{"id":961,"date":"2009-06-28T21:31:53","date_gmt":"2009-06-29T03:31:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ldswomenofgod.com\/blog\/?p=961"},"modified":"2012-03-31T10:24:10","modified_gmt":"2012-03-31T16:24:10","slug":"relief-society-bulletin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/2009\/06\/28\/relief-society-bulletin\/","title":{"rendered":"Relief Society Bulletin Publication"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Women\u2019s Exponent, published for 65 years, by women in the Relief Society, was never a chuch publication. \u00a0When Emmeline Wells, editor and chief, retired, she hoped the church would take over her publication and continue this excellent form of communication among the women.<\/p>\n

When Emmeline offered the newspaper to the church, they turned it down.\u00a0 Instead, in 1914, the church decided in favor of a new, updated format. As they transitioned, the church published the Relief Society Bulletin for just one year.<\/p>\n

\"Clarissa<\/a>
Clarissa Williams, Emmeline Wells (sitting), Julina Smith<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Relief Society Presidency and Board were Emmeline B. Wells, President, with Clarissa Williams, and Julina Smith serving as counselors. They wrote a statement in the first month\u2019s edition of the Bulletin to the \u201cBeloved Sisters of the Relief Society Throughout the World\u201d to help with this transition. They said, in part:<\/p>\n

\u201cRelief Society has seen the church glorified with the presence of its Prophet and Seer, and we have witnessed the awful scenes which took him from this earth. We have made a part of that historic exodus from inhospitable Missouri into the valleys of the Mountains. We have watched, nay, we have participated, in the pioneer toils which have made this desert blossom as the rose. Wherever our people have gone there have been Relief Society workers. We have nursed the sick of our people, robed the dying for their last resting-place, fed the hungry, visited the orphan and succored the needy. This, sisters, is, has been, and ever will be the true spirit and genius of this whole organization. It was inculcated by the Prophet in its beginning and has been reiterated again and again by the leaders of this church who have succeeded him and by the leaders of this organization. We charge you to keep this spirit burning bright in your bosoms.\u201d<\/p>\n

Relief Society met during the week at this time. With the Bulletin, there would be more uniformity as each time they met there would be a purpose and a theme. Lessons ranged from Current Events, Genealogy, Home Economics, Gardening, Literature, Art and Architecture as well as Health and Hygiene.<\/p>\n

Additional thoughts from their message pertain to us today:
\n\u201cLet us continue our work in Charity, not only for the poor and helpless, but toward each other. Remember that we all may offend, for we are all mortal; but let us be quick to forgive. Let our souls bow down in prayer for those who offend us. Prayer for her will do more to remove the beam from our eye than all other means.
\nWe would have you keep in mind the foundation principle of this organization as of the Church: namely, that we must get and keep the spirit of testimony in our hearts.
\nInvite the young women into your Society; urge them to speak and take part in your lesson work. You may need the fresh young vigor and enthusiasm of the girls of this church in your work—but they need your sweet testimonies far more and the fruitful examples that you set before them in this organization. Manifest an abiding reverence for the priesthood—as held by the men of your household and the household of faith. Seek their counsel and take it. Teach your sons and daughters this saving principle.
\nSisters of the Relief Society, your lives are a living example of charity, pure and undefiled. Of such is the Kingdom of Heaven.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
Relief Society Bulletin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Bulletin not only gave the lessons to be taught each month, there were messages from the presidency, articles from sisters, always a poem or two, and stories or events of interest. This time period was meant to help the women in a temporal way. There was training and basic learning to be done. A world to be discovered and appreciated. There is evidence that women understood much about doctrine and shared it along with the various subjects taught.<\/p>\n

