Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-03-13


Elder freeman at No 10 Concord street
last night, 4 fear II Is some way IN mo
future, We made 200 converts last year
an Increase Of 100 per cent, II Is OBJ
tlonal with the converts whether they
20 to Salt Lake city, We have 9,VOO
missionaries all over the world ana
they are constantly az work we be-
lleye In the housc-to-houso canvass
because we can have heart talks WIN
the people. "
Speaking Of the missionaries the
World reporter says
Nearly an the Elders arc cookbook
ing young men who seem to have great
Caith and are deadly In earnest They
never ask for money and never take
up q collection at their meetings, The
missionaries are either well-to-do III m
selves or the Church az Salt Lake city
provides the funds
Brooklyn ministers believe that the
crusade they made against the Mormon
Invasion OF that borough OF churches
at the time Of the rising against Rob
prts taking his seat I'm COngress-he
having been elected from Utah, al
though living with two wives stopped
the spread Of the belief IN Brooklyn md
made II unpopular for anybody TO join
the MormOns, However, the Elders are
not discouraged"
Concerning the converts the reporter
has this to day.
1.-THE converts made are mainly Of a
good class, and some are wealthy. In
most cases the converts spend some
time IN Utah, The attitude Of the mis-
sionaries toward the community Is the
same as II they were In foreign coun-
tries The point Of view seems to be
one Of suspicion, M II the people We're
outside the true fold and not far re-
moved from barbarlsm"
The report has this closing para
graph
while the Mormons generally shun
publicity, and not many are seen to-
gether at time, they meet IN confer
enCe occasionally and on such Occa-
slons choir Of Mormon maidens sing
for the Elders, Street meetings have
been held near the Concord street head.
quarters one striking point about a
Mormon gathering Is the youth Of the
participants. and these young people
are intelligent and very much Ike the
attendants Of any other church In
manner"
The readers Of the News will notice
with satisfaction, several points in this
report from an outside source, Of Nor.
mon missionary work. The Elders are
said to be intelligent and earnest. They
pay due respect TO the authority In
yolved In the relationship OF husband
and wife, They are never discouraged,
because they know they have fulfilled
their duty, When they have given their
testimony to their fellow-men, whether
these believe or reject It. Their con-
verts are Of good class and their at
titudc Is one Of modesty They 'shun
publicity preferrIng TO do their duty
without ostentation or clamor.
In this way the Elders In their lives
exempify the teachings of Mormon
ISM and II Is a source OF satisfaction
that their patient self-sacrincng labor
10 bearing fruit. with such class Of
missionaries there should never be oc-
casion for contention or strife. They
do not interfere with the rights and
privileges Of anybody They respect
authority In the family and In the
state They believe In perfect liberty
for other people as well as them
selves And where disturbances have
occurred In the past, they have always
been due TO unwlse, and sometimes
malicious interference by an arrogant
and blgoted class Of people. who With
out philosophical investigation have
made up their minds that no good thing
can come out Of Nazareth
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