Show the committee ot of the Y M M 1 I A is still hard at work and making grea adway beanway in securing members elder andrew smith jr late president of the australian Anstr alian mission is expected home shortly elder ezra F richards of farming tori ion late president of the new zealand mission with three other elders who buve been laboring in that land reach ed humemay home way 22 tha commencement exercises of 0 the brigham young academy at provo talco place on thursday may 28 26 dish bih up op vm B preston will deliver the oration his subject Is theory and Pra practice clice the past school year has been an exceedingly satisfactory and successful one to the academy the latest news from elders A 11 II lund and F P F Is dated haifa syria april 10 19 they tied had decided that in asia minor be for the present the headquarters of the turkish mission as the largest branch ot of the eli church is there they were about to examine several places south of 0 carmel which are arc thought will make nace ne homes for the saints besides r elders a lund and Il kintze intze elders may 1 cock president of tile the mission larton on nisham Nis liam compose the party the following elders who have been labor labori ipg pm in great britain have beani been released to return home on june 2 1 1 george 11 II bradshaw james it if davis william R rostrum robert cameron Came I 1 alexander G adamson 11 0 jacobs 1 jr william F tuckett and john T ti lacobs acobs on june 9 john P burt ed price thomas llewellyn jameal B E hogan and alma montgomery john IT II bailey jr john 11 II brough broughm and nd don doa 13 colton the dates of whose departure have not yet been fixed at the tabernacle sunda may 33 22 elder alford C myers who has just ans returned ned from mission work in ger many and switzerland gave an inter tiling esting account of 0 his labors since bial departure from salt lake august 31 isdo in berlin where he be labored for eleven eleve n months there is a branch of looi members elder george II ilton who h has as spent the past two years as a missionary in england was the next speaker Ep lie ile had labored very sue cess fully in london southampton sussex and Essex bringing several into the church during one month awen ty six cottage meetings were held beld prejudice Is being rapidly re removed moveL they were welcomed into many homes and were permitted to preach upon the streets such the religious liberty the elders in great brian britain are tho hughly united apostle cleber J grant followed ile he said he be had bad lists list ened with interest to those who hadi had just returned from missions between 1000 and 1700 elders had gone forth to ta laborin labor in the world without money leavin leaving their dear ones lie had yet to meet one of these elders who after havin having come in contact with the learned of the world had been converted from their faith which on the contrary had been strengthened As he ile he had studied the plan of life and salvation and come in contact with other religions of the world he had become more firmly rooted in the gospel it had never been his lot to go on a mission but through business relations relation she he had come in contact with prominent men throughout the country governors senators great financiers etc many of whom were dear friends and to such he be had bad talked frankly and presented the gospel thereby learning m ns hearts as well avell as though he had azen on a mission apostle grant spoke with much feelen feeling of the early persecution of the pioneers of the church how were driven from missouri to illinois when their prophet was killed and they appealed in vain rain to the president after knowing the trials and tribulations the fathers and mothers had bad ga through the tha young people should hould t be true and faithful lie ile rejoiced that one of the commanders over the troops that had been been called was a grandson of abrl brigham young than whom a grander and more patriotic man never lived ha rejoiced that after having been driven from state to state god had finally revealed this land as a home they should bo be true to their country but first true to god the services closed by the choir singing the beautiful anthem god of iglael israel ilear hear our prayer with solo parts by mrs lizzie edwards miss edria edna dwyer mr thorns thomas ashworth and mr willard christoph erson it was ward confer fence last sunday for Co Coal alville villo and a lar large lare 7 e congregation is said to have been in attendance at t alie services er vices bishop 1 F 11 II wright president alma eldredge find and F r ly merchant marchant the latter of ocoa peoa were the speakers |