Show LITHE ITHE EARLY t it I k I A I II 4 AV 1 am ama o a s F fk pr rn 0 1 S f r ri rr r i I a r 1 i 4 Sf rM o 1 i f fo foX it i ii i 4 r X Ss S s Fx L' L Li i. i 0 sir fr a us r 4 n 1 a The beginning of th the e m missionary I vork of the day Latter Latt day er-day Saints was with th i the declaration of f J Joseph ep Smith that he had seen seen a vf vision on of the Father and the Son Son the hS heavenly heavenly enly splendor of which h he guileless guileless- guilelessly is ly e. e expected Would be bo regarded tr truly l as a n marvel and a wonder but acclaimed me by i his fellow men with gladness lad ess and exceeding joy In this he was tvs s doomed to disappointment To his sw amazement lent the precise con CO contrary cop cop- was true Ills His narrative was received cont not t only with Incredulity and contempt but evoked evo ed bitter prejudice and and nb abuse use from priests and people 1 e. e and developed inveterate a ate t e opposition and d persecution which to overcome became the mission mission mis mis- sion 10 of f his S life sanctified d and sealed eh i io at fo length de by his lifes blood the blood o the Mood blood o 0 of a martyr II He e w with I t I 1 tenacious tenacious ten ten- faith 1 had la d adhered to to- his re revelation elation The burden of or hI his t testimony tes tes- testimony e mon paraphrasing the words wards of f the l Savior was Flesh and bloodbath blood 1 hath bath la not revealed it unto nt me but m my Father er which is In heaven v and upon unon this rock He Ht will build His church and the gates ates of hell shall not pre prevail aga against it it For ten years year 1830 1820 almost alone I n ln living and laboring laboring- a as ac a farmhand farm farmhand hand n in n the vicinity of the Five Finger Lakes Lales of or western western New York and md the Great Bend of the Sus hannah river in northeastern P Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Penn Penn- I sylvania nh he promulgated the ne' ne new revelation e He received other other vis visIons visions vis- vis ions the tho ministry str of angels re restoring restoring re- re storing to mg ke keys s 's and ordinances of the ant ancient ent church ordaining him to the offices of or the holy priesthood wit with authority to call others to the min min- The gold plates tes of ot the Book Bool of Mormon which had been shown him in 1823 were delivered to him September 1827 These he began bean at once to translate by the gift Ift and 1 1 power oer of God After enduring m much h persecution overcoming great eat difficulties dif dlf- he at length published the first edition of conies early in 80 He He made few converts durin dur- dur in inh this primary missionary period of the church among them however however how how- ever were his parents his' his elder brother HyrUm who was until death his IllS most constant and lo loyal al companion Oliver Cowdery who was his scribe in the translation and associate receiving rECel he elic angelic commissions under which they acte acted act- act ed e the Peter Whitmer family who with Martin Harris Hanis were witnesses witnesses wit wit- nesses lesses of his divine calling and min min- With these and anda a few others others others oth oth- ers he or organized the church at Peter Whitmer's home Fayette Seneca county New York on the of A April 1830 1339 and anti andon on th the following fol lowing Sunday Sunda At April ril 11 Oliver Cowdery preached the first public discourse Missionaries were at once s c nt forth to distribute the Book Boo of Mormon and expound its doctrines Converts were s soon n responding In Ina Ina a sense every convert became a missionary and all that were able and had the desire to 10 so engage were called They were sent out two and two tto and held meetings wherever they could obtain sion Some very remarkable men were soon added to this corps of propagandists among among- them being Earle and his Or troth son son Sidney Rigdon ned Fred G G. WiT W Hams IIams lams Edward Partridge Newel K Whitney Isaac Morley Lyman Wight David Patten W. W W W. Phelps T T. B B. Marsh Orson Hyde L Levi Hancock Titus Billings Then came early in 1832 1532 Joseph and Brigham ham Youn Young George A. A Smith Charles Charles C. C Rich Amasa Lyman Heber C. C Kt Kimball followed by Erastus Snow Wilford Woodruff A. A P. P Rock Rockwood Zera and later John Taylor Tay Tay- ov o- Sn Snow v Richards Lorenzo lor bor Willard Villard talented sister Eliza n R. R and and his Snow the po poetess tess of Zion With these early arly converts and but with others not po so Prominent equal zeal the general mission missionary commenced and carried lab labor r was Into Canada and the New England New Jersey New York states tates directed di directed di- di Pennsylvania and Ohio It was at first from Fa Fayette ette N. N Y I. and from early in 1831 from Kirt Kirt- land Ohio The first mission to the Indians In October October Octo Octo- was sent out Octo- Octo Parley Par Par- Oliver Cowdery 1830 with ber Peter Whitmer Jr and P P. Pratt ley Icy They carried the Ziba Peterson Peterson explained Book of or Mormon and explained its as the religious religious hi significance their forefathers to the he c cal l t record cord of to tr tribe be near neM Buffalo the in Ohio and to tire the west of Missouri This mission although brief was wash