Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-12-15

/ our linufA by holding meetings w 'iatli
| Brosn's house m Foots cray and tract
/ ing South Melbourne. The people took
our traits and were IN good many in
! stances glad to see as and they said they
thought we were right We have good
| prospects for doing some bapuz'ng'
| But our llbJfs were soon curi1ilcd TOT
the want Of more tracts. President
/ Gardner requested me TO come nlck TO
Sydney, and meet a company oi Elders,
/ and help them continue their journey
] had always had great desire TO open
| up the Gospel Iu Sydney, knowing that
my father and mother received the light
ui truti and went down into the waters
OF baptism there. And through this
/ baptism stands that great organ In the
west end Of our beautiful Tabernacle,
Ginning out anthems OF praise TO our
| Father in heaycn and filling the hearts OF
thousands Of faithful L1tter-day Saints
with joy and gratitude for the goodness
of God toward them. and Il will forever
stand a golden monument to the honor
Of Josep n Ridges
In my travels through Australia find
the people anxious to receive the truth,
but they have been priest ridden so long
and so well schooled To trash like works
that % takes time and labor to show
them who has the truth aud what Il is.
There are thousands OF people here that
never heard the name Latlef.day Saints,
nor knew that they taught the Gospel Of
Jesus Christ IN rs power aud purity as
Il was taught by our Lord aud Savior.
There are hundreds OF cities In Aus.
trala that never heard the voice nor saw
the footprint OF a man holding the holy
Priesthood. so you see what there is TO
do, aud think there are bright days in
the near future tor this fair land. There
are four millions Of people here aud
eight Elders TO preach the Gospel to
them. ! hope the time Is close At hand
when this will be mission 10 itself in
Guiding Tasmania, with one Of our lead.
ing brethren as President aud two hun
bred missionaries at his command. Il
Is "a splendid country for young men
with their wives, for 10 many instances
they could preach the Gospel better
than we can. II Isl good climate Tor
women, they all say they have much
better health here than In the old cOuu.
Try. The rent Of good houses Is very
low, provisions are very cheap, a two
pound loaf OF bread ID, good steak 81
pound, pine apples sd each, bananas Oh
dozen, grapes I'd pound, oranges I'd a
dozen, sugar t1s =. cwt, and the best OF
clothing Tor men and women ior half the
price they are In Salt Lake City These
are retail prices. The schools here
are crowded with beautiful children,
which speaks volumn Tor the people.
This country Is full OF good men and
women and eager to receive the truth,
but their minds are 80 bitterly poisoned
and full OF prejudice through pucstcrait
that h wi u take the Spirit and powes OF
God 10 convince them that the Gospel is
restored to the earth through the Pro-
phet Joseph Smith. This power rests
with the Priesthood OF God and where.
ever they go Il Is iolt, aud am sure
! with their united efforts they can burst
the bands Of religious tyranny, and bring
/ down the light OF the new and evcrlast-
ing covenant OF the Gospel OF Jesus
/ Christ upon this fair land. Therefore
said lie unto them, "fhe harvest truly
/ Is great but the laborcB are few; pray
ye therefore the Lord Of the harvest that
| he would send forth labofcfs into hi.
/ harvest" This country has the greatest
| religious freedom; life and property are
projected with a rigid law, We ind some
| peopi. here that have heard the Gospel
/ Book Of Mormon. We found one man
that had a Book OF Mormon, first edition
with Joseph Smiths hand writing Ia It,
we could not buy II OF him. We also
| find some whose parents belonged 10
the Church II may be interesting to our
brethren who have labored IN Australia
and borne the heat and burden OF the
| day, aud have many times been dis
hcartcncd and discouraged because they
could see no results from their efforts, 10
know that their labors have been like
bread cast upon the waters, seen and
taken up alter many days, and that ten
persons have accepted the truth and
been led down into The w.ler VI llpl-
ism in Brisbane.
We have splendid time tracing.
/ The people in most Instances are Elad 10
read our church works. Little do we
know when we are tracing from house
/ TO house and with reluctance and fear
walk, through these beautiful parks filed
with every flower that grows under
meath the sun. and would put your Golden
Gate Park IN the shade, aud with hest.
| tating hand touch the electric bell on
/ the door Of fine mansion, whom we
arc going TO meet for we are often
asked to call ON them again aud teach
them the Gospel
Yesterday, Sunday we dined with
Captain Gipps, nominee for parliament,
and were invited to come to his house
whenever we wished. We blessed and
named fine baby, and have two more
to bless and prospects for baptsms are
very favorable. The pHncipa. way we
can preach the Gospel to this people and
remove the prejudice from their hearts,
Is To live among and associate with them
and show them that we are In every way
their peers, so you see an Elder with his
family would have a splendid oppor,
tuuity Ia this way, The Elders should
load themselves down with Church
works and tracts land don't bring cloth.
Ing to this county, such as Spenccrs
letters, OBou Pults works, Roberts S
last edition OF the Gospel, Voice OF
| Warning, the little Latterday Saints Gle.
/ The Guy OF the Saints Is the uest book
! the Elders has to introduce himself
with, but It should b. enlarged, more
history OF the Church, more views
more photos OF the Priesthood.
Good bye, brethren, God bless you
an. Your brother Ia the Gospel OF
Peace. a. j. RlDGl5.
what one Hon Can 10.
A hen can't plow corn, hoo cotton or
split wood, but slo can get there just
! the snmo She doesn't cost moro than %
drink Of whisky and % plug u tobacco,