| Show f t A RETROSPECT OF THE YEAR 1909 IN THE MISSION FIELD I The following s by Pr Charles Chorles IV Pen Ii ruse European Mission appear lug In tho Star of Dec Dc 30 of the present Ics cs a brIef rev reLe w In the leading mh mission lon fields of the world TIlE THE DEPARTING YEAR YEAH This Issue or of The Tho MIllennial Star closes volume 31 1 and before another appealS tho year 1909 will have ended and passed to tho list o of the de departed 1 parted arted It Il h hs been Q a period or of activity and progress for the Church of JesuS Jestis t of lr Saints In cerre every re t I At home mc In iii Zion this grand organization has In strength and andIn andin In numbers Throughout the United Staten the work or of has been vigorously prosecuted under the tho able and experienced presidents or of the several missions Their labors ns as brielly reported front from week to week In Liahona The Elders Journal ex cx exhIbit hIbit energy and perseverance or of the tho most praiseworthy character hl highly hl to all who have been thus engaged and successful In warning I people or of impending judgment and bringing many earnest souls to obel obedi I to the tho Gospel The Tho missionary I t g stem In vogue has been admirable and SIR efficacious In the European mission there ther ha has been no cessation of active and per efforts In the tho distribution of oC Church literature In tho th holding of p public meetings In gospel con converse versa In personal of oC the doctrines and of the Church f and In defending It from the attacks ot or Its defamers Outdoor preaching was as diligently carried on when practicable practicable ii i able but was hindered In sonic somo do dc I greo b by the unfavorable weather that TI prevailed yet et a great deal tieni li was accomplished In that direction and cottage meetings were held heid when Street treet preaching was impracticable Opposition has seen been encountered In Great Britain In several places This has arisen from the th false reports cir circulated 1 b by sectarian preachers and m w their aids who vho In a number of In iii Instances stances have watched the tho elders In ilO iii distributing tracts and havo them up wIth vile attacks In printed form and advice to p ollie to burn the Mormon publications unread and andi i q refuse to reco receive e any an more A menda mendacious mendacious cious who has durIng c many man years broken out occa t In ravings that It wood woud seem no son sen bible person would cre credit lt or even pay payS t attention to has again caused great I S excitement In sonic some quarters leading to scenes or of violence anti and personal as J on Saints But ut as asT T soon as sober sobel sense ensued rational Inquired as s to the tho acts and the there 1 re result has been numerous additions to tho Church Challenges to debate have wisely unheeded b by the elders according to advice and tills this pI ed cd to bo be the best method or of stilling the angry waves or of popular tumult t l In several Instances newspapers have havo i shown b by publishing the thc Mor 1 mon side or of controversial lal questions al although though that course was us not approved b by religious bIgots and C abettors abettor or of Intolerance But some so called Christian magazines have havo given place to outrageous perversions o of facts and doctrine and denied to the M an for refutation liberal spirit of journalists In illis matter shines out the tho In contrast to the cantin sq of t scribes and mod modern rn pharisees 1 There here Is a pretty general impression upon the public mind that Mormonism has not had a fair field and that our elders are greatly maligned and andare p are nn en bod body or of unpaid mis missionaries r There are thou thousands of believers In int t tile the principles of who l have not the or of their convie and therefore do not show their faith ralth by their works work The are of the so called better classes or of the The They fear the loss or of their good name namo IC the they unite with an un li popular people or that It would injure business or defeat their ambition are arc hosts or of young persons i 1 under age whoso whose parents are arc 1 L I and women whose husbands will whit not not give ic en to their baptism be C vi wun all their In tile the I It ity of oC this uric ori but our IMI rules forbid their admission lon Into the Church under those cOnditions are many esteemed to our pen peo t pie who stand up In thell d 11 nse b bitt lt I do tb not wish to embrace their Alt All this Is In favor