Susa Young Gates would be asked to be the Editor of the new Relief Society Magazine the following year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Women\u2019s Exponent, published for 65 years, by women in the Relief Society, was never a chuch publication. \u00a0When Emmeline Wells, editor and chief, retired, she hoped the church would take over her publication and continue this excellent form of communication among the women. When Emmeline offered the newspaper to the church, they turned it […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[373],"tags":[189],"class_list":["post-961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-history","tag-magazine-bulletin"],"yoast_head":"\nRelief Society Bulletin Publication – Relief Society Women<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/2009\/06\/28\/relief-society-bulletin\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Relief Society Bulletin Publication – Relief Society Women\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Women\u2019s Exponent, published for 65 years, by women in the Relief Society, was never a chuch publication. \u00a0When Emmeline Wells, editor and chief, retired, she hoped the church would take over her publication and continue this excellent form of communication among the women. When Emmeline offered the newspaper to the church, they turned it […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/2009\/06\/28\/relief-society-bulletin\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Relief Society Women\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2009-06-29T03:31:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2012-03-31T16:24:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.ldswomenofgod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/RS-History-Em-Pres-196x300.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jan Tolman\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jan Tolman\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\\\/blog\\\/2009\\\/06\\\/28\\\/relief-society-bulletin\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\\\/blog\\\/2009\\\/06\\\/28\\\/relief-society-bulletin\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Jan Tolman\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c793243c9f72af0edbcdc6094e363c7e\"},\"headline\":\"Relief Society Bulletin Publication\",\"datePublished\":\"2009-06-29T03:31:53+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2012-03-31T16:24:10+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\\\/blog\\\/2009\\\/06\\\/28\\\/relief-society-bulletin\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":693,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c793243c9f72af0edbcdc6094e363c7e\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\\\/blog\\\/2009\\\/06\\\/28\\\/relief-society-bulletin\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.ldswomenofgod.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2009\\\/06\\\/RS-History-Em-Pres-196x300.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Magazine-Bulletin\"],\"articleSection\":[\"History\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\\\/blog\\\/2009\\\/06\\\/28\\\/relief-society-bulletin\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\\\/blog\\\/2009\\\/06\\\/28\\\/relief-society-bulletin\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\\\/blog\\\/2009\\\/06\\\/28\\\/relief-society-bulletin\\\/\",\"name\":\"Relief Society Bulletin Publication – Relief Society Women\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\\\/blog\\\/2009\\\/06\\\/28\\\/relief-society-bulletin\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\\\/blog\\\/2009\\\/06\\\/28\\\/relief-society-bulletin\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.ldswomenofgod.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2009\\\/06\\\/RS-History-Em-Pres-196x300.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2009-06-29T03:31:53+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2012-03-31T16:24:10+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\\\/blog\\\/2009\\\/06\\\/28\\\/relief-society-bulletin\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\\\/blog\\\/2009\\\/06\\\/28\\\/relief-society-bulletin\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\\\/blog\\\/2009\\\/06\\\/28\\\/relief-society-bulletin\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.ldswomenofgod.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2009\\\/06\\\/RS-History-Em-Pres-196x300.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.ldswomenofgod.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2009\\\/06\\\/RS-History-Em-Pres-196x300.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\\\/blog\\\/2009\\\/06\\\/28\\\/relief-society-bulletin\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Relief Society Bulletin Publication\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Relief Society Women\",\"description\":\"To know the history, purpose, and destiny of the Relief Society\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c793243c9f72af0edbcdc6094e363c7e\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c793243c9f72af0edbcdc6094e363c7e\",\"name\":\"Jan Tolman\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/71eac3417cadc1fa72be104a7f5b71f401ad21c6ba0b655d71f46eb91b32392f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/71eac3417cadc1fa72be104a7f5b71f401ad21c6ba0b655d71f46eb91b32392f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/71eac3417cadc1fa72be104a7f5b71f401ad21c6ba0b655d71f46eb91b32392f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Jan Tolman\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/71eac3417cadc1fa72be104a7f5b71f401ad21c6ba0b655d71f46eb91b32392f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\"},\"description\":\"My name is Jan Tolman. I am a wife, mother of six, and grandmother of six. Besides enjoying my research into the history of the Relief Society, I also read voraciously, make art quilts, and volunteer for too many things. I am also working on a Creative Writing degree from BYU\u2019s online program. Most of all, I have a testimony of the gospel of Jesus Christ.