Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-01-08
7CENTRAL STATES
MISSION ACTIVITIES

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During the cold and stormy weather
country work has been Very uncom
Portable Many OF our elders have gon,
right on with their labors. however
Others have retreated 10 Cltics Will,
Istill others have taken the opportunit,
OF visiting, assisting ana cncouraginp
the saints.
Elders Walton and Archibald of I'm,
Louisiana conference are at Alpha as
sisting for few days in the building
OF a church,
Elders Won Altman and johnson re.
port an interesting incident wherein
they were led by the Lord to turn from
their prearranGed route and take an
other road which brought them 10 2
family that had previously entertained
our elders and purchased some litera
ture treating on the gospel. The people
were glau To again meet the elders and
hear more OF the true plan of saliva
tlon, also to secure a Book of Mormon
From Elder John l.. Mitchell comes
the report of four baptismS performed
by himself and Elder HlXson at Mad
isonville. Tex. The saints at that place
are enjoying the spirit OF the gospel
and are appreciatiVe of the blessings
of the loEd to them. This apprccia-
tion is manifested by good remit
tance of tltheS as a fuliilment of one
of the laws OF the Lord
Elder Philando Parker writes from
Topeka, Kan: Il am enjoying my la
bors In the cause OF truth Last week
when Elder Gordon and / were can
NassinS together we went to Merldep
for our mail, and as the day was very
cold we stepped Into the depot. l was
writing. and the agent stepped up to
me and laid a quarter on my paper
saying, Go and get some dinner He
went on to explain how he had Travelled
in Utah and Idaho, and said that he
had never met such a hoSpitable class
of people as the Mormons, and that
he would always try to treat them as
they had treated him"
Here is an extract from letter from
Elders Mcintosh and Wright, dated
Mathews, Mo, Dec. IL: we have had
very good success this week consider
ing the weather II has been raining
for two days. We have sold Sc little
books and two Books Of Mormon. and
have held two meetings. We have
meetings appointed for tonight and to-
morrow night"
Letters from Elders j. r. Jones and
Z. r. Hansen who have recently re-
turned to their homes in Arizona and
Utah respectively, tell of their sus-
tanned love for the cause in which they
have been laborlng and a home sick
ness for missionary associations de-
spite the fact that they are surround
ed by loved ones at home.
-Four new elders have arrived and
been assigned as follows: Wallace A.
Jackman. North Texas conference;
Christian Christensen. independence
conference. Francis l.. Cheney, South
Texas conference; William E. Tinsley,
North Texas conference.
: An Item OF no little interest In mis-
sionary affairs occurred Tuesday. Dec.
21 which marked the departure of the
first Latter-day Saint missionary from
the center place of Zion. On that
day Elder Vernon Danielsen bade
farewell TO his loved ones and his
home at Independence for mission to
England Monday evening the elders
and sisters iaborine at independence
presented themselves as body. un-
announced at the home of Brother
Danielsen. and a most enjoyable time
was had. The social was of an in
forma- nature and all felt a perfect
freedom. both in creating and partab-
ing of the Joys of the evening.
"Wednesday evening the 22nd, PreSl-
dent Bennion returned from visit to
the south. having made flying trip to
Texas. thence to Jacksonville, Fla.
Since our last writing the Lord has
seen fit to take unto himself one of
our strong and faithful members in
of the Independence branch, Sheffield.
Mo. Brother McBurnie's sickness
was of less than a weeks dura-
ton. He was conscious to the last, and
bade q loving goodbye to his loved
ones He had lived to the ripe old age
of nearly 20 years. He has been
member OF the Church since 1893 and
never lost an opportunity Of bearing
testimony to the truthfulness of the
gospel which testimony he had re-
ceived by sincere prayer and earnest
research Sister McBurnle Is also n
faithful member of the Church. For
more than so wears the two old people
have lived as husband and wife. May
the Lord comfort Sister Mc3urnie and
the family In their bereavement The
remains were inferred at Mt Wash
ington Dec 81.
EldeS Kerr and Dalrymple have
been holding some meetings at Sven
ton. Mo. and have been received very
kindly by the people of that vicinity.
The series of eight meetings held at
Sullivan by President Nuttall of tho
Missouri conference together with Ed
ers Holt and Jones were well attended
and the doctrines set forth by the eld-
ers kindly received by the people,
1T IS rather late in the season to be
reporting baptisms. especially In this
part of the country, but whcn III
subject applies for baptism. we are al
ways ready TO do our part. so Thurs-
day last. after having removed Ice
enough to perform the ordinance. an
other of the Lords children was initi-
ated into the fold" The above IL
from Elder Loren ]. Robinson, Jr. or
st. John, Kansas.
a good spirited letter from Sister
Phcbe Harding tells OF encouraging
conditions at st. Louis. Much litera-
ture is being placed in the hands OF
the people who are reading with inter-
est the principles and doctrines con-
tained therein Here are few lines
from the letter 'Wc find that whero
people who arc reading OF have read
any of our little books they want