of intense in intense in- in tense interest and fulfilled of the Book of Mormon respecting Indians the No sooner had bad the Saints Saints' got a in Kirtland than the s same same- foothold revealed that their it was year should be located l at headquarters rs Jackson county Mo Independence Moe missionaries were wece to which place A gathered sent and many converts here was wac set up th there ere re press printing art and Morning Star Evening a The e published and preparations was Doctrine Doctrine Doc Doe made for issuing iss the Book of trine and Covenants and H Hymn 1 Book Kirtland w was BA time At the the- same Sias built up New converts gath i being in great eat numbers and In n there ered cred 1833 1836 built t their three years structure structure structure first temple In this sacred visions were seen een and ture revelations many were given The first of the church councils if of presidency presidents presidents seven apostles and twelve ap dents VL of DV seventy presiding others rH vo u were called and regularly and authority author author- authority the governing s sustained as the church A printing office ee ity of and The Messenger was set up and considerable considerable con con- was published Advocate printed matter i issued sued In tire Ur missionaries aid of In 1834 owing to the y violence violen olenCe o o of f in Missouri the people pea were e mobs their ear d despoiled and driven from n county into i more Jackson homes in sore isore counties Th They y were sore northern known as as I distressed A company set out from Kirtland Zions Zion's Camp assistance Finding It not to their united united- help possible to render render- the of dispersion hoped for caused a a. who thereupon thereupon there there- this famous heroic band missionary took up a wider upon labor than had been possible b before to the central and southern southern south south- It extended Atlantic and arid to the south ern era seaboard states l states slates and e employed employ tire the services of some of the most successful successful suc suc- hundreds hung hun missionaries lC'S who made niad converts ts and laid a foundation foundation foundation tion upon of which at t broken intervals Intervals intervale inter inter- Inter inter- southern states missIon mission mission mis mis- vals vale the great built up sion has been anti dedIC dedication dedication ded ded- It IC was not however until the tho temple and cation of the Kirtland I the organization of the priesthood s and amI quorums QUorum in it its various councils council was was' perfected ere ted that the mission missionary Y MISSIONS I AND l TD THE TAE MISSIONARY SYSTEM AND SERVICE OF THE THEr SAINTS W ir rr i J y r i CY c d r l A y y yU U v. v 1 yb f n riyo E 3 fig j ft f Ti i al n. n t Ivr J. J u uE tYS l tir h c 1 r 4 vp i 4 ti s 3 a az z r. r sc S 1 C to s system stem as contemplated and commanded commanded commanded com- com coma by the tho revelations was put ut into operation The twelve apostles we were re chosen in 1835 Their especial duty iut as special cial dat witnesses of the restoration was to carry the gospel to every nation kindred tongue and people In this they were to be assisted by and to direct the labors of the seventies Consequently they began beglan at once to pre prepare re for this world-wide world promulgation promulgation gation of their faith At first short missions were taken Into the surrounding surrounding surrounding sur sur- rounding states The prophets prophet's father fa father father fa- fa ther and brothers visited New England England England Eng Eng- land John Ta Taylor lor 1 others upper tipper Canada the Pratt Pratts w i-w w York le diah M M. Grant a and d his brother Joshua Virginia Now New ew Jersey and the Carolinas 1836 Parley P. P Pratt New ew York Cit City 1837 issued the first fills edition copies of the Voice of or Warning the most popular popular opu lar missionary volume used by traveling trav trav- tl-a tl traveling v- v eling elders in the church Down to the present time tens of thousands r of copies have been issued in American American American Ameri Ameri- can and English editions arid and it has be been D n translated in several foreign J languages i t tIn In r In the summer of 1837 Apostles Heber C. C Kimball and Orson Hyde accompanied by Elders Willard Villard Richards Joseph Fielding Isaac Russell and others sailed in the ship GalT Garrick ck from New York at at- atthe the h head of a mission to England They a arrived in Liverpool on the of J July 1837 and pr proceeded to Preston Preston Preston Pres Pres- ton Lancashire where a brother of Elder Fielding the Rev James Fielding in charge of Vauxhall chapel invited them t to preach Here the doctrines of MormoniSm were ere I first proclaimed in Great Britain Apostle Kimball preached the first sermon giving a brief account of the origin of the church hurch and the teachings of the Book of Mormon He was followed by by Orson Hyde bearing testimony From thi this begInning beginning beginning be ginning the mission pr prospered and has continued until the present day clay without abandonment or 11 serious interruption interruption in Within a few months over 1500 converts were made the first nine being baptized in the I river Ribble nibble July 30 18 1837 7 Elders Kimball and Hyde returned to Kirtland