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/reliefsocietywomen.com\",\"Jan\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/jtolman\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Relief Society Bulletin Publication – Relief Society Women","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/2009\/06\/28\/relief-society-bulletin\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Relief Society Bulletin Publication – Relief Society Women","og_description":"The Women\u2019s Exponent, published for 65 years, by women in the Relief Society, was never a chuch publication. \u00a0When Emmeline Wells, editor and chief, retired, she hoped the church would take over her publication and continue this excellent form of communication among the women. When Emmeline offered the newspaper to the church, they turned it […]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/2009\/06\/28\/relief-society-bulletin\/","og_site_name":"Relief Society Women","article_published_time":"2009-06-29T03:31:53+00:00","article_modified_time":"2012-03-31T16:24:10+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.ldswomenofgod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/RS-History-Em-Pres-196x300.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Jan Tolman","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Jan Tolman","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/2009\/06\/28\/relief-society-bulletin\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/2009\/06\/28\/relief-society-bulletin\/"},"author":{"name":"Jan Tolman","@id":"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/c793243c9f72af0edbcdc6094e363c7e"},"headline":"Relief Society Bulletin Publication","datePublished":"2009-06-29T03:31:53+00:00","dateModified":"2012-03-31T16:24:10+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/2009\/06\/28\/relief-society-bulletin\/"},"wordCount":693,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/c793243c9f72af0edbcdc6094e363c7e"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/2009\/06\/28\/relief-society-bulletin\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/www.ldswomenofgod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/RS-History-Em-Pres-196x300.jpg","keywords":["Magazine-Bulletin"],"articleSection":["History"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/2009\/06\/28\/relief-society-bulletin\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/2009\/06\/28\/relief-society-bulletin\/","url":"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/2009\/06\/28\/relief-society-bulletin\/","name":"Relief Society Bulletin Publication – Relief Society Women","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/2009\/06\/28\/relief-society-bulletin\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/2009\/06\/28\/relief-society-bulletin\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/www.ldswomenofgod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/RS-History-Em-Pres-196x300.jpg","datePublished":"2009-06-29T03:31:53+00:00","dateModified":"2012-03-31T16:24:10+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/2009\/06\/28\/relief-society-bulletin\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/2009\/06\/28\/relief-society-bulletin\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/2009\/06\/28\/relief-society-bulletin\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/www.ldswomenofgod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/RS-History-Em-Pres-196x300.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/www.ldswomenofgod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/RS-History-Em-Pres-196x300.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/2009\/06\/28\/relief-society-bulletin\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Relief Society Bulletin Publication"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/","name":"Relief Society Women","description":"To know the history, purpose, and destiny of the Relief Society","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/c793243c9f72af0edbcdc6094e363c7e"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/c793243c9f72af0edbcdc6094e363c7e","name":"Jan Tolman","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/71eac3417cadc1fa72be104a7f5b71f401ad21c6ba0b655d71f46eb91b32392f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/71eac3417cadc1fa72be104a7f5b71f401ad21c6ba0b655d71f46eb91b32392f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/71eac3417cadc1fa72be104a7f5b71f401ad21c6ba0b655d71f46eb91b32392f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Jan Tolman"},"logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/71eac3417cadc1fa72be104a7f5b71f401ad21c6ba0b655d71f46eb91b32392f?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"description":"My name is Jan Tolman. I am a wife, mother of six, and grandmother of six. Besides enjoying my research into the history of the Relief Society, I also read voraciously, make art quilts, and volunteer for too many things. I am also working on a Creative Writing degree from BYU\u2019s online program. Most of all, I have a testimony of the gospel of Jesus Christ.","sameAs":["https:\/\/reliefsocietywomen.com","Jan"],"url":"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/author\/jtolman\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=961"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/961\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4518,"href":"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/961\/revisions\/4518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}