Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-10-10

point The presidents Of missions are
instructed to look after the health Of
the Elders and To- send them home
when their physical condition renders
It necessary He further stated that
the Elders themselves should have no
apprehensOns OF criticisms from the
Saints, should IL be necessary for them
to return home before two years
ELDER AsAEL WOODRUFF.
former president OF the Northern States
mission, next reported his abors He
had been laboring as president of this
mission for the past two and a half
years. The Elders had during
this period. reached upwards Of four
millions of people. distributing thous-
ands Of tracts and books and holding
Gospel conversations He stated that
the people there We're less religious than
Ia the south They believe that religion
Is something that should concern only
women and children. and those who are
more or less demented And so the
Elders had % reason with them ON 9TH
en- grounds than could be used I'm differ
ent sections of the country. Ncyerthe.
less, good work had been accomplish.
ed only recently there had been IS
baptlsms at a conference In Indiana.
Elder Woodruff said that efforts had
been made % open up "a conference In
the historic county OF Hancock Two
Elders had been sent there, and had
met with Kind treatment both mt Nau-
VOC ana az Carthage. lie supposed Il
not improbable that, within short
time. meetings would be regularly held
IN Carthage iail, where the Prophet
and Patriarch were assassinated.
Inc, speaker referred appoylngly To
the remarks Of Elder Rich. with respect
10 the crsCism of Saints at home
when the Elders return before the Gus.
tomary two years.
Elder Woodruff said that the head
quarters Of the mission al Chicago had
recently made an acquisition of n
Westinghouse with parsonage attached
IL was capable Of seating 500 people
and was the means of attracting more
visitors than the former meetlnghouse
partly because IL was centrally stu.
ated, partly because of improved con.
dtlOns.
He referred 20 remark made bv
someone az Woman's convention held
az behVer. mat some OF the youth OF
we Churth are becoming ashamed of
ddi le gospel lie wondered who they are.
lhey cannot be those who are willing
10 go ON missions 10 q strange mostly
uhirlendly people, and face large con.
gregatlons I'm the streets, testifyng To
lhe truth Of the principles of the Gospel.
Ihere IS nothing In the Gospel TO b.
ashamed or Il has been the S1eans Of
bringing this people from poverty To-
prosperity I'm conclusion. he bore his
testimony 10 the truth Of the work es-
'aolishhed by the Prophet Joseph.
ELDER JOSEPH A. McRAE.
president Of the Colorado mission. was
called upon for brief report. He said
that II one should judge the Colorado
mission by the number Of baptlsms per-
tormed, one would probably see reason
Tor dlscouragemen But the Elders are
making good many friends. They
were received In a kindly manner by
ithe people of Colorado. The speaker be.
lieVed That the spirit OF the age Is re-
llgious iniidelty Men were losing
iaith IN the Scriptures and IN God
They are becoming disguised with the
crecds. He wondered whether this splr.
II would have any influence over the
young people Of the Church. II shonld
not FOR the reason that we have rot
past the stage In which the world he
IN at the preseHt time. namely "a ais
Delief In the conflicting creeds of
men,. What now remains "a 10 offer
TO the world a creed that has its folIn-
dalton In truth which the Lord has es.
tablishod.
sister Eva Ward Of Provo sang solo
entitled, "The Redemption"
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