Show STO r To THE MINISTRY U 5 I AND SAINTS I 1 OF THE EUROPEAN MISSION c It It U U UT UI T r the close clo of ot my presidency European mission It II ItIs oer over the tho task to o to pleasing Is 9 a 8 the Saints and I the Hie ministry mIntrY our friends frIeD this the o I t If tIllo ItI f Illo tI to the Lord for fr Ills His abundant abUndant dant blessings and to thorn them tor for kindness nn and l their support It Is aIO appropriate SI brATty the th condition of ot the 1110 ml Si t al and ot of the tho work wor that Ion done dono during the Vast two tI 0 and andor has 1 At the last October con can or a hilt the Ihl Saints will remember El EI Eler EIder Elder teren Council ot of oti lk er r J 0 GrUnt nt of at thu tho der i Apostles Aro WItS appointed to pro pre fwd has ovir orf this Held The rho business side turned over ocr to 10 him now and a nil aft 1111 btU brn hi his 1119 hI administration with our he and confidence and most mas I cordial love loe wish visit that he lie ba be roul and happy In hi hl work I hope hOllo he will find condition a fl 1 satisfactory tho the field ft in Ia The Elders of at tho European mission without exception full of ot a azeal are t zeal antI the tho spirit of ot their work There are at lit th tho present time missionaries from Zion five of jf II whom are sisters The are ar laboring mainly In III tho tha Germany Switzer Switzerland J hl Isles IM land laad I d the tIle Netherlands but hut aro are also found fad Hi In Inland l Austria and ond Hungary and South Africa Since the tho th time ume of ot my m arrival May Iny 17 1001 IDOl 7 71 1 tries s have registered at nt Liver Ihor Liverpool pool fool 61 f have hao during this time depart departe departed ed e for fr or home ihler Christina Christian W AV on from Richmond Utah Sled dl died AUK M 3 1101 at lit Den Denmark Denmark Denmark mark of or typhoid fever idor Henry Robert tobert JUt of ot Logan Utah died nt at Litte Oct 10 ltd HOI of ot pacu pneumonia mania monia and Ilder Gottfried I of ot Ida died at uland Aug ug 19 1803 1903 of ot tuberculosis The bohls of ot these IThiers I have been tent sent I nt home for tor burial While feeling sor sorrow sorrow row fur for their families wo we realize that our At parted d brethren will 1111 lIl receive tIns reward revard of ot martyrs A 4 causa of at far tar reater concern and ond grIef Brief hAS Ims been beell the fall tall of at from Cram honor and virtue During my m presidency there have havo been bec U U U U U Id U seven neven who disregarding their holy covenants and a nl Is la worth living for tor fore have hao yielded to the tho temptations of at atthe the adversary They have been strip stripped ped 11 of ot every vestige vesto of ot authority and excommunicated from the Church There was no alternative course to take with them It li is I deplorable when an Elder thus turns from his hit high calling The cases have hlo been scattered each tach of ot the tha large missions having hail at least leal one It 1118 Is about one Elder J lIler In a I hundred thru that hns has fallen Let Iet tho the anguish which each och of ot them tem t has hils suffered uttered be ft a 1 lifes lites warning to the tho ninety and nine who thus far tar but the help ot of tho the Lord havo been able ablo to stand During the time It has hns been my privilege liege to labor here there th re have been In the European mission exclusive of ot the thc work done luring during December tracts and books ills dis distributed l and MIS 1018 baptisms performed Great efficiency of at the Elders 1 has han ha been gained l In III the tho mission lon by doing doln away nay with what were vere known is as conference houses The present system of ot having not nut more moro than two men Inen live Ue together and their lodgings to be taken with strangers line has brought the Elders Into contact with moro more people and anti been ben fol tol followed followed lowed by very ery vcr satisfactory II tt results Two houses have been built for tor Church pur purposes purposes poses one olle at Copenhagen tho the head headquarters headquarters quarters of ot the Scandinavian mission the other nt nl Norway where shere the largest branch of at tho the Church probably In tho the world has hall been established A third property has been ben purchased In Stockholm for tor the Saints nail In tho the near future a n commodious Hall lutIl will be built there This move Inove will we feel teel sure bo be of oC great treat advantage to the th work of oC the Lord In those lands The Held field of at missionary effort Is I broadening In III both AustralIa and II j Hungary openings have havo been beell made ant and I Elders are now noli laboring In India El EI Elder der John It II Cooper who has hns hn Ju t re returned reo returned turned after laboring alone a year lIr antI and antIa nn l ln n a half halt ratted raised up Ui a thriving branch Moro dora Elders will bo be sent there thero soon coon we wo hope to carry on the good Rod work The Tho mission In South Africa was opened last July Jill by President Warren H 11 Ly Lynn I Lyon nn on and three companions This In is an nil old oldfield oldfield field which has Mil not 1101 hem hern worked for about 40 O years The prospects are lire that the Ille mission will prosper Personally I havo visited I lIell Africa