Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-02-17
THE MISSIONARY FIELDS
The Turkish Mission.


non, arrived In Liverpool on Saturday,
January erin, on his way home. after
two years labor in The far East.
la the fail OF lssl, Elder hintze was
called 10 accompany Apostle A. n.
Lund 10 Turkey ana the Holy Land,
with a View OF organizing the Church
more fully there. and also to see what
could be done for the temporal benefit
OF the Saints.
In January, 1895, they passed through
England ana about March LIST arrived
Ia Aintab, syria. Al Aintab they held a
conference, where all the native branch.
es were represented. The church was
organized more fully. ana a number OF
worthy men were ordained To the
Priesthood They found the Saints
very poor In temporal affairs. but rich
IN the spirit OF the Gospel The PEG.
pie related many Instances where the
Spirit Of God had been made manifest
In powerful manner in their behalf.
during their stay in Aintab they bap-
uled twenty-five persons. One sister
VINO had suffered for years from an
incurable malady vas healed instantly,
though the doctors who treated her
pronounced her lncurable.
,fn.' louhu tle people very much or
~, 1919 '., ~ snaracter from any other ma
w" "'.n ""o,l lhey had formerly been
,s ssv'sa..1' ist u was evident that
es's .ouiu nIiu uiu ENJOY iair measure
a. o ND sPltl. lhelr weakness
-, 'ns ,i.,s,ily VI Sharaoter' In the line
~ spituuHty hey are very bright.
my usually understand well the Word
~ ~, ,ne l-Vlu as written IN the Bible,
s az soou III argument ana inter-
S s1ns "a coh'eIsation Having been
d dstren W we wall oy oppression and
. .h 'urs are Almost helpless in
~. Moiiu. they see no relief In the
ha .uie, W. Ieei az nation that they
na,e ~ lIlenus III tne world. The
sSalh's nave ,he ioVe el Zion, with the
nops vi isIaei ana delverance the same
~ wy Satits III any other country. AL
sninss considered, the Afmenians are
not worse ,hah any olher people, but as
,nans VI mem are unreliable In their
stsasenaehs anu acts, association with
tnei,l becomes very uresome. Looking
~ ne.n from a reasonable point OF
view, II Is out tair 10 say That had they
VIZ oppoItuhity or more Favored nat
uohs ,nele would De many bright and
non.s' souis 70 harvest theIe tor orna-
n',ns IN we hlhedoin OF God
pulhs .ne spring OF 1878 they with
o.hs,s, ,rHNele1 through the Holy Land,
anu liau most valuable ana enjoyable
eApv'ienVe III Fislllng damascus, MAJ
aivu' sanlarla' Jerusalem, ana many
.lsics OH lne coast, ana gathered much
.nioiina'ioh concerning theiF special
mission.
After their labors were completed In
.Hesuhe, apostle Luna LETT for Zion.
AZ hluer hlhtze had been appointed
fss.or OF the turkish Mission, he al
once ieIt ior ASIA Minor TO visit all the
pranenes ~ their MONIES: During the
summer ne visited an the branches az
Aleppo, Alntab and Tara, as well as
SAINTS and friends In many other cities.
ne round me saints all wen and happy.
anu hopeiul tor me advance and re
ESTABLISHMENT OF the Church OF Christ
IN us tuli power and authority
IN the tail ana winter OF 1898 he re-
visited Palestine IN the Interest OF the
MISSION, after reVlslting some OF the
SAINTS IN syria ne returned to Constant
tihvpie' curing MS stay there the
Loru opened up an ehectual door Tor
printing the Word OF the Lord. The
Elders had been struggling for about
IL years 10 obtain this privilege. He
~. 49, 49, NAHHF
iated 70 sections OF the Doctrine and
covenants mo turkish, and began
TRANSMITTING the BOOK OF Mormon.
There are now over 100 members OF
the church In Turkey The prospects
are very falr Tor more members, but
more Elders are needed 10 spread the
Gospel.
OMng TO the peculiar situation In
Turkey. the difficulty OF the language
ana other circumstances pertaining 10
the return OF Judah and Israel as
promised, the mission there Is In quite
an unsettled condition. so to speak
During the year 1923 they had the
pleasure 10 plant the Gospel In Rou-
mania. Elder Mischa Markow, Is now
IN Bucharest where he has had the
privilege OF baptizing couple Of men,
and there are several investigators. The
prospects are that there VIII soon be
mission opened In the Balkan nations
The Gospel has never been preached
there In this dlspensauon, ana evident
~ there are many honest souls among
that strange people The ra'o'a then"
are principally orthodox Greek and
are very fanatical. but with care and
the blessings Of the Lord the Gospel
warned, and the honest gathered out
before the judgments ot God iall upon
r,asr Hint, sneois vary commit.
mentary of the labors OF the Elders an