Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-09-23

Is Alfred Street.
Port Melbourne. Australia.
To the Editor

To the Editor,
II ~ now over one year and four
months since 1 babe Utah farewell lu
order 20 promulEutc the everlasting
Gospel. wns agt apart April I. 1895.
ana lcft Salt Lake city tho next day,
ga route Go the Sandwich or Hawaiian
Islands, my appointed field uf labor
After my arrival at Lllc. oahu. ! wus
appointed by Elder samuel a. WooIcy
60 labor with Elder q. G.. Bush. ln tho
lilo uud Puma conference. Afigr tho
October conference uf ISIS. j was np.
pointed 10 labor iu the Humukuu and
kuhula conferences, WHERE I lHborCd lu
company with Elder Il. A.. MuHHer until
January OF the present year when l
received % change of my missionary
labota, ! was Transferred from Hawaii
20 Australia.
January 18th. President Joseph y.
Smith and party arrived az Honolulu 10
spend "a few weeks. / had the pleasure
% their company until February /.
when ! Hct sail for Australia. uu board
the MuripUsl There We're eight sons
% Zion" DO tho company Joined. so our
Journey through the South Seas Was d
Apln. Samoa. Here an was excitement.
owing TO the present troubles with the
natives. 1 was somewhat surprised 20
discover the great similarity of the lhn-
gungca Of the liuwuiinnH and sumoana.
We next touched at Auckland. n. u,
and finally at Sydney. New South
Wales. sydney o. q fnc city. having a
population OF nearly half a million. AZ.
ter taking IN the sights OF sydney was
appointed by Elder 4. Z. Barker 60 la
Dor la the Victorian conference. Tho
ilrHt two months u my lnbors, beneath
the Southern Cross" were spent In Bal
lnrat, Victoria. ! was then appointed
NHFHNMHHN WF NhIH HNuNHFs.H#.. al
signed 10 labor IN Melbourne. I laborod
with Elder y. L. ltuca until his release.
last month, 60 return home. Elders a.
u. Fox and W. W. Rose are. az present.
travelling In the country districts.
A. a rule, tho people here aru very
much preiudIccd against the "MUr-
mons owing 90 the fact that such
works az, "rell II Az" by Fanny stem
house: "rhe Rocky Mountain Saints"
by r. II, ID. Stgnh1uHc; "Llfo Amongst
the Mormuns," by J, n. bccdlc. aud
other like productions. have been wide
~ circulated here. but after listening
TO the truth, they Will, generally. read
our tracts and books. have talked
with gentlemen here, who have told
me that they have watched the progress
N the Saints from their nrHt advent
into the Rocky Mountains. ard are ass
tonishcd at their remarkable success 10
aubdulng the wilderness uH they have.
Theo. ". CurtiH'H article un Nor
moniam." IN the June number OF the
Aroma, has attracted much uttcn-
ton here aud removed much
prejudice from tho peoples minds
There are some very queer ideas oN.
listing here conccrning the "Alormone"
and Joseph Smith. one gentleman told
me he had believed. from early childhood,
that Joseph Smith was shot whilst
stealing f0wls from hen ro0st An.
other had the idea that Joseph aud
Emma made their living by stealing
clothes from lines. at night They have
since changed their nlnds, having read
"a New Witness for God" Voice Of
Warning, Spcnccr'e Lettcra. ., Pratta
Works, and other works OF the Latter
day Shlnts.
Elder Barker IN soon TO commence a
tour through the colonies, giving H.
Illustrated ime-llght lectures, which ia
being eagerly looked forward TO by
many.
At this writing there arc only four
Elders laboring In Victoria. T. e.. Walter
n. Rose. Of Soda Springs, Idaho; Char.
u. Fox. OF Lchl, Utah. Robt. Nlsh, OF
Plymouth. Utah, and your humble ser
vaAt Any persona having fncuds or
relatives ln Victoria. whom they desire
yisltcd by tho Elders. will please send
names and addresses. Names. and long
gencaloEies. without addrcsBeH, are
useless,
The "NcNu" IN always welcome WIS.,
itor, and aids us In disseminating the
Gospel trutha
Your brother In the Gospel
HENRY III. GREENSiDES,
prcst. Victorian Conf.