of oC the tue spread spied and triumph or of the tho truth or of doctrine contained In our literature is III showing Its effects C ri i even in orthodox pUlpits t I itt In a number or of instances aro preaching or of the principles or of Our Church h I anti causing much I cOmment thereby f I but do not even hint at the tho fact rael that they are and they find ample support for their utterances In the Scriptures Scripture to whIch their atten tion has been drawn b by Mormon pub This Is encouragIng for the I 1 I spread or of light and nd truth Is what d desire nd the Lord will be glorIfied we I In the tho l The breaking down dolt or of the walls wails ot OC error prepares the tho U way for the tho onward march or of the tho kingdom I BRITISH MISSION STATISTICS I rite report or of tile tho British I I mi mission lon which will he published ns as soon us ns It can bo be complied after aCter the conference reports are arc received will vili I show that man matty hundreds or of converts I have hate been added to tn Church b by 4 baptism that over Ocr 1000 of oC ow our 5 have gone gono to Zion during tk year ear and pinto moro than elders have hao returned to cc their homes front from Europe after aCter hav III hog fIlled honorable missIons Tue rhe pub H department ha has printed tracts or of which teero the Rays or of Living Light other 2 sta standard works orl conference and the tho regular Issue of rIte Millennial Star the te circulation of which Is IH rapidly increasing Tho monthly priesthood meetings In I tho several conferences have havo boon been hold held wherever r practicable and have havo been II a I leasure and to all who 0 I CHURCH ADDRESSES For the convenience e of travel t el els the e News gives hors 1 with the tho addresses or of the various 1 missions of tho Church where 11 5 this paper wili be e found y j 1 on tile file and where travelers will wUl x r J receive courteous attention r 1 rr r 1 Now New York West One A r Hundred and St So st r San Baker e St 1 t Los West th St r 1 rf f 5 West Wert Sixth Ave A r I I Chattanooga Fair Fairview Fairview view Ave Portland It E Main st StI i I Independence MoSO South x Pheasant St A 5 Sta Marl Maria MarlIa A 1 Ia ha num 23 F 1 Londott England Deseret Road oad South Tottenham n 1 London o 1 t LIverpool 5 Edge s Lane Lne 1 5 Albert Place Chelt England r r l Zurich Ho sch x r X P e s X 1 r 1 Cop 11 0 Stockholm Swe ja gatan ton 3 r St t tx x Tokyo X I 1 MachI Ku f I 1 Toronto Canada lIst Dat r to hurst St Rotterdam Holland i if x f 8 r 1 New Upper Queen 1 street stroet or P O 0 box 72 12 Auck r rI I hand A Ai Ac c i St Newton Sydney Sydne 00 I tavO attended The auxiliary associationS alto alo hav been beon bt t gt at Several nc new Relief Societies have been organized and vacancies filled where they have occurred Sister Romania B Penrose Penro e or of the general board has attended man many or of them given greatly practical Instructions instructions The Sunda Sunday schools are arc doing excellent work and a great man many chil children rl dren tile nd Church whose are parents attending A are o m J of of the tue saints The Mutual Improve meat ment associations and Bible classes are numerous and attractive and all or orthe the these c societies are nrc helpful In th lr ir irrespective respective spheres All the conferences In the British Isles have been Jeen visited twice during tiit year ear b by the tho mission president who ha has also attended man many district and other oIlier In England Ireland Scotland and laic also In Denmark extending to the extreme extremo north of oC that northern land Sweden Germany Holland etc and finding a splendid spirit amon among the saints everywhere He has attended to the tho editorial work or of The Star ably as assisted assisted b by Elder S Norman orman Leo who succeeded that and faithful worker Elder Eider W V A Morton lorton and supervised the business or of the tho Liver Liverpool pool with Elder D Ra flay Shurtliff a most efficient and reliable mission secretary and Elder Ralph H Jones as emigration clerk who has ad admirably tIlled filled the place formerly oc occupied with honor 11 by Elder Ralph II Ludlow The general conference ot of elde elders held In London In June was tens ono one or of the tho events of oC the tho year ear and w was s productive ot of much good OTHER MISSIONS Remarkable progress has been made mado In tile the Swiss and German mission dur Ing the thu past year ear notwithstanding the obstacles In the wa way and the admin or of laws and