Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-12

he would stay and preach to them II
he had 60 remain alone; four OF the
missionaries elected TO stay with him.
lie acquired the language by diligence
and study and the gift Of God In n
maryelously short time and was soon
able to proclaim the Gospel IN the ma
tive tongue He also translated the
Book Of Mormon into Hawaiian. He
and his brethren were greatly success
flil and when they left the Islands for
San Francisco July 10Th, 1854 there
We're more than four thousand mem
bers Of the Church in that country.
He reached salt Lake City November
2Sth OF that year and was ordained
one Of the presidents OF the Thirtleth
quorum Of Seventy,
WESTERN PUBLICATIONS.
He was soon notified to take an
other mission, and on May 10th 1886,
he left Great Salt Lake City with his
wife and Elders Joseph Bull and Mat
thew f. Wilkie for California, where
he was set apart by Elder Farley p.
Pratt to preside over the mission In
California and oregon He there pub
lished the Western Standard, end al
so the Book OF Mormon in the Hawaii
an language. which he had previous
ly translated, In consequence of the
approach of JohnstOn's army TO Ulah,
President Young advised Elder Cannon
TO close up the mission and return
home. He reached Salt Lake city
January 18th, 1883. and was appointed
adjutant general In the army of de-
fence, He was then sent 10 Fillmore
with the printing press and material
Of the Deseret News, which he pub
lished from April to September, 1858.
on his way back to Salt Lake City he
was notified to take mission to the
Eastern States for which he made
himself ready in three quarters of an
hour
HIS THIRD MISSION.
On this mission he was gone nearly
two years, during which he labOred
diligently among leading editors and
prominent members Of Congress, to
correct the Misrepresentation concern
ing the Mormon people which had
been made by their enemies and had
caused the sending Of the army to Utah
He also took charge of the branches Of
the Church in the East and acted as
emigration agent az New York for the
purchasing Of supplies and forwarding
the immigrating Saints While there
he was notified OF his selection to MI a
vacancy In the Quorum Of the Twelve
Apostles, On his return he was or
daned 20 that office, August 20. 1860.
GOES TO EUROPE.
In six weeks from that time he was
appointed TO go on a mission to Eng
land 10 take charge Of the
Millennial Star and the emigration bust.
ness at Liverpool where he landed De-
cember q, 1850, and established a Church
printing Office. He was associated with
Apostle Amasa NJ. Lyman and Charles
G.. Rich In the presidency OF the Euro
pean mission until May Ia, 1862, when
he was called TO Washington. u. c.. 20
meet Captain W. II. Hooper who had /
been elected Delegate to Congress from
Utah. They endeavored TO obtain the
admission Of the Territory into the I'm
Ion as a State. When Congress adj
journed he returned to England. arriv
ing July 20, 1862 where he presided
over the European Mission until 1861
visiting the branches of the Church in
Scandinavia Germany, Holland. Swift
zerand and France He sailed from
Liverpool August %, 1864, but was de-
taned by the way through Indian trou-
bles so that he did not reach home UNI
I'll October 18th Of that year.
EDITS THE DESERET NEWS.
He then became the private secretary
Of President Brigham Young for three
years. In the winter Of iS6i-lS65 ne or
ganized and taught a Sunday school I'm
the Fourteenth ward In January 1865. !
he commenced the publication Of the |
juvenile lnstructor,o OF which he has re- |
NAMED the editor up TO the present date. |
In the fan Of 1867 he took charge Of the |
Deseret News which was then Issued |
weekly and semi-weekly but on No |
vember 2lst. he issued the first number |
Of the daily, under the title Of the |
Deseret Evening News, OF which he |
was for several years the editor and |
publisher, but travelled a great deal |
through the various settlements with !
the First Presidency and Apostles, hold |
ing meetings and giving counsel to the
people In 1871 he was sent with Presi-
dent George A. Smith to Washington,
ID c., whore he spent some time de-
Tending the people Of Utah from the
attacks of their enemies. At the adj
iournment OF Congress for the HOLIDAYS
he returned home. lie was elected a
member OF the Constitutional conven-
ton OF February, 1872. and helped TO
frame the Constitution then adopted,
and went to Washington with Hon.
Thomas Fitch and Hon Frank Fuller