Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-09-18
FROM MISSIONARY FIELDS.
THE ENGLISH MISSION.
yhe Work, Though Slow. is Onward and
Upward.

pr;s.nI ENGLAND Aup 7th 1897.
To the Eu'tor'
Believing that n few items from this
-. f tho british mission would be
-, A.. ,,,, 80 ,,o,,. raodars
Oh ih'eie'' W '
especially those VINO formerly res'ueu
bsre I have yentured to intrude upon
.,i,,,iIo sn,co
your N"i"""''
About ten years ago the He"uuuu''-
PRS Of this conference was removed TO
,,hattenbam and since that time there
nv IT, ..,,,.,,,,o,,, u,orls
mas pceh ~ ~ -,
done here until the latter part oi June.
1904 when Elders Albert Cullard of
I,,,,.tr,to, and w n. Noall of Salt
-, 49,, rnosa t,rc,bren
Lake were sent mere iHeSe ''''''"
labored together about SIX months
,,.ha, Elders w. j, Mortimer of Provo
-, p,,,i.,. ~ Nontnetier were
anu l'uNiu 81, larga numher
SEM W 49," ,,,',.a ,i1st ributed i'm our house
OF trhcts Nh "a II sca,nad as IL we
to-houSe ,' , - iad,,,o,, ,yhatevar
We're Inahlhs II" III, ,,;s fauilv
BRO N cNieS -. Tnra"n ia this citvl
nhu IhoN ,, ,ui,,,d Me home for meet
very hiIuiS w Ehamt tbe middle of
llS p ui I,iIo,. IJerhert + lanes was
i epI u 10! Lu, vas a afterwards called
sent l" u, - aanco nrd PRO COL
70 me l-lNst ih',''',1 tr ,ot,,rn home Inst
Iaru oe,ns ',s, ,,.itb oniy three Elders
Aplit -, 49,, y" ia.
III tl lls 10 ~ the Instructions of
Nst VII, os soon as we had fine
irtst' -" W., ,,',,,,,anred ia hold open-
weather, We a. ,,arIn,,s norts of the
ar h'v M, dot tyvo or three meetings
CITY II. ~ -, 40 various sects
did not Az ,,i,, nranlair meetings, but
OF tile =, So,n,,Ie i,novh that the Nor
',n,s wore in town again, u good sized
crown Mou'u ,,.,as,tv 10 see what n
came rom Lii, iike while Others
MoIilVi W n,,r,,osa 81 onnosinas rs
gaile ~. NV Zoe was Very Jealous
rms la.teI ,,i,,,,od 90 untiI the pres-
ana nave coii'' .,i,,,nosd tbeir inten-
emit ana nav ann NV. az, iong as we 70
toh oi 'P P,Js,ni On sunday evenings
mann ~ u, - - b,,,a i,rsa audiences. as
esPetiibS ,,. ,naetinps ON prominent
W ',,,ars iust as neople are going
49, ,bnI,. rioces Of Worship We
iioil ~ s.oi,, N,.o 10 oirht hundred
haNe "au tn Iister 10 rs AT times.
p.Vpi's ,,,,osittnn has been on the in
put wv ~ 4, roe drawn many that
cleunS - cn,,a were II not for that.
NMntv Nm n,,rsaives mostly to the
W i,,'i,,a. ~ tha cosnpl hut after
ms Pa,,iros some of nur opposers
GU, - pmestinns unon the history
MVTtu T., - - ~ ,,annIa and would fire.
,a,,,I,, hold n meeting after ours In
HLi,, ,ha,, ,vouId vilify the character
", ~ Mny,,on neonIe tn such an ex-
u -" ~ ,,a,,,. would want to run us
ls,' - S" tin,n ard tbev have gone 80 far
to ertirelv break nm our meetings.
~ ~ ,,,tn,,ai az, host we could in try
Wv n,.scb tba Cosnei and made
lite n n,imber OF friends, who took
p,', mart and If there was any disturb
w" ~, ~ ,vo,,ld always call for fair
%iny
Ayout three weeks ago some of the
,,,n,Ia acted ne to tell them why we
i,otIa,,ad In Jnsenh Smith and the Rooll
Of Mormon which we promised
a. ,ho folInwInr sunday,
Ntopy coIleoted 10 hear II and Elder
" M Purrinrton Of Weber (who ~
,ohoring in Rnt, and who had assisted
SC tn a ,umher of nnen-uir meetings.
smoke mon the subject. Very good at
In WIS mid hut before we had pro-
cnado1 fa, n began TO rain quite heavi-
10 Inf MANY of the neople nut up their
,;y,,,braiias nnd we did the same and
cnntinred the meeting. one OF us hold
ing the umbrella over Brother Pur
,inpton while he preached the Gospel
10 the people. At the close many ques-
Yiora were asked hut our opponents
were not sntistied to talk on doctrine
and turned To the scandal and un-
truths told nv orr enemies. We with
drew as soon as possible. hut in spite
of the rain our oppCsers held Iueet-
ing giving the history Of the MormOns
ns told BY our enemies. which to say
the least was yery bad Two nights
after this nj arother meeting while an
swerinr n question ON our religion,
GONE men came up and accused us of
Mi manner of evil. calling the speaker,
Brother Purrlngton. a liar and every
thing else they could think OF. 1t
looked like there would be serious
troubIe hut some fair-mirded men
called for fair play saving we taught
Eiblo truths and should not he Iuolest-
ed. Some OF those who at first opposed
are now more friendly and evince de-
sire 10 learn of our doctrine, and ex-
press their sorrow at the I'M Christian
ike treatment accorded US at our meet
6ur oonfore,,c. conyores nt Chelten-
ham August 29nd and IL sent here