Liahona the Elders' Journal

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Author: Garr, Arnold K.

The official publication for all the North American missions of the Church from 1907 to 1945 was Liahona the Elders' Journal, published in Independence, Missouri. It arose from the merger of The Elders' Journal, published by the Southern States Mission from 1903 to 1907, and The Liahona, a multimission publication begun by the Central States Mission in Independence on April 6, 1907. Publishing articles of interest to missionaries, people considering membership in the Church, and general members, it helped build a feeling of community among the Saints scattered throughout the North American missions. Thomas C. Romney's World Religions in the Light of Mormonism (1946) grew out of articles he first published in the Liahona. In its prime, the journal had nearly 20,000 subscribers.

With several missions publishing their own bulletins after World War I and the Deseret News introducing the weekly "Church Section" in 1931, Liahona subscriptions continually decreased until it ceased publication in 1945. [See also Liahona.]

Bibliography

Garr, Arnold K. "A History of Liahona the Elders' Journal, A Magazine Published for the Mormon Missions of America, 1903-1945." Ph.D. diss., Brigham Young University, 1986.

ARNOLD K. GARR

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