Listen to the voice of truth.  Vol. 1. New York, 1844. No. 1. A sketch of the faith of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints particularly for those who are unacquainted with our principles.  [Printed by S. Brannan, & Co. No. 7 Spruce street, New-York.] [1844]
[4] pp. 23 cm.

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Only the first number of Listen to the Voice of Truth is located, and it is probably the only one published. Its appearance is noted in The Prophet of August 31, 1844.  “We this week publish the first number of a series of cheep comprehensive TRACTS illustrating the great truths we are contending for….We would further say that a Society has been formed by the saints of New York, and a small fund raised for the purpose of circulating them gratuitously, which will evidently be the means of removing a great deal of prejudice from the minds of those who are unacquainted with our faith and principles.”

The main text is a reprint, with at least one, probably inadvertent, omission of pp. 27–36 of the 1842 edition of Orson Pratt’s Remarkable Visions, beginning with “First, we believe in God the Eternal Father,” which gives “a sketch of the faith and doctrine” of the Latter–day Saints.  This is followed by “Columbian Bard’s” poem, taken from Parley Pratt’s Mormonism Unveiled: Zion’s Watchman Unmasked, and the locations of Mormon meetings in Philadelphia, New York, Brooklyn, and Boston.

Excerpted and edited from Peter Crawley, A Descriptive Bibliography of the Mormon Church.  Volume One, 1830-1847. (Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University, Religious Studies Center, [1997]).  Item 235, p. 277.

Used by permission of the author and the Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University.