L f P FOREIGN MISSION MISSION FIELDS Tho following editorial by President 1 W V Penrose of o tho European mission which appeared Jan 2 In tho the Millennial Star gives a n hr t summary of ot tho the Church work worl In tha tho various for Cor foreign eign fields or ot Iho tho Church of ot Christ of Saints AND Welcome the tho now HOW ne year While t VO wo know that keeps keei tip UI II lint thu regular l pace Jace In which It him hIll from cro cre creations dawn Iri lri this ago ZIe of ot rapid events 1 it U appears to hurry on fl In keeping with the tho swiftness ot or the electric cur CUI rent and tho speed that marks modern motions methods Nineteen hundred t f ana eight Is upon us in before wo we havn leisure l to think over Oel or appreciate 3 the doings doing of nineteen n hundred find 1 seven tho the beginning ot or which seems but butas as n yesterday This has hILI been n It busy bURY year n I for nil who I engaged in III tho the great j work At in Zion and abroad among tho nations Increased activity I has marked each month and nud day and th the energies of tho the leaders aria the pea peo people I plo lo have hao been kept in apparently IL apparently par to the Ule limit The first presidency tho the twelve apostles the noven Roen presidents I dents deats of too the anc all tho the vari varl various van ous authorities and quorums have havo been kept bu attending to tho the Interests of tho the Church tho the building up of ot Zion tho the spiritual and temporal welfare of the tho saints and the tha extension oxton don of ot the work throughout tho the world Presidents of ofU U missions and conferences and branches abroad upon both hemispheres have i spared no effort neglected no opportunity tuni and wasted no time In regulating regulating l ing InK affairs directing missionary la labors labons Ij bors bons for tho the accomplishment of tho the best heist possible results In tho the United States a II splendid reo 11 ord has hns been made In overy avery mission il Now measures havo have been helm adopted with I excellent results The publication ot or the tho Elders Journal at itt lade Imla t Mo tho the center for the Iho j Zion has given a 11 J Impetus to the thern work On the tho t ot of tho the sea sa much I progress has boon been made In the th strengthening of ot o the branches or of the Church the building of ot meetinghouses tho the preaching of or the r i in III tho the language of ot IC tho the natives f unit LOll In weeding out mich Huch dead plants as IS ISI cumbered cambered till tho ground roun Tho rho industries l I that havo been he en established have havo pros iron prospered prospered pored greatly anil alid tho faith of oC the llio r I saints s there thlire lies has been Increased ed edIn In Europe the tho progress made has hasI I been wonderfully encouraging A bott bOrl t spirit hns has moved upon the Iho Hes ot or mankind BO so O that violent op opposition opposition position has hns been beon of or rare lane r The rhe elders have havo pursued their labors In comparative peace In Great Britain street preaching has hila been followed dill dili diligently gently In many places aces and crowds crowd of 1 people have heard tho the gospel by hIP that thai I means menns Tracts and pamphlets havo have been distributed by the hundreds or thousands and personal conversation have havo been had at lit tho the doors and In the tho homes of ot nil alt who would listen to tho the gospel message The Tho halt hall and amI cottage 1 meetings have been well attended and though great apathy and Indifference prevail yet ot much Interest has been aroused and ana baptisms have havo been num ama numerous numerous erous while prospects are arc bright for tor further gunther increase Some Homo hostility ha hll lies been exhibited by bya byn a n few of ot the tho clergy as ae usual accompanied with bitterness and misrepresentation plo and an evident desire to stir up UI something more maIo than polemical force hut this hue bus not succeeded al iii although though it Im has hns caused tho the slumming of man many doors and the tho rejection of ot our OUI literature In response to ti II the advice of ot Buch uch I ministers to refuse to listen th t the he elders edens and to burn hurn their tracts This hats has exulted excited curiosity und iia In some isome additions to our ranks Tn Tile seeds sown In vast past years under former Carmer presidencies have hao ripened and brought forth fruit which Is seen In our reports re orts of or baptisms during the tho year The rho health of oC the missionaries has Illis been becis usually excellent Tho The climate affects I a few unfavorably and there have hae been cases ense of at severe seere sickness In which however some remarkable heal healIngs Ings have havo been effected through and the tho laying la ln on of at hands hanl All hearts were pained by tho the of our brother Harvey L 14 I Angell Angeli who suc succumbed succumbed uc to Ii typhoid t particulars of or which have hae been published in tho the It Is that ho and l LII 13 n find anti Thames 11 U Willis 9 contracted the disease on board ship shill while coming coining to 10 this country COUll try together They Tho were welO nil all taken down with it Il m Fi Fider del der In Germany and nd like while on Oil tho the way to South Houth