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Show THE .NORTHERN" STATES MISSION". MIS-SION". Walllar. lailroal Trarclins ani Other tJiptflracrs. tcrreaJcate UrsEtxr Xcws.1 Traveling at Uiij sescn of tho year U a luxury eompirel with what it U la the right hot weather. After six months ot summer work la Uie States, sweltering in the intense in-tense heat of Pennylwla and Indiana, In-diana, ant the stilt ni-rs VU'y climate of Washington and West Virginia, the ride home was a rest and a pleasure. I thought I would Iry the accommodations of a ucw route, so traveled on tlie New York Central, wlltcit villi Its connection, the Michigan Central, form one ef tbesmootliviiat.d mot solid roads in the country. Tills Is largely due t , the weight of the ra!I-W pound leel as scarcely any vibration Is ' exp-rienceJInlraTclinsoveraroad ' thus built. The elegance mil com-' com-' fort of the cars are Jtot surjnsxsj on any road, unless it be the Clil-vago, Ililtrsukeo mid St- Paul, svhlcii supplies incindccilt lights n ndditlon to ths other luxuries of ravelin. In lbo caw you can sit and read by Hie Hclil of a limp n.t In an aperture cut In the j-ck of the seat near Uie wail, so Uiat a perssHi n-a H" in bed and read alt night If desired, and turn off Uio Incandescent when weariness weari-ness sugsts sleep. 1 canie the balance of tho way on the Union raclfle tlie veteran railroad pioneer pio-neer or Ihe Rocky Mountain, and fiel a Utmigh my trip had Infused rrcsli vigor into my Vela. In regard to the Northern states mlssion.1 will say Uiat there Is quite a perceptible lir.iaoinent In its condition In many ways. While we must admit the (WW to be a very hard one ami the religious feeling much colder Uiau In the i South, sllll many iulUligeiit a.inile i are investigating the llv)iel. Tlie I Elders liave In the Ust six months 1 held bvtirefii three and four liun-, liun-, dred iiicetittpi tn v.-llooluo and other convenient jiiact-s. Blde- these jvildie opportunities tli"y liave ' llni"-iaji ',re'-iojgh",wtUiout llres, Uit ou the rclies and rtackyanls and tn the lioust-s of tii - peOilc. TlK-y liarr dlslrl'jiited s-Jcli printed matter as tbey coukl obtain, an I lisve atllizal sp.-eclies of co.i-gtcsiul.i co.i-gtcsiul.i aiid EiUdred pie.-5 to introduce in-troduce the sut-ject of "'6 tail ant the MorawtH. There were tweiity-sevsn tweiity-sevsn mro baptisus tbbi la-thalf year than during the previous one, and quite a iiumlnr Inve emigrated. Thu mission exten is ovr tventy-tivo tventy-tivo States nu-I mrUnf Hti'es. also tile Diatricl of Culu-nbi i aud iissi-irn iissi-irn CinjJa. Tnri Silnts aTesit-ertI aTesit-ertI throughout the t-n'J.-e fi.-H, but tha mala branches are In Kan-Bas, Kan-Bas, Wisconsin ani Xew York. Nearly thirty I ihrs iti thu field, nid they make quite extensive touts, priiiclpilly on fnot, as niiuy People especially the farming populationlive popu-lationlive a distance rro-n Uie rail- ( ..(-.o, ..ir., . uii.u, s., U , nil y other roiis tliat ran be f.a-iilr travele-i txcepl oi foot. We have been directing sjuij of our eir.rts toward ma'tl.1' the miss'oM sir-suitalnlng, sir-suitalnlng, and have orgaipzt n. mission fii'il, wIiIl-Ii, iiovevr. as such nuro m;it. t mtde grad-. grad-. ually, has hitherto rev-hoi i-ut a slemler growtli. This :i--sit ites quito a private exjju liture on the 'pattofUie KW-rs. Tlie people In the farming districts Millie ex t-cl-J inglr hosjiiluble, j.re rvry or, and , renily uruWe to do much lownM the exensus continually r, quire-1 to keep Uie work rolling. Any ci 'the Saints at home who feel disposed dis-posed to alj In this work by Ui-ir means will find th.lr II icrality much appreciated by tho brethren, in tlie purchise of tr.icU, clothing I aud for traveling t-xn-ts on thu 1 ingest journeys. We have found some difficulty in obtaining school-hues school-hues owing to the Idea Hhlch jprcvallsUiatthe church lieingdis-i lieingdis-i iuc.rvrated has uo licensed ministers minis-ters entitled to preach in iubiic buildlngs. And frequeutly when wc can get a schjlhoue for a con-ference, con-ference, the meetings hive to be lukl where no SiiuU n-sIJo. I havM atten-Jul two conrerencea tinder tlU-o clrcurastaueis, when thLte was not a solitary peron in any or the mo-tings who li-lonstd to the Chun.li, txcet the I EMerj. Rut the halls were tolerably I well filled, and gxd atteuUuii wn 1 paid to tho addresses. The friends ' thus gathered took Uie EMersto th.lr homes nnd provided tuem ' with food and lodging. Son, liave since juiced Uio Church n h attend -, ed those meetings. We expect to hold our Fall Con ferencm in St. John, Klines; Guthrie, Indiana and Ilockvilte Centir, Long IsLand; where th.-re Is a nice branch of the Church whl.-h ha-i been rarely visited til! lately, owing to distance. The health of the Elder.', not with. standing U13 great heat an J th.lr incessant labor, has been remarkably remark-ably goud. Only three have been released re-leased through sickness, and one of Uiem has letunml to his field. None have died. None have been mobbed, s hipped or shot at, au-t few havo had to sleep nithout loJgings, for all of which We fee UiaukfuL Hespjr-tfuily, etr., CltAS. W. Stay.nkk. S.VI.T L.VKE Citj-, U. T., OcIoIhst 2nd, 1S90. My address is Rox -174 Washing ton. D.C. C. W.S. |