Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-03-22
IN THE EUROPEAN MISSION.
How The Work Has Progressed During
the Past Year,
AZ SHOWN ny THE STATISTICS.



1892. BY comparison with the two
previous years, about the same ratio Of
progress has been preserved. There
has been a considerable falling oil In
the number tina, has gathered to Utah
This Is no ioubi partly due to hestrin'
Reney In financial matters among the IN
dustrial glasses IN Europe, aud In some
degree to dull times here; for many OF
those who came over duriog the past
two or three years are families where
In. heal OF tho hou,e has precelei
them, and has earned money ana has
cent for them to settle here.
The statistics ot the entire European
mission for 1899, Row a division into
five smaller missions, viz! Great
Britain, Netherlands, Turkey, Scan
dinavia, and Swiiz ,rland aud Ger
many. or these, Great Britain lie
further subllvlied into thirteen CON
fercnces, as follow; Birmingham,
Cheltenham, Irish, Leeds, Liverpool,
Londou, Manchester, Newcastle, Nor
witch, Nottingham, Scottish, Sheffield
and Welsh. In these conferences
there are In all 40 branches. Soaudi-
uavla has seven conferences:
Copenhagen, Aarhus, Aalborg, Chris.
tiania, Stockholm, GoiebOrg anu SkOne,
which embrace 80 branches. In
the swiss and German mission there
are 20 branches, iucluded In the seven
conferences of Berne, Central Swiss,
Juru. East Swiss, North German,
Nuremberg and South German.
The Netherlands mission consists Of
the Belgium and Holland conferences,
with IA branches, and Ia the Turkish
mission there is but one branch, that
OF Asia Minor. This makes up n grand
total u 80 conferences. with 1866 orga-
nized branches.
Throughout the whole mission there
have been during 1892, 1920 bap,lsms;
69T persons have eniigrated; lii have
uied, and there nave been ls7
members accommodated. The
total Of officers and members
Is reported nj 6O2s.5candinavia Leads
IN the list OF baptisms, ne well ~ OF
membership, there having been OF the
former iji, the total Ut Oillce and
members being 30i2. The baptlsms In
tue various conferences for the yenr
IRE: Copenhagen, 30; Aarhus, 81;
Aalborg, 81; Christi MIA, 20; Stock.
holm, l3o; GOtebOrg, Oh; BdoDr, so.
In Great Britain there are 2b0i OIL.
GERS aud members, and there have
been 1856 bAptisms. In the latter, the
Scottish conference heads the list with
o.; then Genes Leeds with a.; Noting
ham, 32; Manchester, Newcastle ami
NOrwicn with - cacn; the London
and Welsh with - each; Cneitenham,
II; Birmingham. 10; Liverpool, IS;
Sheffield, IL; anu thc Irish conferences
with 3.
switzerland aud Germany has total
Of 1919 officers and member. the 233
baptlsms are divided Dmong the con-
ferences ~ follows Berne, 81; Central
Swiss, 7; Jura, 80; East Swlas, rs;
North German, 33; Nuremberg, 20;
South German, 81. In the Neither
bers; the baptlsns were 81. Turkey
has 80 tflicr.s nnd members, with u
record OF 3 oaptisms la the year.
The following are tue latest changes
the British mission noted In tue
SGr;
Elder W. b. Dougall, Jr., Ia honor
ably relieved from his laDlTs in the
editorial department Of the MienHfat
Star office, until his health improves.
Elder II. q. Savage Is released as
travelling Elder Ia the London confer.
ence anu II appointed 70 prealde over
the Birmingham conference.
Elder Thomas Miuson Is appointed
to preside over the Cheltenhan con.
ference.
Elder Geo. ID. Merkley is appointed
TO preside over the Leeds conferences.
Elder VIM. g. Hunter 10 appointed
TO preside over the Nottingham con-
ference.
The Saints OF the Manchester con-
ference held u general assembly at
Farnworth, LauCashire, on Sunday,
February 10. There were ut this con.
ference the following missionaries from
ZION: Elders Joseph Quincy, It. Il.
Taylor, and w. d. Calllster, Of the
Liverpool office, Samuel Brockbank,
prerident OF, anu II. Williams, Gins.
II. Murdoch, IL. Boycc, and Geo. NJ.
Thompson, travelling Elders in the
Liverpool conference; II. NJ. Mcclure
and II. IL. piichiorth, travelling Elders
In the Sheffield conferences; IL. w.
Woolley, president oil, and II. q.
Humphrey, II. a, Woodruff, John Ii.
Evans, Il. A. 6tratiOrJ, Is. NJ. Black.
hurst, Thomas Glodhill, IL. w. Lunt,
and A. Wallwork, tIayeliug Elders In
the Manchester conference.
A number OF these Elders occupied
the time In speaking on the
frat principles OF the Gospel
IA taught by the Lord anu
His disciples. The conference
report for the six months ending Feb.
Iuary 18th, 1898, was read AS follows:
Meetings held, indoor and out, 25s;
tracts distributed, 1889; books sold,
w; books loaned and given away, 500;
haptisms, 10; combinations, 10; chill.
uren blessed, o; omigraled over eight
years, III; emiyrated under eight years,
.; received, Z; removed, 9; excom-
municated, q died, .; SUNDAY school
sessions, 20; High Prieste, /; Seventies,
9; Elders, 10; priests, Z; teacher, 81;
Deacons, 3; members, 10; total onlcers
and membefs, 1877.
In making his report to the president
OF the mission, Elder n. lillian. DR..
conference PRESIDENT, wrote as foilows
from Bradford ON February 81:
"PIesidenL Il. Young:
"Dear Brother--I have pleasure In
reporting the workings OF the L,,r1
through His servants In tn the Leeds
conference. Our Conference is divideu
into four districts, viz, Bradford, Hui
Otley and Harrogate; and Pudssy
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