Aft i ien en ca Elder Ilder Angelis remains wire VIC em embalmed und and hermetically sealed Healed and md tent Lent enl to Utah Much luchi sympathy empathy Is felt Celt fOI for his biB parents parent antI and friends i The t wh and German mission lon III In prospering und I able utile supervision and lIl missionary work surk A spirit of inquiry is us moving upon tho the people and thu tho Lot Lord I IH is I Meaning the tho efforts of or Hit hiss I to lo truth nuLl and over overcame romp came COl OLi Oi Some HOme difficulties have neon been vf F met because of con coni I cOI tho tile purpose of the older but thoy they have not boon been very er serious anti and it iti i IH hoped thud that religious liberty will pre 1110 prevail vr vail ull and lOti arbitrary will vIll give Ie J way Thoy lire attributable to the tho hon lio liot t I In of i ministers and SLad faire reports of eno else iiii God In Is i working upon the heat Us of at the ha people und and our OUI brethren are nrc do doing 4 ing their thell part partIn tutu In the a u grand work ork is 11 if accomplished Tho Thu Dutch DUleh f urn em familiar with wILls the tha Scriptures tho lists spIrit of or freedom which Inspired the tise Pilgrim Fathers when they thoy tho lied tl lb thu tho wont burns In the tho of ot the llio Ii I I Hollanders they receive the gladly are arc not under tinder bonds to pro 4 vent their obeying It So the tho work la Is 11 moving on n gloriously there thore and nial souls 1 are being added frequently to 10 the L 9 i CHURCH f For the tho convenience of ot travel X Xi i ers erl the le eret News gIell hero here x the addresses of the 5 of the Church where thIs paper will be n tile file and Ind whore where travelers will 2 I x receive courteous attention i New Now York City 33 West Ve t Ono One A x AV V 1 Hundred and St StY 4 Y x Chicago So o Paulina St SI Sti V VA A i San Francisco 1443 Baker St lIt Y i iLo Los Log Lo Angeles West Tenth Y y St Bt X I y Denver 22 West Ve t Sixth Av A fj Chattanooga Tenn Fair Fall FairA Fairview A vi view w Ave A Ay y Portland Hancock St t V Independence Mo South Y Y 2 P Street X A Mexico Calsada Bin Maria A 1 J la Ia num alum 4 altos D V F A London Kneland n 97 y i flood Bond Stoke y Y Liverpool Edge Y I Lane 2 1 Bristol rl 10 Albert Place Piece Chelt Cheltenham j England y 2 Zurich Switzerland Hosch y Y GS 61 Munster Y X t Copenhagen Cop 11 J 2 JA A 2 Stockholm Sweden A A 2 catan 3 A Ay 2 y Punchbowl St v vy y Tokyo Japan No 16 IG Y X X i 2 Toronto Canada 1 St Pat PaL A J A rick St Rt A AY Y Rotterdam Holland V X 8 X branches established which are arc flour flourishing In hue lino order In III there have havo been becis a n owner numer of baptisms and tho the are 1110 laboring with lo zeal hut but tho the people there thoro are ure different in language and In cus customs custom toms tome and habits habit from rosa tho the Hollanders being French FrancIs h In speech anti and Frenchy lr In Inspirit inspirit spirit But Hu t tho tha work worl Is moving meting forward there encouragingly In tho the Scandinavian mission cons com comprising COl Denmark and ami Norway the tle president and tho the elders are nl working with a n will wi and with commendable dill dili genco gence gOICO There Is I a feeling of ot among Imong the thc people there thero generally as ass asto IS ISto to religion This renders It somewhat I to inako lako great progress but the tho reports for the year car will wi show that much has been done dOle In III tho the way wa of work und nial much macit has haft boon luen accomplished d in 1 inthe tho the way wa of or conversions The Thc erection ot or a fine lino meetinghouse with suitable and other nt sIt lt Aalborg hiss has been one ono of tho the gratifying gl t lying movements of ot the tise year Prospect ate uie good In Scandinavia for the tha now IW year car upon which wo we are entering entering It I is the tho same name In Sweden The mis under the tho direction of or a I president thoroughly familiar with tile tuo country countr the language and the work In all ni Its ls details total are striving with their might to spread the tho gospel ospel and up the tho people to a I realization of ofIs its Is Importance And thoy they are aro 10 meet meeting big ing III with some ome success us IS shown In iii re results r luls At tho the same somo tUne time they the are arc warn varn warning warnIng ing hug the tho nation and ad searching out the tho toor sed of or Israel Tho The Faints thero there are uro united halted and progressive and enjoy an excellent spirit The Tho death of or King ICing Kin I Oscar Oscal wan Wil one of ot the tho gerat erat calamities Oscar was one asic of or the great calamities mill ansI a friend to civil and religious lib liberty lb erty elt Tho The Turkish mission has made mado prag progress pr ress reiss ns during the year notwithstanding the obstacles in tho the way wa and the tho ie e custom language and ant religion of tho the people In tIm the countries that com coat comprise cm Pulse prise It tome Pome baptisms have havo been per performed perform formed form and nn much Interest aroused but conditions condition are vastly different thero there to those In tho the countries called Christian Christan Tho ho laws ansi and are aro also alo 1180 un unlike like those of or other