Palestine Greece Italy France Russia and Poland and anil have havo dedicated these lands to tho the thoLA LA A W r I II Y Y I I i iY Y F FI I J Jj JI Jt 1 t j I i ELDER R FRANCIS FIM M Al LYMAN of ot tho the Council of at Twelve Apostles Who hits Has Just Returned from front Europe preaching of oC the Gospel ao pel and besought the Lord lArd to open opell the way a for tor His Ills ser Her Ir ants to come conie In und and lend lead souls to ac oc accept accept Ills plan Illan of oC salvation Since I thus dedicated Africa the mission has hiis been established In the southern part and since my visit to Elder Ml cha Markov has gone tono into that land lad ladA A coil declared his hla message These Thee are ore small beginnings but hut the Lord If It Ho lie wills w 11 con can make them great We WI do Ia not hot expect to carry the Gos Ins Gospel Gospel pel to the tho whole world without arous lUaUs arousing arousIng ing strong opposition It 1 should nov nev nevertheless ne erth be our desire and aim elm to pac into pacIfy It the elements by prudence It Ii Ills is not our mission to ba ha as lIS was wan the thealor Savior alor I bellevo the feeling which lisa has existed with annie somo Elders 1 l that Ihal Unless they thc wore raising mobs they thoy vero not In III the line of ot their duty dut Is dying out 1 I sincerely hope to so P There have how howe however ever eel been seine somo outbreaks of nt prejudice In different quarters especially c has han this been boon so In lit Prussia The Tho rapid progress made mudo by the tho work wor there aroused ell Jeal Jealousy and a S number of DC or nc The matter mailer was waa as carried to the tha I Imperial ministry but hut the banishments banishment were Tare not 1101 cancelled Though Chough wo we hop i ifor for tor other treatment still the th position we Ve are In there li is practically tho the saute same DH as formerly There Thero has hns never nover been ft n time tune when Elders In Germany wore fre fros from tram the danger of at banishment In lit oth other er tr places conditions have huo been belli fairly peaceful 1 In III Great Ireat O lIt a 1 liberal spirit has bus been en manifested almost ev tV everywhere p The conferences conference hl 0 been marked by b attendance of ot peaceful III earnest audiences During the tho last year and n a half halt there has hl hardly been tho the slightest disturbance are ow wo hope forever a 1 thing of ot tho the past paRt While the work h s been Ilten moving for Jar in III this part of ot the world It han lisa hannot not nol been standing still lit 11 at lit home There have been b 11 changes chances of ot great reAl moment there During the th past liast two to and a n halt half years the First Presidency J has been reorganized twice President Lorenzo Lorenso flot and anil President Brigham Young Jr lr having pawed away und anti two new Apostles postles have havo been An Mt Important tant tent movement lies has been leen started In Salt Snit Lake City whereby over oer visitors vl yearly tore are furnished cor car correct reeL Information concerning the th Gospel and the Saints The rho Japan mission hUll him been belli opened aliened i out missionary In l work line has been beun b n started In Old Mexico It gives 1 me Ie pleasure to tho the d antI and energetic labors of ot the presidents of at missions that make up tip this great field Held They The Ch have nave been beell all 1111 that 1 I desire earnest t faithful and discreet men The conference pros Ires Identa lIts and the traveling have havo nl at atso so given glen me 1110 loyal support Though rhou h El Il Elders ders have tao at nt times time made matI mistakes and Auth have havo been h n under conditions that try I mens souls fouls there have havo very cr few fel Instances of ot anger or bad feelings Quarrelsome or bay inzy men lIan we 8 are art glitch glad to say lIay have hlO hardly been found among us It behooves us to be lIe diligent and make o whatever we do count for Cor good for tor It Is III n it costly co tI work fur for UH UK ly Ily 11 In lit of at the Ihl 1 throughout the tho mission Hoarding I thou their I II co expenses es Os I loam that thu t the tIcs average Is IR over oer III 19 per Iler month This Is III surprisingly high If It wo 10 consider 1 li 17 per Iler month as nil the uv av 11 rage for tor the lIce whole that each man mall would produce the value valtie of ot n a year above expenses If tC home linnie and that th l the Journey journe bitch or forth with Inci Incidental dental costs coats O we find the theA A UA drain on tho the community nt at home h lUe Is IB over oer more mor than TODO a II year oar This mission represents only somewhat over of at the th work that thai Is III I bo boo boIng booIng belog Ing log done In III different parts of ot the world We Wo thank the th Lord 10 that He lie lids lias hen Riven ui UR U the means tu to us use u nl all that wo we e have Is la m mIlis Ills Ilis and ami He lie 11 0 has hns litt only culled called on UI us to toURO use URO u part pare In III this thle work Nevertheless Noer let lt me urge the Elders ns nIl I have base hn e dono ninny many before that they the strictest economy possible without diminishing their U among the th people blest bless them by ny b ac RC accepting editIng hospitality Approach If It Itou you ou