In early 1944 the First Presidency authorized the publication of miniature Church News editions small enough to fit in a first class envelope. The military editions provided inspirational materials, vital messages from church leaders, answers to gospel questions, and a report of news within the Church. LDS soldiers were also provided an address to which they could send questions pertaining to doctrines and activities of the Church that would be answered in the Church News.

The Church News - LDS Servicemen’s Edition
Salt Lake City: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1944-1946

“We pray in a prayer which ascends to our Heavenly Father, that you will live righteously, that you will be preserved, that God will hasten the working out of His purposes among the nations, so that peace may come and you be restored to your loved ones as clean as the day on which you left them.”

— Message of the First Presidency. Salt Lake City. 3 October 1942.

Publications of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Throughout the early years of the war, LDS servicemen received church publications only after long delays — some up to six months — primarily due to military regulations. Recognizing the difficulties in providing standard church literature to its servicemen, in early 1944 the First Presidency authorized the publication of miniature Church News editions small enough to fit in a first class envelope.

As part of their efforts to make church materials available to those serving in the military, the First Presidency issued these small and convenient pamphlets. Contained within this pamphlet was an address given by the First Presidency in April 1942. While the message addresses parents, youth, and missionaries, it also exhorts men in the service to “live clean, keep the commandments of the Lord, [pray] to Him . . . live as you pray.” Following the publication of these pamphlets, other church materials were also printed in smaller sizes for the soldiers’ convenience.

In early 1944 the First Presidency authorized the publication of miniature Church News editions small enough to fit in a first class envelope. The military editions provided inspirational materials, vital messages from church leaders, answers to gospel questions, and a report of news within the Church. LDS soldiers were also provided an address to which they could send questions pertaining to doctrines and activities of the Church that would be answered in the Church News.

The Church News - LDS Servicemen’s Edition
Salt Lake City: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1944-1946

“We pray in a prayer which ascends to our Heavenly Father, that you will live righteously, that you will be preserved, that God will hasten the working out of His purposes among the nations, so that peace may come and you be restored to your loved ones as clean as the day on which you left them.”

— Message of the First Presidency. Salt Lake City. 3 October 1942.

Publications of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Throughout the early years of the war, LDS servicemen received church publications only after long delays — some up to six months — primarily due to military regulations. Recognizing the difficulties in providing standard church literature to its servicemen, in early 1944 the First Presidency authorized the publication of miniature Church News editions small enough to fit in a first class envelope.

As part of their efforts to make church materials available to those serving in the military, the First Presidency issued these small and convenient pamphlets. Contained within this pamphlet was an address given by the First Presidency in April 1942. While the message addresses parents, youth, and missionaries, it also exhorts men in the service to “live clean, keep the commandments of the Lord, [pray] to Him . . . live as you pray.” Following the publication of these pamphlets, other church materials were also printed in smaller sizes for the soldiers’ convenience.