Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-06-21

| viii have to say goodbye to the
Elders and Saints and many friends
counted among IT. readers in the Euro
pean Mission ] do so with some re-
grets, Notwithstanding the pleasurable
! anticipations | feel in returning to my
| mountain home for have formed
/ many fond associations during my So
| journ here. and Il Is always sad to
| part with those we love. ! arrived
/ here. on my third mission to this coun-
| try. November .. 1906. and expect TO
| sail from Liverpool on June IL. of the
| present year. SO that by the time
| reach home, II will be little over
| three years and eight months since
| started from salt Lake city, by ap-
| pointment of the First Presidency to
| take charge OF Church affairs in this
part OF the world.
The time has passed along with great
| rapidly. 1 have been so busily engag-
ed that there has been none to waste.
In addition to writing all the editorials,
and the oversight and publishing OF
the Millennial Star and numerous
tracts and books and other literature,
| have visited twice a year at least
all the conferences in England, Scot
land. Ireland and Wales. and have
Travelled extensively in Holland. Bel
glum, Switzerland, different parts OF
/ Germany, Sweden. Denmark, Norway,
etc. Accounts OF these travels have APP
peared from time 10 time In this
periodical The Appointing of mission
aries to their respective fields OF la
II al conferences.
returning elders In charge OF the com
panies travelling westward over sea
and land, the answering OF numer-
ous questions on doctrine. discipline,
finance, etc. etc, all together have
formed a great weight OF responsibility
which 1 could not have borne with
any degree Of success. but for the sup
| port and inspiration Of the Holy Spirit,
| and the aid OF good and devoted ser
wants OF the LORD. During most OF this
time ! have enjoyed good health, al
ways a cheerful spirit and have felt
the comfort and strength that comes
from the Lord In times ~ need.
This latter-day work has prospered
greatly throughout the European Mis-
sion Since / took charge OF II. Dccem-
Der ], 1906. there have ben distributed
lS.056257 tracts. 523.2l6 books and 3.64l
persons have been added 10 the Church
by baptism I'm the British mission
alone. while In the other parts OF the
|
least 100000 tracts distributed, 626,500
books distributed. and over 1850 bap-
tisms making in the aggregate about
900 tracts. and l,i49. 700 books dis
trihuted and over $500 persons bap-
tized Thousands OF investigator who
have not yet obeyed the gospel have
become believers In its principles, and
many OF them will doubtless also break
the bonds OF tradition and social en-
vlronments and cast In their lot with
the people OF God. These results have
been achieved by the blessing Of the
Lord upon the labors OF earnest and
dillgent laborers In His vineyard Seeds
sown under the direction OF my pre-
deCessors, notably Presidents Heber J.
Grant and Francis NJ, Lyman, have
borne fruit in more recent times, and
are counted In with the result OF later
efforts They give encouragement for
continued endeavors, and foreshadow
still greater returns
one prominent step I'm the upward
movement I'm this Mission was the ac-
QUESTION Of the present Mission head
quarters at Durham House, 2g5 Edge
lane. Liverpool. arranged by Presi-
dent Grant under the direction OF
President Joheph +. Smith, into which
we moved before Christmas 1906 MAX
ing such alterations as were necessary
for Offices, meeting room, printing,
publishing and associate labors, and
combining all with the dwelling apart
ments In the one premises. This has
proved a great boon TO all engaged IN
the work i'm this establishment. The
purchase Of Dessert" IN South Tot
tenham, London. as headquarters for
the London conference, was another
step forward. II Is a splendid edifce
well adapted TO the purposes for which
IL was desired, and has proved a vast
benefit 10 the work in this country. The
purchase of the iron Church and its
erection at Oldham, In the Manchester
conference. Of the iron Presby terrain ,
Church at Sheffield and OF the brick
school buildings in Munc hester. with
the renting and fitting up OF many
respectable and attractive meeting
houses I'm different parts OF the Brit
ish Mission. have all tended to place
the Church on a higher footing be-
fore the public. and have given great
pleasure and convenience to the Lat
ter-dsy Saints.
During the proper season, outdoor
preaching has been conducted through |
out the British Mission and many
thousands OF people VINO would not |
enter our places Of Worship have heard !
the sound OF the glorious gospel sent |
from heaven In this last dispensatiun. !
The elders have lifted up their voices |
In testimony Of the truth. and az a |
witness 10 all people that divine com |
munlcation has been restored and that |
the Church Of Christ has been re-cs- |
tabltshcd with all It's former doctrines, |
ordinances. gifts. authorities and pow
crs. MANY hundreds OF thousa nds OF |
families have been visited by the mis- |
sonarics. and gospel conversations |
have been had. Impressions Of which |
will never be cffaced IN this world or |
the world TO come.
In South Africa also these labors
have been diligently conducted, and the |
elders there are entitled 90 a great deal |
Of praise The Turkish Mission, in
Guiding that in Greece. has been closed |
for the present, because Of conditions
existing there. making the withdrawal |
Of the elders prudent measure. But /
the valiant workers In those fields will
receive a full reward for all that they
have done and will find that A. has not
been IN vain. The spread of the work
In the Swiss and German Mission has
beer most gratifying. II has met with
splendid success The time Is not far
distant when fun liberty will be en-
joyed IN the German Empire by all
religious societies, and the gospel har-
vest will be OF magnificent proportions. !