The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1899-03-04
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About 800 more souls were baptized
in the European mission during 1898
than during 1897.
There are now about / 100 more souls
In the church in the scandinavian than
in the British mission.
The number of the members Of the
church Including children) In Ger
many, is almost exactly the same as
those In Switzerland.
Windows in the Nottingham ENG
land Conference house have been re-
Gently broken, without any apparent
cause, by an anti Mormon mob.
Elder Brigham Young, of the coun-
ell OF the Apostles, is so far recovered
from his late sickness that he can at
tend meetings and visit his friends.
Three missionary conferences have
been organized in the state of Oregon;
Baker conference, with Elder Joseph
Geddes as president; Portland, with
Elder Monson and Salem, with Elder
Peck as presidents.
President w. T. Jack, OF the south
western states mission, started on Feb
ruary 90 to visit the southern confer
ences OF that mission He expects TO
return to headquarters at st. John,
Kansas, by April 1.
Elder Gottfried Eschler, OF Thomas
Fork, Idaho, now laboring In the
Swiss mission, was arrested a short
time ago on the charge of girl steal
ing" He was held in custody two
days and then released.
The Barnsley branch of the Sheffield
conference of the British mission is
talking of building a chapel of CORFU
gated iron. II they do so, in all prob
ability other branches will follow, as
these edifices are becoming quite popu-
lar in that country.
Some delay is likely to occur in the
removal of the bodies of the brethren
who lately died in Europe, The au-
thorities there require written instruc-
tions from the relatives or others whom
they recognize as interested parties
before they will disinter the remains,
Elder A. p. Kesler has been released
from the presidency OF the eastern
states mission, and Elder William II.
Smart, who is now laboring in that
mission, has been appointed by the first
presidency to succeed him. Elder Kes-
Ter formerly labored as a missionary in
Great Britain, and was only home
about year when he was called to
take charge of the eastern states mis-
sion, which position he has occupied
for about two years.
The proceedings of the Sunday school
convention, held in Salt Lake City in
November last, have been published by
the Deseret Sunday School Union. 1t
is a well printed pamphlet of los pages,
and contains all the addresses, etc
made during the six sessions Of that
body. Four thousand copies are now
being distributed gratuitously to Sun
day school workers throughout the
state. Any desiring additional copies
can obtain them at the nominal price
of 10 cents.
The riotous demonstrations against
the members OF the church at Bristol
did not entirely quiet down for three
weeks. At last advices they had meas
urably subsidized. The result of the
disturbances is that the meetings OF
the Saints are now crowded with inter.
ested visitors. The trouble was all
caused by the malicious and inhamma.
tory speeches of the anti-Mormor
League and the distribution Of Jar
man posters and inAammatory hanC
bills.
At the tabernacle services Sunday
February 20, Elders Harvey C, Carlisle
recently returned from n mission t.
! the southern states, and Uriah Miller
who has been filling u mission in tn,
northern states, were introduced by
President Angus NJ. Cannon. Con
trary TO the usual custom, these young
men did not speak Of the success o.
failure of the missions which they hav,
30 recently filed, but confined theil
remarks to the doctrines preached 10y
the Latter-day Saints. Apostle Matthias
#. Cowley was the next speaker, ant
addressed the assembly for more thar
an hour. The aim of his remarks wa
TO establish that the church of which
he is an apostle is the living church
the church everlasting. To substan
tiate his remarks he quoted many pas
sages from Scripture and from the sa
cred writings of the Norman church
He declared that the Latter-day Saint
are "a people OF honor, people of in
dustry, a people loyal to the institu
lions of the government, and said tina
God inspired the founders of this gov
eminent to lay its principles broad anC
deep that the down-trodden and op
pressed from every race and clim
might come TO this country, wher,
they could worship God according /,
the dictates of their conscience, N,
matter what they might be.
Elder Lewis A. Warren of Price
Carbon county, missionary to tn,
southern states, died in Louisiana, o
pneumonia, February Goth. Bro War
rem was born in Sprnish Fork and LEI
for his mission last July. His remain
are being brought home for burial.
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