rules restrictive or of full religious President Thomas II D McKay has ably succeeded President Serge Sergo F an able worker who was released afier a long hong and most successful missIon Everything looks prosperous In the countrIes tn n that field So with the tho mission under President B GUY Thatcher successor to President S Sylvester Q Cannon Is now laboring In Zion as an able minister ot of the tho M MOst st High HiSh Holland Is taking hold of the gospel with a firm hand hanl and the tho Church there Is In Q a flouriShing con The Scandinavian mission 1 is now directed by PresIdent Andrew Jenson and Is waking up admirably to lifo and advancement President Soren was honorably re I leased e l durIng the year ear after a most successful administration President Peter athil presse forward with energy and zeal In th the Swedish mission with CL a fine fino stalwart band banI or of elders and the work Is forging I al ahead ad there thero encouragingly T 1 Wilford lIford Booth with a number or of elders ha has been beon honorably front the Turkish mission and their theil places will wiil not at present bo Foul Fout missionarIes under Lo Loy nod are loft to carry on the tho work In Greece with headquarters at Athens Brother Booth and his wife after acter laboring man many years In tho Turkish mission are aro now rejoicing in Zion ZIm anti viewing their past arduous endeavors with II leser erv cd Steed and his wire Wife President ho hase Henry also alo returned homo from the south Houth African mis 1 I slon sion with honor having Performed a I work and President B A Is now In charge forward the tito good cause with Il a corps ot of workers worker an and prospect there fire arc and aist hopeful In Japan the Book of Mormon olmon has translated and under the ito and devoted labors of oC President Ahna 0 Taylor who has ha mastered that difficult his Ion long anti and patient and to that coun tr try so that on Oct 10 1909 1005 an edi thou tion or of hive cOllies was Is sued after moro more titan nyu flo yeats or of assIduous L work lb and the tho faithful elders eider with him are arc to ho bo on this titIs great achievement tho Church aio this addItion to the tho number of translations or of the tho work Into various languages The Orient has been Jeen a must mot difficult field r I lot fOI the tue ml missionary labor hut hul the shell It has been heen end and the tho future futuro shotts UI till with pleasant casan t promise Australia New Zealand and the Islands of the add gratifying Increase to the Chulch The Maoris Maori Samoans Tahitians HawaIIans and many othel natives m ci Arch ell as white people oil all help to 10 swell Its and join In the great work of salve lion The find and of the ml to the scattered rem of the tho house of Israel whose ancestors centuries ago heft the of for those distant parts parl are pleas hI to the Lord and a CeltIC of oC rejoIcing to the house household hold or of faith Thus the work and tc Il wonder which or of old pro pre predicted that God would proceed to toI perform In the latter days dars Is mak makIng I Ing Its way throughout tie tho earth while the worldly do not under tinder sand the they look on and stay them themselves selves antI and wonder as the tho mode Increase their jO joy In the tIto Lord and the among men rejoIce In time the 1101 holy One or of Israel Isrnel tho they that erred eo come to understanding and the tho that murmured at the false creeds creed and or of dead religious forms orate learn truo and glorify God who has revealed Himself once oneo more mor Evol year ear develops more and more the tho kingdom that started In the tho nine nineteenth century as a grain or of mustard seed but Is now putting forth Its strong branches hearing its lis precious fruits end and making ready for Cor the tho angels of heaven heven to come and amI lodge there thero Zion Is arising In her beauty Her stakes are strengthened cords are lengthened her children are gatherIng from afar and her mes messengers messengers are aro going forth to the ends of oC the tho earth Her testing time Is not yet et over oer nor has the dross dros b en purged front the thue pure sold gold but lUt the signs arc bright for her coming coining glory glor and the Lord will hasten It In His time We Te hall hail with delight time the dawning of righteousness and wo tWO Invoke upon the saints and the after atter truth everywhere tho spirit of oC light from Crom fromon CromI on high and wish them I a happy and peaceful and prosperous Now e Year Yer C W r P |
