The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-12-01


Of the apostles of the Church of Jesus
pected to arrive in Honolulu before
that date.
If these venerable leaders of the
church are present it will be one of /
the most memorable gatherings ever
held by the Mormon dignitaries away |
from the seat of their power-the city
Of Salt Lake, founded by Brigham |
Young in 1s47.
on December u. 1850, George @. Can
non, then a Jealous missionary of the
gospel of the new dispensation, landed |
| at Honolulu and preached the strange |
doctrine. His teachings took root and /
today the Mormon converts in Hawaii |
number several thousands. The his |
tory Of the movement has been won
derful one. The plantation at Laie |
represents the thrift of the head OF the 4
local stake, as divisions of temporal |
territory are termed in Utah, and the |
i converts are people who are mindful
OF the teachings of the church.
/ The place for holding the big celebra-
ton in this city has not been chosen
as yet. Bishop Woolley, in charge of
the Mormon colony here, will make all
necessary arrangements for holding the
semi-centennial
The forerunners of the President are
two elderly, stalwart men of Utah, who
arrived on the Mariposa. They are FL
: ders n. G. Murdoch and Edmund Ell
dredge, accompanied by Mrs. Murdoch
. and Mrs. Eldredge, who state they
have come down from the land of snow
!, to see how the cocoanuts grow and to
!, find a rest after fifty-three years of
. labor upon their farms in Utah.
Both gentlemen represent the best
type of the pioneer Mormons who
& blazed the way for civilization in the
& wilds of the Rocky Mountains. Both
& have grown old. hale and hearty in the
J. balmy air of Utah and are among the
!. first who embraced the Mormon reli-
J" gicn way back in the 30's, and are to-
= day among the very few survivors who
" remember Joseph Smith, the prophet
. whose end at Carthage, H., at the
= hands of a mob. on June q. 1874, is a
& matter of history. They were boys
q then. about II years of age. They had
Z. come with their parents from the state
& of New York to Nauvoo, where tn,
e leader had established his church
s, 81 remember the prophet" said Mr.
e Murdoch yesterday to an Advertise
the statement. 81 knew him at Nau
& WOO and was there when he was taker
e under guard 10 Carthage Jail under tn
e orders of Governor Ford. He was un
e der the protection Of the state of II
f llinois and Governor Ford. / heard tn
- Governor say that the prophet woul
have a fair trial and an impartial tria
The Governor addressed us in the Bow
cry at Nauvoo. We saw his bod
brought back to Nauvoo from Car
thage Jail after he had been murdere
by the mob. 1t was laid out in stat
for two days so that all the peopl
could see it. Yes. 1 remember thos
days and those scenes are indelibly I'm
pressed on my memory.
I'VE were boys together, Mr.. E
r dredge and I; we came to kirkland
Mo, together. thence to Nauvo
thence to the Missouri river. and the
"a we crossed the plains with Brigham
Young in the first expedition. We, {
boys. made that long trip together; t.
gether saw the first glimpse Of IL
N beautiful. Salt Lake valley and Gre;
iii Salt Lake in the distance as we can
III from the Rocky mountains throue
Emigration Canyon. and we camp'
out together in what is now known
30 Old Fort Square. We passed two Wi
tiers there, and made a fort to defer
ourselves from the Indians who a
tackled us now and then. That Q
square Is now to be the terminus
and the new Salt Lake and Los Angel
Railroad, which is to be built We
shortly.
1T was in 1s47 that we entered S;
Lake valley with that great lead
- brigham Young. There were $50 wa
ons in the first expedition. We help
build the first houses in Salt Lake Vi
ley. Afterwards, however, we went c
into the farming districts. where
}. have since resided, Eldredge at Co
willie. and myself in Wasatch county,
Charleston.
This is the first time we have eN
Pr left our homes for an extended TT
IAN That first one, fifty-three OF more ye;
gin 49, 49,, q io VS. -, hS,ora -, -,
ocean, and IL has opened up a VI
idea to us Of the magnitude of
world We have known of the m
sionary work which has been carr
on so well in the Hawaiian Islam
and we will remain here through
or. winter until next April.
- What of Utah? We have alw;
labored TO bring Utah to the front, {
today she stands about the third st
in the Union in educational statistic
a.. Accompanied by Mrs. Murdoch
the ''AS
d In LII, n ~ my VIII DecgIhe assoc
assist In spreading the gospel of
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