- L'Etoile du Deseret
"L'Etoile du Deseret" was a monthly
French language newspaper published inFrance by LDS Church Apostle John Taylor beginning in 1851cite book|author=Crawley, Peter|title=A Descriptive Bibliography of the Mormon Church, Volume Two 1848-1852|chapter=576: Étoile du Déséret Organe de l'Église de Jesus-Christ des Saints-des-Derniers-Jours|pages=216–220|publisher=Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University|location=Provo, Utah|url=http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/u?/rsc,11291|accessdate=2008-07-28] . It continued until April 1852. OnAugust 22 ,1852 , Taylor discussed the newspaper in his European mission report delivered inSalt Lake City, Utah :We also publish there a paper called "L'Etoile du Deseret" (The Star of Deseret.) It is got up in good style, and printed in new type. It is also stereotyped, and most of it is new matter. I have given an account of the organization of the Church, and a brief history of it; of the coming forth of the Book of Mormon, and the evidences of it; of the doctrines of the Church, and the position of things in this country, &c., &c. These are some of the leading items of this publication. Instead of filling it with the news of the day, we have filled it with all that is good for the people to read, that it may be a standing work for years to come. It contains articles written on baptism, the Gift of the Holy Ghost, the necessity of gathering together, and all the leading points associated with the religion we believe in, that there may be evidence forthcoming at anytime and place, in the hands of the inquirer. If men should be there, not acquainted with the language, and individuals should make inquiries of them relating to the doctrines of their religion, they have nothing to do but hand them this Number or that Number of the "Star of Deseret," containing the information they wish. This will save them a great deal of trouble in talking. [
George D. Watt (ed.) "Journal of Discourses " [http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cgi-bin/showfile.exe?CISOROOT=/JournalOfDiscourses3&CISOPTR=1890&filename=100504_170836_cp021_Va_M230_J82_v01.pdf 1:21] .]ee also
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List of Latter Day Saint periodicals Notes
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