Kirt land March 26 26 1838 The persecution of the saints In Kirtland together with the apostasy apostasy apostasy apos apos- tasy of many many among among them some of the leaders the and ings in Missouri culminating in their expulsion from that state under under un un- der den the infamous extermination or order order order or- or der of Governor Boggs had caused the removal of or their headquarters In 1839 to Nauvoo Illinois a town on the Mississippi a few miles above Quincy Direction of the foreign and domestic missions from this new lo location atlon under the Prophet Joseph Joseph Joseph Jo Jo- seph and his associates was most vigorous Most of the twelve apos apos- ties Ues were assigned to foreign mIssions missions missions mis mIs- the British mission in particular particular particular ular being their objective I In December 1839 eld elders came from America and on January 13 1840 Apostles Wilford Woodruff I a and antI John Taylor with Elder Theodore Theodore Theodore Theo- Theo dore Turley arrived They were followed by Apostles Brigham Young Heber C. C Kimball Parley P P. P Pratt Orson Pratt George A. A Smith mIth and Elder Reuben who landed at Liverpool from the ship Patrick Henry on April 6 1840 and proceeded to Preston where they were welcomed by Willard Richards and many converts He lie was ordained ordained ordained or or- to the apostleship and thusa thus thus' thusa a quorum of the chief missionary council of or the church was established established in hi Great Britain Brigham Young Youn was wa's chosen president and with matchless skill soon had the mission organized and covered by active elders throughout the king king- dom In the tho year that he remained 1840 the number of proselytes increased from 2000 to There were issued from their publishing office a large edition of the Book of Mormon and the hymn book bool The Millennial Star was first issued in May 1840 from Manchester lanchester then from Liverpool Parley P. P Pratt being beIng be being be- be ing editor first as a monthly then bimonthly bond then as a weekly It has continued until the pr present serit It Itis Itis It Itis is now in its ninetieth volume andis andis and andis is the oldest continuous periodical outside of two newspapers published published published pub pub- in Liverpool Its circulation at one time reached over copies With the permanent headquarters of the mission established at Liverpool Liverpool Liverpool Liver Liver- pool with its publishing house and also an emigration agency for the dispatch of converts to to America the mission soon expanded By Bythe the end of June 1840 Elder Wilford Woodruff had accomplished a wonderful wonderful won won- work in Worcestershire and Hereford havin having over converts including forty preachers of the United Brethren He organized organ the first conferences there with over thirty branches and a consi considerable company of emigrants prepared to depart for lor Nauvoo On the of or the following August Elder Woodruff arrived with Apostles Apostles Apostles Apos Apos- Heber C. C Kimball and George A. A Smith in London and began holding open-air open meetings s. the first of which was held in Tabernacle Square on August resulting resulting result result- ing in the conversion of Henry Connor Connor Connor Con Con- nor watchmaker who was baptized by Elder Elder Kimball August 31 1840 he toeing being the first convert in London Lon Lon- don About the 1st of May 1840 Apostle Apos Apos- tle Orson Pratt was sent to Edinborough Edin- Edin borough a a. few converts being being- made the previous ye year r by the labors of Elder Alexander Wright and Samuel Samuel Samuel Sam Sam- uel l at Paisley The reg- reg ular l r opening of or the the Scottish missionary missionary mis mis- field however was by Apostle Apostle Apos Apos- 1 tle tle- Ors Orson n Pratt who buIlt an altar on Arth Arthurs rs r's Se Seat t the famous eminence above Edinborough and dedicated the land for the tho spread of the work in all aU Scotland July 27 1840 Apostle John Taylor Tay Tay- lor sailed to Ireland and began the work there and also on the Isle of Man The work worl In Catholic Ireland and Scottish Scotland was at first quite difficult and slow with much t prejudice to overcome but hut after aHer a afew afew afew few converted natives were called to the ministry they made excellent excellent excellent excel excel- lent progress Many lany thousands rf stalwart saints came out of Scotland Scotland Scotland Scot Scot- land and somo of their brightest members from Ireland Under Elder Taylors Taylor's direction the Welsh mission received its early early early ear ear- ly impetus a large branch was organized organized or organized or- or at Wrexham Later CaptaIn Captain Cap Cap- tain tama Dan Jones arid and wife who was sometimes called the Welsh queen performed a truly wonderful mission mission mis mis- sion slon in Wales publishing a periodical periodical cal caI tr tracts and the standard church works in that language Thousands Thousands Thousands Thou Thou- sands of converts were vere made At the April conference in Nauvoo Nauvoo Nauvoo Nau Nau- 1840 Apostles Orson Hyde and John E. E Page were appointed to goto go goto I Ito to the Holy Land It was In the following January that Elder Hyde sailed from New York his partner having failed to get |