The fifty-three issues of Udgorn Seion (Zion's Trumpet) published during 1853 served to keep Latter-day Saints all over Wales abreast of the latest direction and information from their leaders in Merthyr Tydfil and the newly announced practice of polygamy in the Church. They could read translated minutes of conferenced held in Salt Lake City; instructions about emigrating; letters from those who had already left Wales for America; answers to their doctrinal questions; poetry composed especially for the periodical; and even bits of humor and wisdom sprinkled throughout. Today's reader of the "facsimile translation" of this volume can gain insights into the Mormon movement in mid-nineteenth-century Wales and a clearer understanding of the challenges the converts faced in living their new religion.
