Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-08-10
Letter from Jerusalem.


jerusalem, Palestine,
July i3, 1896.
Historian franklin d. Richards
Dear Brothet-siuco February 10,
1890, when last wrote you, nom
papcuic, Tahiti, / have unveiled many
thousand milos and have had varied
ok Urlgncr, some Of which has been
quite pleasant ana some uupltasant.
From Tahiti l accompanied Elder
Frank Cutler on trip 10 some Of tho
runmoiu Islands, on which We attend
cd TO bath miTai0uaTy and Historical
LAHORE, particularly On the Island Of
rahat0a, whtru there has been com
tiuuUus bra ca % the Church since
1851. On my return 10 Tahiti Qeav.
Ing Elaer Cutler Ia the Tuam0tuu 90
atluud the coming ApTil oJuiotouCol /
found myssli unable 20 ptocccl iuttuCf
for tweuiy.Uuu dhysf ~ there were
no communications or Opp0uuniilra
| 20 go 10 New Zealand iill tuu little
steamer Richmond came along Ia the
beginning OF April l returned with
her 10 Auckland, New Il aiaud, who're
| met President William Gatdntr
anu mauy Otnor Elders returning from
| thcir annual conference held near
/ Napier, ana week later | accom-.
| panied = small company Of Saints emil.
| grating TO n on aud several fnluruing
| Eldefs ifOm auckland % sydney,
Australia. Here 1 spent "a iuw days
attending 10 historical ana miHl0u.
afy labogs, also assisting Ito brethren
60 70. the company oil, AMI also hnd
tue pleasure 90 help Ia tue baptlsm VI
| eight new mrmtcfb into the Church.
On May 4, 1896, sailed from sgd
noy 40 passenger Ia tho ilfBt'clasa
/ steamer Of0yu, bound for tue Oh
world. IN route the ship stopped two
days nj Melbourne, which gave mo
nn opportunity OF attending 90 come
record work there In connection with
| Elder Joseph Stephenson, VI Harris.
| vile, Weber county, who u lab1riug
there ~ missionary. A few days
later landed twhilo the ship
lay at anchor UuisiIrl nt
Adelaide, South Australia, where
the iuluess OF the GJapel was hrs
| preached In this dlapuusatlON lu lbAl
by a young ElIot from England.
There arc no missionaries Of uuu iu
south Australia Ut the present time.
Ia passing / landed also Tor tow h0uta
ut Albany, West Australia, where d
mining boom prevails at tho present
time. So iar M know no LattuT.uhy
Saint missionary ever visited lhsl
colony.
After leaving Australia We had a
pleasant voyage across tho great Indian
ocean, only eno1untefing oue real mon.
soon, which was not very violent.
We stopped one day ~ the beautiful
/ island OF Ceyl0n, nnd continued by
| way Of the Arabian Gulf and up the
Rtd Sea 10 suez. About half way up
| the Sur1 canal, broke my voyage,
| landing at lsmallia, from where |
proceeded 10 Cairo, the capital o.
Eygpt. Alter visiting the great Pyra.
u.id anu other pJinIs OF Interest, re-.
turned u lsumRilia, and thence TO
Port Said, where embarked for
| BUyr0ui, syria. But coming from
| Egypt, whore cholera prevails, l had
| 10 submit ~ 10 days quarantine before
could land. Alter huGily landing
on Juno 9la., made a tIlp u
Damascus and back by rail. Next
| 10 decided by local steamer along the
plm i'ian coast, via SilJn aud Tyre,
| 90 HaIg, where / landed and vititud
/ tho few BE.nis there aud tho graves "
two u cur Elders nom HIan VINO died
luto,
After vlsiling Acre, Mount Carmel,
etc., pT0curltd inland 20 Nazareth;
thence by way Of Mount TABOR 10 the
sea Of Gall.er, returning TO Nazareth
by way " Cana. Next / Travelled o..