The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-15
CITY TO HAVE MORMON TEMP E
Enormous Growth Of Re.
ligion Leads Counsellors
toContemplate Erection
of Tabernacle Here in
Near Future

response To- he mceSI., OF recall tp a.
Mormons on the Continent. cab cd 81,
The outbreak OF the war hy Pr'sidrn.
Joseph f. smith of ilr Mormon 'hur'h
IN Salt Lake city ,o his son. i'rrsidru.
ilyrum Sm'.h of III. European mission
at Liverpool vino notified all Mormon
conferences iu tu, Nar zone.
over $50 Mormon have hurried home
from points or danger a4 rapidly Js
rhev have been allie to take ship. io2N-
ing To- face the periis at their mission
posts in each IGuroucau conference %
president and two elders. Those In
Great Britain, Scandinavia. SC, have
remained
Since this recall me headquarters "
the Eastern mission in America a. 3"
West 126th street. New York, has been
receiving parties ~ refugees week Ny
week From Germany Austria. France
Holland and Belgium have come ih'
refugees by every ship, landing IN N"w
York, in Boston and IN Montreal tn"
aggregate thus suddenly shifted from
Europe 20 America Is an 'mp"css.N"
demonstration ~ tho Mormon forces AT
work throughout .ac c.yl izcd world.
President Walter T.. Monson OF ir"
Eastern mission which comprises the
New England ami milll" Atlantic
States. incluing West Virginia and
four eastern provinces ~ Cauada, SAL
~. the sunny front window ~ the ms
sion assembly room. with it, pictures ~
the Mormon Temple ard che prophets
and told the story Of IN, hom" coming
missionaries
Thirty refugees from Belgium ar
rived first IN August said he. cor
those. four came from Leg" and had
heen through the h0molrineni "t
Liege. Two ~ those fou" Elder Wiley
and Elder Browning were with NJ her"
in New York for some time infer their
return.
"On September cam" the FIRST party
from Germany md Austria, one hun
dred in all landing in Montreal hut
twentv-onc coming 90 Nov YORK. These
Included six physicians who mad been
taking post-Craduatc course in Vienna, I
and the families ~ several ~ Them. Nc :
party of medical men headed by nr. /
Leroy Pugmirr, who 70 s'ill with no At
me Eastern mission. others came from /
Berlin. from Frankfort. from Cassel, /
from Stuttgart
Ganist ~ tn, Tabernacle AZ salt Lake /
City and PROT F'ihu can ~ Baltimore |
were both IN Berlin when The war broke /
out and had some exciting experiences
in getting home Miss Romanna HYDE, |,
the young vioinlst. wa In 'assel, Ger
many. and came through the lines on e
military pass. the one woman IN
trainful OF German soldiers. who called |
a. H. L. tfr,l
her violin and played them German |
national airs through a night NJ error.
"A party Of forty-two sailed on the
Mauretania. arriving in N'w York o.
tober l6. and a party ~ hf.y-twp sailed
on the Pretoria, landing no Mpntrch.
October 90 About forty have come
from France, including Mis- Bailey, On"
OF our well known singers who was
studying IN Paris Another large parry
sailed from Liverpool on tho Srotan,
arriving the latter part - october.
AS soon ~ Secretary Bryan warned
Americans IN Europe 10 return as
speedily az possible Senators Smoot and
Of l'Jqh immediately notified
President Smith i'm Sal LAX" Cfty and
President Smith lost no time In cabling
the recall. But i' required some time
before ali The Mormon conferences ~
Europe could reach an the missionaries
and students a. obscure points and
under the existing conditions ~ dis
rupted communication and transit -
II has required over two months 10
bring our people home. The mission
aries in the british Isles have not been
recalled as yet and they may not bc
unless serious conditions Justify H.
"The Mormon church has always IN
and emphasized tn Importance
OF education. Ia fact. Utah stands
second in tho United States i'm ~ r1ev.
and you will fnd our young people IN all
the great institutions OF learning .n
Europa and America. Although Ger
many was supposed To have no Mormon
missions. there have been large num-
Der of Mormon students At the German
universities.
"All the American colleges and schools
~ importance have our students in
them. For instance, Columbia, Cornell
and the University Of tho city Of Sew
York have Utah colonies of our young
mca who are entered ga their courses
and who graduate with IN ir fair snare
or honors. They are not directly 'N-
pectcd to represent the Mormon church.
but I do not believe there is an ius'anr,
where, II one of our young men is chal-
lcnged as TO his religion, he VIII not
frankly and proudly declare 4 am "a
Mormon
"Murmonism, as you may know ia
4 New NOrl, state product. and Their,
havn been Mormon missionaries at work
In New York city since 1890, the
very beginning Of Mormonism. whose
birthplace was at Manchester COR
10 bee absolutely exact. at Fny,t'rl
which IS q suburb Of Manchester
in Seneca county, home II Joseph
Smith, the prophet and where on
the I'm Comorah the golden platcsi,
Inscribed with the Book of Mormon
were found by him. From that time to
this there have been from TWO 10 nifty
elders at work IN y " York city and
its envrons, the number depending ON
varying conditions. Here is the head
quarters of the Eastern mission and an
active propaganda is carried on her.
from year to year by distribution Of our
literature from house 10 house, 10y street
meetings. by Sunday services at our
meeting house and by YOUNG peoples
which meet at our head
quarters.
The growth ~ Murmpn.sm is ouch
hat We ttutalIrl4f.. Ina, tr.... ma. !