Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-06-13
THE CALIFORNIA MISSION,
,,,,u Of Tho Missionaries There
Attracting Attention.
,..o,n, Given by IT." san Francis
.f.ii" Of Meetings aud ni's'on
WORK, Etc, There

, ,,,s,.day ssints, and the mission
",li,oruia. rnv headlines ars as
ioil0ws'
ar, Rsioem the Gsntiles.-'ior.
uool,m Making Its Fret Strong Effort
plant Itself Hereditary Mis-.
'.orsrie, at wotk.-Not Gray.whIsk'
I'D F,llows but Nice Young Business
and Professional Men"
The article proceeds thun
nrbe Mormon Church !s engaged Ia
III, interesting work OF planting its
s,,bv the OGDEN Gate AMI drawing
ntbe true ioli and tue true GoI' tue
IDENTITIES VI California.
1it 4. long now since the secon
..,,nsi contained In tho miraculously
..,s.led Book OF Mormon has been
H,dby mauy Of the Faithful In Cau.
,.,nia. Now, for the 1rst time In the
s,,,sfy of the Church, an active AMI a
s,n,iefable effort TO establish the
gburrh here has been begun. This
J, nst tho "Reofgauized" church
vbich has been heard VI Ia Oakland,
founded by Joseph Smith.
0Rscently twelve Gentiles have been
aplia,l here and In Oakland. Twelve
more nave applet for admission, and
pumbef are invsstigatlnR. That msy
potteem to be very rapid work, but II
Il planting the seed, aud the Fifet
Presidency and the Apostles at Salt
lake are encouraged.
occasional Mormon missionaries
have struggled along 10 California be-
fore without adding more than one Or
Two 10 the 100000 or 70 numbered In
The fold u the Mormon Church, but
the present missionary effort Ia well
otganlSed and II carried on by twelve
missionaries, OF Elders, VINO are under
The direction Of Henry :. Tanner,
pfe,ideut Of the California missions Of
he Church OF Jesus Chtisl VI Latter.
DAY Saints.
6TheSe missionaries are surprising
ttople TO tie average GENTLE who sees
ne or several OF them TOT tue first time.
The general conception Oi a Mormon
mlui0narylis that OF Rn old gray -whis.
ketd fellow who may properly be SUI
ec,ed Of sensual nature. Well,
iBaps all wrong.
uIhe Mormon missionaries now
Ifoselytlug here ATe lot Of nice
young, bright business aud professional
men of intellectual Appearance, gen.
,lemAnly manner anu pleasant address.
Thry look Rud act like anybody else
shi could easily be mistaken for n lot
u Naive Sons. They are men Of the
world, yet devoted TO the Church anu
willing TO sacrifice Themselves u little
isr limo for her glory aud the re-
eemption VI the Geuliles.
"lhe Mormon Church has way Of
l,sOWn. IL looks about and 'calls' this
a1i that man to leave home and bust.
ness aud 10 forth. IL generally calls
men Of money who can pAy their own
txprusei. The twelve California mis-.
ti0nuTles are not costing thu Church "a
cent. Tue president, Henry ). Tan.
ret, i school teacher 10y profession
Gnl a bright, cultured young man.
lie was run out Of q place IN south
CTOlina by q mob once, and came
Lefe last Tall.
"M0st Of the others have coma
recently. One 10 w. NJ. Woodland, O
yOuug attorney Of Banuock, county,
Idaho, Another IL Farley 4. Wright
u Wight * Sons, "A large ana well
Known dry goOds firm oiOEden. wal
afl ScONlcfOl n n partner IN the
Usitn him VI John ScOwcrOit a Sons.
john smith has real estate business
II sat Lake. The others are all young
business men. Each has luil MS busi-
nt,s Dr year or two anu each pays
bis own expenses entirely ami all can
snlt " live pretty we'll.
These missionaries are not suffer.
lng any ptlvaiions or martyrdom here.
They take life pretty oasy. From
lhiec 10 i've hours a day they nut In
going from house 10 house aud speaking
lopeoplo who will talk with them any
where.
"a card bearing the articles OF faith
anu some tracts arc offered, with the
suggestion II would be Interesting TO
investigate M1rmonism without pre-
Juice. the Ato ready 10 lend books
ani encourage any disposition to look
mo the famous and much reyilod
lailh. Thus they gO quickly but per.
tHeulIy ABOUT their pT0selyting work
10 tho lace OF almost universal in
Inference, but without any Particular
eplyulliOn, There IN no hurTah, no
NE, hardly noticeable earneslness.
"Fiily people heard Elder Tanner
hl Of THE Rise Of MOTmOuismo In "a
9Ail Of Pythian Castle last evening.
me SERVICES were simple. Three
E.leit onered as many brief prayers
WIN upliiIed hands and few In the
.ohgIegHlion sang from the psalmouy
many hymns, the words and stratus
Hhlch were conceived by faithful
Onts IN the promised land Of Utah.
Two missionaries are working In
VAAlAnli two are Ia Los ANGLER, two
10 aaciamento, two la Frepno county
anu TWO VIII soon 70 to san DIegy.
Ahe JdH also gave Ru account Of
meeting OF the Saints held ON SUNDAY
evening, June ., In which IL said:
me principles anu articles OF faith
won which the Church OF jesus
thtss VI Latter.day saiuts, iamillarly
Known a. the Mormon Church, were
grounded by Elder HI. ). Tanner at
NHslinlhe (oL GeOrge's) Hall, 8J9
na,Ast street, last evening.
r.,E.'lef TANNER In president OF the
Sallothla mission VI tue Church and
NJ" ueeh mere since last August. Since
~ arrival he hAI succeeded In build.
,h w quite tl)utishlng local colony
uehAlI oil mo ChuTch whiuu he
NH'sehlt, The ffHt services were
I Ivlu ny ~ Eleventh street, and Ihen
Mission street,
'ho congregation grew In mum.
rs u was found necessary 70 have
T o Commodlous quarters, and the
~ was made TO 0U9 Market street. |
sue uthL heTvlcp6 Wers heIu va,tsrday