Plucking not Planting: Mormonism in Eastern Canada, 1830-1850

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Plucking not Planting: Mormonism in Eastern Canada, 1830-1850
Abstract
The author traces the early activities of Mormon missionaries in Lower Canada, Upper Canada and the Atlantic Provinces. Since the Mormon Church was founded in western New York, nearly one hundred miles from the Canadian border, the first Mormon missionaries naturally spread across into British North America where they believed they found an area receptive to religious innovations and change. However, the Latter-day Saints' belief that the second coming was imminent necessitated Mormon converts to gather at Zion. For Canadian converts, this demanded emigration to the United States as Zion was located in Missouri, then Illinois and, finally, Utah. Thus, the little success the Mormons had enjoyed during this early period (approximately two thousand coverts in British North America) was cut short by the need to emigrate to the United States.
Book Title
The Mormon Presence in Canada
Place
Edmonton, AB
Publisher
University of Alberta Press
Date
1990
Pages
19-34
Language
en
ISBN
0-88864-212-1
Citation
Bennett, Richard E. “Plucking Not Planting: Mormonism in Eastern Canada, 1830-1850.” In The Mormon Presence in Canada, edited by Brigham Y. Card, John E. Northcott, Howard Palmer, and George K. Jarvis, 19–34. Edmonton, AB: University of Alberta Press, 1990.
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