Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-05-20

very glad indeed 10 receive your greet.
Ing OF Jan, q, for every connecting INK
with tho main body OF the church ~ ah-
prccntod IN this distant branch, Yours
above nll, seems TO bc u inmillNr voice,
by rcafon OF the knowledge that You
were N this place, some mem.
DRY Of the fact being Kept awe
by president RoDerl Marshall, ana ny
your l,ltels IN AN old Millennial Slar IN
his possession which we nave read Tive
plctlro OF the Westinghouse which you
built IN karachi IL very Interesting 10
us, The titc OF your building is voN
close 10 where we reside, but the face
OF the lana II completely changed since
YOU preached the Gospel hore-m0fn
than hall century ago, The road on
which your Westinghouse stood "
named iundor Road 4 loads from
the landing place 10 The Sadar Buaar
whlqp was ~ CuntOnmcntB when YOU
'NcrO acre
IA regards the branch, our mons
bcrsnip only comprises seven men, i've
women and four children, ana my hope
and prayer always ~ that we may not
iall Into istlcssncss and inertia, ami
that the words Of i,dw, GlbbOn, that
AN that ~ human must rc,iogr0de II
II do not advance may not come true
IN respect 10 the kalnchl branch, We
continue our usual meetings on
Wednesdays ana sundays, when are
now held IN my house They are opon
to the public, but very few outsiders,
even among our friends, care 10 attend,
The few Who have attended exhibit u
most dlShoaitoning indifference 10 IN
ycsllsuting the subject tor themselves,
People seem to care more for the emp.
~ shell aud trapplngs Of religion thun
Vt.p Ia. ~ NtfIll hn AT
dent from the question: plopounded by
more than one person, with all serious
ness and as II II was Of the utmost
importance ana presented the greatest
obstacle to the qucstloncrB Who VIII
bpAy YOU Mormons when You die| Tho
| dtu seems To- be that 'Mormons' may
possibly be- refused burylng space IA
the Christian cemetery, or II not that
II would he u shocking thing for pro.
fcssionll minister not 10 ollicl0to az tho
funeral THIS II the fruit OF being &C.
cuslomod, not merely to a paid minls'
try, but 70 "A state religion Prlcsthood
only conveys the idea Of pay and sur
plicee, II is felt 10 be Of more conso'
quonco 20 forcgo personal convictions
than 10 foIogo the customary forms ana
be out Of the fashion In funerals, -. I,
We are also threatened with the
loss OF some Of our Church members
Brother De Young, Mo ls n telegraph
master has just received orders trans
tcrring him TO BANJO IN l}urmnh, When
he goes we viii be deprived Of himself
Sister De Young and four children,
All but three Of our male
members belong To the telegraph de.
partmon,, 40 YOU see how liable our
branch II 10 almost complete disruption
AT any moment the one
consoling feature I'm this dispersion OF
our members IN the hope that II may DO
the means Of spreading the Gospel fot
and wide IN this lnnd'
The following editorial Item, which
appears In the Milonnal star April 81
cnrrent year, page gGb, exhibits In 4
liberal degree the falth ana stability Of
the Saints Of the K0rnchl branch
brother Henry j ldllcy, u member
OF the small branch Of tho church at
Karachl, India has sent to this ONCE
the sum of c92, o. l0d IN tlthng flon,
the Karaoh branch There are no
travelling Elders az present IN india,
but the Saints express an earnest desire
TO have Some sent 10 them the Saints
IN Kurachi have shown I'm u substantial
way their allegiance 60 the church of
Christ. aud without doubt ODDS bless.
INKS are bestowed upon them ior their
fuithfulncss'