--- title: Times and Seasons description: Issues of 1841 to 1842. authors: - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints editors: - Ebenezer Robinson - Don Carlos Smith - Smith, Joseph, Jr. - Taylor, John collections: - periodicals tags: - newspaper - times-and-seasons - nauvoo - nineteenth-century periodical: Times and Seasons volume: 3 number: 9 published: 1842-03-01 publisher: E. Robinson and D. C. Smith; later John Taylor publisher_place: Commerce and Nauvoo, Illinois language: en type: article reference: "“To the Brethren in Nauvoo City, Greeting,” *Times and Seasons* 3, no. 9 (March 1, 1842): 715." printed_title: "TO THE BRETHREN IN NAUVOO CITY, GREETING:" source: url: https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_times-and-seasons_1842-03-01_3_9 transcription: Text from the Centerplace.org transcription (https://www.centerplace.org/history/ts/v3n09.htm), with its page breaks; this Internet Archive scan is the reference copy (its OCR was used only as a witness for OCR repair) identifier: per_utah-and-the-mormons_times-and-seasons_1842-03-01_3_9 start_page: 715 end_page: 715 curator_note: A Mormon newspaper published by the church in Nauvoo; included for historical study. Inclusion does not imply endorsement. rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1842 (Nauvoo, Illinois); published before 1931, so public domain in the United States source: https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_times-and-seasons_1842-03-01_3_9 publication_year: 1842 --- # To the Brethren in Nauvoo City, Greeting It is highly important, for the forwarding of the Temple, that an equal distribution of labor should be made, in relation to time; as a superabundance of hands one week, and none the next, tends to retard the progress of the work; therefore, every brother is requested to be particular to labor on the day set apart for the same, in his ward; and to remember that he that sows sparingly shall also reap sparingly,-so that if the brethren want a plentiful harvest, they will do well to be at the place of labor in good season in the morning, bringing all necessary tools, according to their occupation; and those who have teams bring them also, unless otherwise advised by the temple committee. Should any one be detained from his labor by unavoidable circumstances, on the day appointed, let him labor the next day, or the first day possible. N.B. The captains of the respective wards are particularly requested to be at the place of labor on their respective days, and keep an accurate account of each man's work, and be ready to exhibit a list of the same when called for. The heart of the trustee is daily made to rejoice in the good feelings of the brethren, made manifest in their exertion to carry forward the work of the Lord, and rear his temple; and it is hoped that neither planting, sowing or reaping will hereafter be made with the regulation hinted at above. JOSEPH SMITH. Trustee in Trust.