cannot con not live 10 In full tul th the system of oC traveling without pur or tie lr scrip To the indent I wish whim also O t an say ny let lei your zeal zenI and tilt 1001 work follow you horne home Thorn who have returned While I have hae been lien lun I J have lIall urged with nil my m power to a 1 continuance of ot faithful for I have always olla maintained that the u l the most part Art of oC the tIme II P It he lie was eVer evar guilty of ot smoking drinking profanity or other sins ln In Satan ml his Imps will willie willU U use ie e their wiles viles to lo get et him ba buck k Into old aO Find habits To 10 the tho theIder Ider now In the mission whom hOm I may I never lIever see te or not for tor years let lot me Inc e wiy sa that your our sins are or forgiven If It you ou have ha I repented of ot them thorn I but they th the are Arf rot forgotten Alt All your amid good works will not avail I IlU you lU though you fill 1111 one ont or ninny many mis missions i siona If It In the enl end you turn to evil 11 and tread tr In iii the path flath of ot The sins alas of ot the tho now nol suspended will fall toll upon you OU covering you U with their shame and punishment All this you ou unity may IliA if It you will both here bore and at nl home obey strictly the corn com of ot the Ion You Vou have havo en trod Into compact with me ma with each cacti other scud with thin Iho ho Lord that wo we will 1111 do right to the end crud of oC our days Breth roll rOil remember rel this compact anti and when h 11 I wo we do do irot let not our countenances have havo lot Us UN ho hn better bettor servants of at God cloth than we Arc are today Tho position of ot the Saints when they th gather other to Klon iori IB la i somewhat like that hit th I oC or the Iho Elders l when they return items hom U It In n a dangerous time I have base ha urged the tile Saints not to emigrate too hastily They fhe be fully converted and anti seasoned In the ItO Gospel no before they the un nut undertake the long and expensive Journey journo We Ve wish them to be happy In Zion Klon lon And not discontented t If It they the are riot not sure the Gospel I is trite truo In every particular they the hal had better hotter remain at nt home homp It will cost them less lew Ie to tn apostatize In tn Europe l than to Journey miles to do ho so po Brethren and sIsters slaters sl lers let the Lord Ird cato when you OU shall gather with wih Hh his people Ho may a have n it great greal work for tor you ou to accomplish in the world worl In tn warning your OUr friends sustaining tho the branches branched and representing Ills kingdom i In II what over ever land you may bt ho Instead of ot hurrying oft of to Utah as soon oon as a yo yot cnn can possibly get iet t the means couns with wih the who wire are oro set let to tl pre preside pey i 3 I 1 side In tho the branches and Ind I J JI I and J their advice will wil be sate Rate to tailor follow ifil I When hen the proper time docs 1005 come yo H will wi go 10 up to the tho th mountain of at the hours boos hou of i iho ho he Lord lr with lh rejoIcing anti and 1111 It wi wl 5 1 be l Zion to you OU I r ishi Ih to think thank our 1 t 1 with wih th the for tor their kindness I ti time t l 1 l J me nit f lonAI In 11 my visits to diemen 4 I l art of ot tho the mission an ant l to the ills sIe In general Nothing that thit yo yoi 4 have haste to help the work worl o 0 othe othe the tho Lord Luri will wi make you poorer You ou good 11 j works work stud ud In runny many 1111 C ens j I cs Ca 8 defense defence of at an art 11 unpopular people p will willbe wi willbe ir be In your our favor at it I time tm when lien th scales ealos of ot even eln Justice sall ial Mc iI h out f I tu t men reward and I wish 1 h 1 I to tl ti mention this the co rl 1 1 relations that I jL have hl with those whom we te havo 10 I met In business T om of ot this the Do 10 Dominion t minion million line In which h has h cur El Fl Elders t I i tiers ders deIs ant ami emigrating acoss mite he Atlantic have been Uen attentive anti and ane com CIU CIUI I anti and tho the same feeling sins lins 1 char the tho White Star line Ino om am r f I elsIe who intro havo hlo recently taken over oler th tue l Dominion lines Ines DORtOn servIce erI llama Hem Hemden I uteri lIen Co 0 transportatIon agents Ilont John Joha honk bonk binder D Marples 1 fo 10 0 InU the Iho Dally DaIly Dal Post printers have havo I glen given Inn us satisfactIon InU In work rk amul It them has haR been a 1 pleasure to 10 do the III business with wih This Is thus the th third time tinie I have hav hn viRile Europe r for tor or th tim purpose pu f of a the Gospel anti anil It may 11 bo ho h lint tho Ir last It I vat WA hero her 43 4 4 years ago In my youth that I learned more mOl of ot tho Ito Lord than t r l hail had ever known knowl before betor and had luau etab within me the th absolute testimony of ot the thi truth of ot Ills His Hi work I arrived f 1 hero lucre penniless and anti received nothing J from rom haute homp hOlo lurIng during my m stay my food tood clothing and Ile shelter were vere pl given mo ma of at atthe the people I love this Iii beautiful coun country country i i try Ir and end nd nil all our nur Fathers 1 children who dwell hero With Wih what powers tho the Lord JAre line has hR given Jhen |