Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-10-30
CENTRAL STATES
MISSION ACTIVITIES

South Pleasant street, No. a52,
Independence, Mo, oct 1.-THE alb
rupt change in the weather from hot
to cold in the past week has had a
chilling effect ON the mission work
Not that our missionaries have been
less diligeut. but the people. sOicitous
Of their present personal comfort. will
not stop to listen to street haraugues
nor 80 far 10 attend hail or cottage
meetings when il is not pleasant for
them 10 do so. While this is true O.
the people generally. We have saints,
friends and Investigators everywhere
who need spiritual food, so there Is
never time when We can be idle. The
gospel has a strong hold on the people
To understand il Is to love il. II is
here to stay and is being more firmly
established every day.
sister Phoebe Harding, reporting for
our company OF workers in st. Louis
says the prospects for good work and
the advancement of the cause we rep
resent were never better. They are
seeing the fruits of their labors by the
honest embracing the gospel. They
expect very soon to baptize a fine
couple from South st. Louis and Others
20 follow at an early date.
The elders in North Texas have jus,
| finished the canvass of the western part
/ of their conference. having found many
good. wholesouled, conscientious peO-
! pie who treated them with royal hos
pitality. listened To- their message and
invited them TO return and make fur
/ Their explanations. These people viii
| not be forgotten They viii be- visited
| again and In due time many OF them
| viii be gathered into the fold.
| President George $. Harris OF In
| dependence conference has been cut
| visiting elders and saints in several
| counties, finding an things prosperous
I fTits plla1.4 are finding 0UraFfuuHfioa fn
| spread the truth and are making she
| best of them Some OF our elders have
been sick but all are wen now or near
ly so.
Two baptisms iu Arkansas have been
performed by Elder Ezra r. Robert
son.
south Pleasant Street No 302, Inc
dependence Mo, oct 22.-Every
denotes that the work of the Lord AS
restored through the fundamentally
of the great latter-day Prophet Joseph
Smith is growing more rapidly IN this
mission than ever before. This Ga
verified in all the letters from the
| elders. Through the various agencies
employed for the spreading OF the
truth Of Mormonism. the people are be-
coming better acquainted with t. and
more readily recognize 10 as the same
gospel which was taught by our Su-
yior and his companions when they
lived upon the earth. and many are
learning 60 love it and they welcome
d It's humble bearers as true servants of
Z God
Never before have our representa-
tiyes found so many friends so many
opportunities % preach 10 them, So
many who accept and appreciate their
literature nor so many who yield obe-
dlonce 10 the divine message. Not
2 infrequently do the elders find people
E / who have been 20 salt Lake city and
, I who have been entertained by the go
/ NAL guides at the temple grounds, vino
| listened 10 the organ recitals and were
7 1 welcomed az the Information bureau
These and the many kindncssos of oul
people az home 90 strangers who come
, among them do much 10 mould public
, sentiment Ia our favor.
! John j. Morrison. who has been af-
4 nlctod for about five months past with
, cancer OF the stomach, died az ludc-
4 pendence this morning at 6;i5. HC
Z was about 65 years Of age and for th'
!. uaet N years faithful member ol
! inc Church be- and his wife having
been baptized On 1888 al Lawrence
Kansas. hy Elder Isaac Jones Brother
a Morrison loved the gospel and Away
r. took pleasure bon advocating ana de
d, Tending Normonism. BE passed peace
p fully "a rest with the fun assurance
4 of the blessings In store for the faith
p nm The funeral win probably b
hold here Sunday, the gam inst.
THO baptiams for the week are al
r follows.
i President L. John Nuttal Missouri
d, conference @: President Joseph h. pal
NJ ley. Arkansas conference, A. Eide
y william n. Jenkins, Arkansas confer
y once. 9. elder William Taysom, Louisi
pa ana conference, n Elder ". A. Bishop
a south peXas conference, A. elder job
M s. Martin. south Texas conference
y Three elders have arrived nom th
y west 90 labor in this mission. Eide
NJ Richard ~ shumWay, assigned 4
n Missouri conference; Elder John q
u Robinson " North Texas, ana Eide