El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-11

"The Mormon church is enjoying q
most marvellous period of CROWN,
said Bishop Joseph Bunker. the lore
most Mormon in southern eOah, 10
New York Sun correspor aert: II Is
engaged in the greatest missionary
labor ever undertaken by any religious
body. On Feb. l we had 1873 young
men employed exclusively in parts OF
Europe and America in Mormon mis-
sionary work. Some ESQ more young
men were almost ready TO start GU
for two years as missionaries Tor the
Church, and the books show that by
July there will be still $40 more VINO
will go to Canada, Mexico, aud the
southern states on eighteen months
terms OF service. By next January we
believe that we shsil have sltogeIh er
between 2,4OO and 2, 500 missionaries
busyin church O. cause. The world never
saw another missionary campaign like
1t. President Snow of cur church
believes that by 1910 We shall be able TO
send out between 5000 and $500 mis-
sionaries every alternate year.
BACK TO FIRST PRINCIPLES.
1.-THE Mormon missionaries must fol-
low the methods Of the apostles of the
fret hristian church SO fsr &c possible,
and some OF our youths make pathetic
sacrifices TO follow what they honestly
believe Is the will of the heaven. They
leave their ranches, their herds, mines,
stores, professions, and go out from
their homes, leaving wife and family,
to any part of the world the bishops
may direcs. They accept no pay, ask
10 aims, take up ro collections, and
maintain themselves at their own ex-
pense. They get nothing from the
church at Salt Lake. ard they must
pay all their expenses from steir own
pockets. To 90 this they must either
have parents behind them. or work
year and preach year. Many ofthem
have to borrow money from Utah be-
fore they get home. They are in
sense, martyrs TO their religion.
PERSECUTION OF MISSIONARIES.
There are probably NO other mission
aries so bostilely received as the
MormOps Our missionaries Gene
back 10 Utah with tales of the way
they have been mobbed, rotten eggeo,
spat upon, booted, asd drenohed with
boiling water in reepec:a bic, God
fearing towns, where they try to
preach the faith of the Latter-Day
Saints. The missionaries elders are
as general thing from 20 to 30 years
of age, have had good educstions and
TEN pie at Salt Lake City, They have
been educated in the common schools
of Utah, which we believe stand
fourth in the United States. Our
thrive on persecution,
even II 1t Is sorIstimss hard to bear.
and the growth of ths church speaks
for the zeal and power Of our men.
SPECIAL TRAINING.
"The most successful missionaries
we have sent out during the last few
years were trained particularly for
their work from the time they we're
II years old until they 23. MOI day
in all that time went pact without
reminder that it meant preparation for
the work of going forth to preach Nor
monism TO the church. Their feats OF
Ia the Bible and the Book of Mormon
are extraordinary. They have been
required to memoriZs rules and doctri-
nee of the church, until each young
man Is walking encyclopedias OF
church history ana the revelations OF
their prophet. In their regular services
at home every man Is required to take
part in public worship until he be-
comes q speaker able to etand and talk
without embarrassment. In their
Sunday schools the children are requir-
ed TO give recitations, commit TO
memory certain writings Of church
ara read and're-cesd from
the books Of the church until they are
grounded in the faith and
are able to expound 1t to the gentle
world.
SUCCESS IN THE CITIES
sour missionaries generally have |
their greatest success in large cities, |
and We have lately transferred many
of our elders laoorlng In rural COLL !
munities to large cities where the
say .hey have more than |
they can attend to. There is good |
reason for this difference between city |
and country successes. The faith OF
Latter Day Saints appeals 20 the mise |
rable, the poor, the oppressed and !
belief since the early Christian church.
The gentle faith il all spiritual and
b as It's only reward in the other life. |
We believe sill that, and We believe |
that Joseph Smith and Brigham
Young were told by heaven
how mans condition here on earth |
night be chsered and made preparat
Dry for the joys OF the hereafter.
PLANS FOR PHYSICAL BETTERMENT.
eve believe that religion and u
means to support ones family go hand
n hand, and that mans piety is not
complete unless he takes care of his
wife and children. So Brigham Young
and the early Mormon leaders taught
Is how to use Gods gifts to the support
Of the hums race, and how to ake
DOOR, shiftless men and women fnan-
,ially better while We taught the way
10 heaven. So when our missionaries
come across poor, hungry, drunken
nen aud women in the tepements OF the
,iuies they plan for their physical bet
.erment as we'll az their spiritual well
|are. A prosperous man almost al
wave carps al our religion and has his |