Juvenile Instructor

The Juvenile Instructor was an official periodical of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) between 1901 and 1930. It was first published in 1866 as a private publication. In 1930, the LDS Church replaced it with The Instructor.

The Juvenile Instructor was issued monthly from 1866 and was initially targeted primarily at 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.[1]

For much of its history, The Juvenile Instructor was owned by the Cannon family. Its first editor was George Q. Cannon, an apostle of the church. 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 as its official organ. Between 1901 and 1930, the magazine was considered the official publication of the LDS Church's Sunday School.

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

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The Juvenile Instructor is also the name of a popular LDS-themed blog, part of the so-called Bloggernacle or community of Mormon blogs.

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Notes

  1. ^ Harold G. Hillam, “Sunday School: Oil for Our Lamps”, Ensign, Aug. 1999, 15.

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English-language periodicals of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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(published by the LDS Church
or its institutional predecessors)
Evening and Morning Star (1832–1834) • Messenger and Advocate (1834–1837) • The Elders' Journal (1837) • Times and Seasons (1839–1846) • Millennial Star (1840–1970) • The Prophet (1844–1845) • Young Woman's Journal (1897–1929) • Improvement Era (1897–1970) • Juvenile Instructor (1901–1930) • The Children's Friend (1902–1970) • Relief Society Magazine (1915–1970) • The Instructor (1930–1970) • Ensign (1971– ) • New Era (1971– ) • The Friend (1971– ) • Tambuli (1977–1995) • Liahona (1995– )
Semi-official
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The Wasp (1842–1843) • Nauvoo Neighbor (1843–1845) • Deseret News (1850– ) • The Seer (1853–1854) • Journal of Discourses (1854–1886) • Juvenile Instructor (1866–1900) • Woman's Exponent (1872–1914) • The Contributor (1879–1896) • Church News (1931– ) • BYU Studies (1959– ) • Mormon Times (2008–)
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Gospel Reflector (1841) • Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought (1966– ) • Exponent II (1974– ) • Sunstone (1975– ) • Beehive Standard Weekly (1975– ) • Latter-day Trumpet (2003–)