodical of the LDS Church from 1901 to 1929, after which the church replaced it with The Instructor.[2]

## History

[edit]

The Juvenile Instructor was issued monthly and was initially targeted toward the children and youth members of the LDS Church. It consisted of catechisms on the Bible, Book of Mormon, and Doctrine and Covenants; musical compositions; illustrations; stories; editorial teachings; and other aids to gospel instruction. It was the first magazine for children published in the United States west of the Mississippi River.[3]

For much of its history, The Juvenile Instructor was owned by the Cannon family. Its first editor was George Q. Cannon, an LDS Church apostle. Cannon and his family continued to publish the magazine privately until January 1, 1901, when the Deseret Sunday School Union purchased the magazine and continued its publication. From 1901 to 1929, the magazine was considered the official publication of the church's Sunday School.

From 1881 to 1890, George Reynolds was an assistant editor of The Juvenile Instructor. In 1882, he wrote a series of popular articles in the magazine about Joseph Smith and the translation of the Book of Mormon.

## Blog

[edit]

In 2007, an academically leaning blog focused on the history of the Latter-day Saints was formed and named Juvenile Instructor with the original intention "to situate the study of Mormonism within wider frameworks, including American religious history, western history, gender history, and, on occasion, the history of the Republic of South Africa."[4]

## See also

[edit]

* LDS Church portal

* List of Latter Day Saint periodicals

## Notes

[edit]

1. ^ Poelman, Lloyd. "Encyclopedia of Mormonism: Sunday School". BYU.edu. Retrieved October 29, 2016.
2. ^ "Online Collection of Historical Church Magazines Expanding". Church News. August 29, 2012. Retrieved October 16, 2016.
3. ^ Hillam, Harold G. (August 1999), "Sunday School: Oil for Our Lamps", Ensign: 15
4. ^ "About Juvenile Instructor." Juvenile Instructor. October 26, 2007. Accessed April 13, 2021.

## External links

[edit]

* Juvenile Instructor (PDF scans) courtesy of the Church History Library and the Internet Archive.
* Juvenile Instructor, an LDS history-themed blog, part of the Mormon blogosphere.

* v
* t
* e

English-language periodicals of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Official
(published by the LDS Church
or its institutional predecessors)|

* The Evening and the Morning Star (1832–34)
* Messenger and Advocate (1834–37)
* Elders' Journal (1837)
* Times and Seasons (1839–46)
* Millennial Star  (1840–1970)
* The Prophet (1844–45)
* Young Woman's Journal (1887–1929)
* Improvement Era (1897–1970)
* Juvenile Instructor (1901–30)
* The Children's Friend (1902–70)
* Relief Society Magazine (1915–70)
* The Instructor (1930–70)
* Ensign (1971–2020)
* New Era (1971–2020)
* The Friend (1971–)
* Tambuli (1977–95)
* Liahona (1995–2020)
* For the Strength of Youth (2021–)

Semi-official
(published by an entity owned or
controlled by the LDS Church or
informally adopted by a church auxiliary)|

* The Wasp (1842–43)
* Nauvoo Neighbor (1843–45)
* Deseret News (1850–)
* The Seer (1853–54)
* Journal of Discourses (1854–86)
* Juvenile Instructor (1866–1900)
* Woman's Exponent (1872–1914)
* The Contributor (1879–96)
* Church News (1931–)
* The Universe (1956–)
* BYU Studies (1959–)
* Mormon Studies Review (1989–)
* Journal of Book of Mormon Studies (1992–)
* LDS Living (1999–)
* Mormon Times (2008–)

Unaffiliated
(published by an entity
unconnected to the LDS Church
and independent of church support)|

* Gospel Reflector (1841)
* Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought (1966–)
* Journal of Mormon History (1974–)
* Exponent II (1974–)
* Sunstone (1975–)
* Beehive Standard Weekly (1975–)
* International Journal of Mormon Studies (2009–)
* Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture (2012–)

This article related to the Latter Day Saint movement is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

|

* v
* t
* e

This Christian magazine or journal-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

See tips for writing articles about magazines. Further suggestions might be found on the article's talk page.

|

* v
* t
* e

*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template