Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-12-15


Theirs, the President OF the French re-
public.
We highly appreciated this oppor-
tunity. IL was December nth late
IN the evening. when we were ushered
into the presence OF this distinguished
gentleman. The conversation was upon
the subject of "Mormonism,' and our
intended visit to the Holy Land, As
we were taking our leave, President
Smith addressed NJ Theirs in these
words: President Theirs. God bless
you" This pleased the president very
much and gave him renewed interest
In his Mormon" visitors,
The following extract Is from an en-
try Of that date in the Paris "Ameri-
can Register"
ION Tuesday last the Mormon party,
now passing through Europe on their
way TO Palestine visited Versailles and
were received In the evening by NJ.
Theirs. The Hon George A. Smith.
leader OF the party gave the president
o curious and interesting account OF
Mormonism I'm the United States and
stated that the sect which he repre-
sents is already composed Of about one
hundred and twenty thousand members,
Mr.. Smith and his party started for
Lyons on Thursday and leave that city
today for Marseilles where, after re-
naming a couple of days, they will
proceed to Nice.
Although the Mormon party at pres
ent In France dlsclaim any other mo-
tive than that OF pleasure and instruc.
ton for their proposed visit to Pales-
l. al 10 xphp 1rnfngq
TO be well informed. that they are going
there TO explore the ground for the
foundation OF a new Jerusalem. We
see nothing improbable IN this assump-
ton. The people who created a para
disc I'm Salt Lake may well aim at
founding an Eden in the land OF Proph-
cts"
on TO JERUSALEM.
But we must hurry on TO Jerusalem,
passing through Lyons, Marseilles,
Nice. Genoa and Turin. New Years
day OF 1878 found us in the beautiful
city Of Milan, in sunny Italy; and here
| should like TO stop and speak Of the
beautiful cathedral but / fear my
readers are becoming impatient We
must even pass by Venice, the city
built in the water. without giving It
further notice Bologna Florence, and
Pisa are all OF much interest. From
January 18th 10 January 25th we re-
malncd in Rome. Here, too, could
interest YOU much if ! should speak OF
this great city We continued on 20
Naples visited VesuvIus, then on 20
Brindlsl Corfu and a three-days' voy-
age across the beautiful Mediterranean
-. H.-t. NH arrived
February 9Th. Then we visited Cairo
suez. Ismalia and Port Said. From
here we sailed 10 Jaffa, our first stop
ping place IN the land Of promise, our
arrival here was on the 23rd OF Febru-
airy. Just four months from home. The
weather was beautiful our spirits hlgh.
we were all Of us enjoying the best OF
health and were only too anxious 10
hear and see all we could. II was
lovely Sunday morning. We were IN
the Holy Land. Every foot OF ground
had been connected with some great
event. Not far In the distance could be
seen the rough, rocky mountains OF
Judea, and even nearer was the plain
upon which David and Goliath had
their conflict
THE HOUSE OF SIMON.
Among other places OF Interest we
visited the House OF Simon the tam
ner By the sea side" where Peter had
The remarkable vision In which the VIII
of God was revealed concerning the
Gentiles. by letting down a sheet con.
tanning all manner OF beasts, etc, and
and heard the voice commanding him
to rise, XIII and eat
The arrangements FOR the travelling
expedition were all completed-two
sleeping tents. a separate one for the
ladies'. a kitchen tent with cook stove
a saloon or dining tent, iron bedsteads,
mattresses. clean white sheets, abund-
ance OF bedding, carpets and camp
stools. We were provided with good
horses. saddles, an efficient dragoman,