nations and imko m lt an Amen Amerl un an restive and astonished As s B an nn example Package of ot the tho Book of ot Mormon which has haH been printed jn In ii Turkish h after ItOI being examined by tho the censor and Ind permitted to pass pase 1111 Into Inlo the r I II 1 were slopped by IW 1 a I to te official at lt a it port ot of entry and every overy over effort mails mado by b our brethren old Ihl ed el by bY the Un I I States Consul hal bus Iia 1 so 80 far fILl foiled to hurry tho tim matter for forward tUI forward ward sifter after Iler months of detention And there the to tn bo ho no valid vald reason In Inlaw inlaw law or 01 common ense for tho tim iro wo 10 longed hanged delay Yet the work Is II moving on in iii II Syria and ami Egypt I and Ild Greece GIleCe At t tho tue city cU of Athens In its II addi addition lion tion to tho tim publication In Greek ot at atThe The Tho HII flays Roys of Living Light Th TI Story of by b Dr 1 Is l being translated and Ind other works are aro likely to follow as thero sire arc lre many inquirers at lt Unit Illel In II bouth Africa also success IH IN crowning tho thu labors of or the elders clitoris Th This branches at Capo Colony are aro n a gool gooi 1001 condition and thoro havo hao been heen a it num lm number ben ber bel of or baptisms with cheering pros Irot peets for fOl tho the new lew year ear More Muro mills Ih are aro needed them thel as M In II many litany other places I T 1 It H and ll I r 0 O Brough on 01 lag Ing thero thern were wen e Informed that thoy they would hu Ins deported because they the dl iii 1 i inot not nt havo tho the full sum slim of at o 1320 20 ouch to tu show as UI landing money mOle Friends of If Iff offered f tIme the amount and more inane 1110 re so residents guaranteed thuS that they tho would not become a public charge hut all al au without avail Ila I be being lag ing III ill I with wih typhoid was WItS taken to a IL has hos hasu u u pital and his hl companion was WI permit permitted ted tC to te ly until ho ito wa able Ible to travel t every eel effort possible has ha ia been made to secure their stay tay but at lit lute t accounts they were ivere refused thc tho th privilege Tho Jhio only actual reason for tor this proceeding proc scents to 10 bo be that they Uley are aro Mormon AnsI And yet et Capo Cape Colony Colon la Is I under British govern month man l The Tho release of President Alex Ahe from real the mission Ils lol was as followed by tho the appointment of ot President Sylvester Q Cannon who vIso Is 19 Isan II an able ablo successor to t the active and diligent elder cider who will stilt wi bo be long remain bored bared with wih love lovo by tho the saints In that field President Cannon has hUH taken told of the work with wih tho the vim expected I of or him bins hll and ant everything Is in II moving along finely under his jurisdiction So Bo In Scandinavia under President Soren who succeeded President J 21 It I Christensen a 11 faithful and de do devoted voted servant of oC the Lord who per performed performed formed a I most excellent mission and ant hiss hns returned to hiss his home in honor hono President Peter Matson laton whoso whose hoso pine is hard to fill still remains over oer the Swedish mission ho has hns although la ha labored labored bored long and efficiently for consider aby abl more lucre 1010 thou than two years and now upon another year ear of duty So with the Lists ever eor vigorous active and un untiring untiring tiring tring President Serge Sere F I whom wheat the tho saints and elders ciders lovo love and who has spent several years In the tho Swiss und and German mission Ho lie Is admirably adapted for tho the place and In this now new year will wi bs ba just a nH an devoted as l ever ver certo everto verto to the Important duties that engross engros his Ills thoughts and energies and life President lford J Booth who lists has ha performed perforated 11 IL I long mind and 11 splendid work In tho Turkish mission still presides there thero ther with honor and ant credit President A Badger remains In t of tho tim r futh uth African mission but will wi probably be bo released during the lie pres present eat ent Int year car having accomplished mulch much mich In that land in the tho groat grat cause ul ol salvation sn n During the past year ear the president of tho the European mission has hns hn VH IH ted letl every conference In the British Ic which of masse coulle Sc ti ILL i tl U I ji II Ireland all at al of at them thel twice but hut two Wo and has attended messy many district as well wel ns as a conference meetings m and amid II a number ot or branch meetings on Sundays and week days day He has hns also 1180 mado made a I tour of conferences in iii II Switzerland Germany Sweden and ansi Norway NOr hal Hol Holand and asid Belgium holding holdIng priesthood and uld general meetings counseling preach preaching lag ing expounding etc and by b sea Rea and an land haR 1518 hUl been buen bl signally blessed bless and protected Sister Homan II B D Penrose hUH him hUn to many 1 an ot or those thoKO lands and Ild gatherings gathering giving ad nil 11 v ansI anil suitable Instructions to tho sisters and especially to the Relief societies aiding In iii the thu th of now n societies which sire aro doing H is great goat amount of