Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-07-09

up to the present hour been abundnntly
fulfilled. as far as we have gone. Much
yet remains to be fulfilled. II would
be impossible for the human mind 10
conceive Of that which remains; but
we see the fuflllment " the predictions
a. we progress day by day. They are
fulhilcd IN our sight. when our eyes are
open 10 perceive them. Therefore. our
hearts ought TO be hicd with gladncss
and exceeding Thanksgiving 70 the
Lord our God that we are IN this con-
dltlon: that the Lord has not forgotten
us. that lie has not closed HIS ears
against us, nor His mouth 80 that lie
cannot sneak 20 US. that He has not
turned His face away from us; but that
lie smiles upon uH. that He gives unto
~ the comforting. cheering and en-
tightening influences Of His Holy
Spirit to be with us.
Now We are passing through other
trials. We have emerged from those
that envlroncd us few years ago. a
great change. MS have said. has taken
place In public feeling concerning ms.
Our Elders ARE treated generally with
n great deal OF kindness. Of the thou
sand Elders That arc now labnrinE In
the United States. the report comes
from most ~ them that they are treat
ed with kindness. Travelling without
purse ana scrip. they are entertained,
friends are raised up 10 them doors nre
opened 10 them. and they are treated
kindly, and not prosecuted to anything
like the extent they were n few years
ngo. The same report comes from the
1--WE hundred Elders who are
now engaged In the ministry
with the testimony OF the servants
Of God In the United States. This In
particularly the ease In the German
empire. There was q time whom u was
almost ut the cost Of personal liberty
that mon preached the Gospel there.
They hno 90 do 40 In secrecy. IN places
whore the police could not punish them
because Of the nature ~ their gather
ingH. liut now this ~ changed. Re-
liEious freedom has dnwncd IN many o.
these countries. and the Elders now
cnn preach without being put In inop-
nrdy as they werc fow years ago.
on the islands Of the Pacific there are
some two hundred Elders laborlng. and
their lahora ARE also attended with
rood results. They speak Of the mani
festntion % the power ana blessings
~ God In their behalf and 81 tho kind
~ feeling that 10 unaffected towards
them by those with whom they are
brought IN contact
Thus these seventeen hundred Elders
ARE lnboring now with m efficiency and
with n HucccnH that ~ unparalleled In
the history Of our church. AZ no time
has this church held nm annual Con-
ference whore there was greater cause
FOR graduation and Thanksgiving than
there ~ today In this Sixty-cirhth An
nunl Conference OF the church % Jesus
Christ Of Lnttcr.day Saints. Never
Elders IN the field. Never
before ala they meet with such sue.
cess Mover before were there 20 many
baptized IN a single year apparently
o. there have been during this year
These causes 81 Thanksgiving ought to
be rgmemhcred BY M. and We ought TO
thank our God from the bottom OF our
hearts Tor that which lie y doing for
~. FOR the fulnllmcnt ~ tho words of
the servant Of Cod IN the Temple when
II was dedicated: Tor hr then pruph.
cfled what would BE- the result or that
dedication ana the glorious effects that
would follow that work
IN our own country hrro we also
have cause FOR Thanksgiving. n D.
interesting 10 tho Saints. no doubt 20
know. nH many probably do know.
that hru'hrrH Lyman ana Cowlsy
have Visited the conferences mud tho
Eldofa in the Southern. Eastern nnd
Northern States, and their inlnlrtra-
tons among those whom they have
visited have been attended with good
cnrcts, IN regulating Affairs giving
Instructions, correcting anything thnt
wnH Improper or thnt was likely to
become improper We have boon
greatly grntlhcd al hearing the reports
which they have given 10 uH ~ the
results Of their inhora, Tho Presidents
and Elders IN the Southern. EASTERN.
Northern and Southwestern States
Missions are doing excellent work.
Az you know probably. Brother
Anthem NJ. i.und has LEFT here since
our last Conference Tor Palestine, nc-
companlod by Brother Hlntzo (who
formerly lnborrd In the Turkish mis-
sion and who has a knowledge OF the
lnnFuuTul ana an Armenian brother.
who wished 60 return 90 HIS own coun-
Try. The object of their going ~ 60
endeuvor 60 secure n place OF gather
lnF for tho Saints ~ the Orient. 80
that they may not be- subjected 60 the
restrictions that are Imposed upon I'm
migrants 90 this land from those coun-
tries We do not know how successful
they may be- In their luhOrs. hut the
word we have received N hopeful and
encouraging. The Elders have been
greatly blessed no far In their Journey,
and have been hnccennful az their FIRST
meeting In hnptlzlnr quite u large
number ~ people who were prepared
10 receive the GOSPEL. and also con-
hrming number who had been bap-
iized hut who had not been con-
nrmed because or the absence Of
bearer Of the Mclchincdek Priesthood.
The brethren write very encourag.
inFly on these matters, and we hope
they viii be- successful In finding n
apot. n II be- tho Lords will, whers
the Saints ~ the orient can commence
10 rnther In that land. fo Tint ne
principle Of gathering. which 'he T.ori
IN impresslng strongly upon the minds
of the converts 10 His Gospel, may be
carried out there.
The Twelve Apostles ~ home, NJ you
all know. have been untlring In their
lahors In visiting the various confer
ences ana lnhorinF with the Saints 20
the extent of their ability. llrOihcra
John Henry Smith and John W. Tuy-
Tor, during a few weeks absence heli
100 meetings with the Saints IN the
various Stakes where they visited, md
the reports that come 20 rs show that
those lnhors have been attended with
excellent effects.
The Seven Presidents ~ Seventies,
also, either accompany the Twelve or
20 themselves, They are n travelling
ministry lnboring very aFslduously In
their calling among the various Stakes
those Of them who are home A.
You know, two Of their number are
now In Europe, presiding over tho
European Observation-Disclosures llulon 8.
Wells and Joseph W. MoMurrin.
A new Ftep has been taken. that IL.