| Show I K NOW UT UTAH UTA AH L B By y F F. PH LIPS LIPS' LIPSy Vho were vero ero th the first fIrt converts con to in tor 1 lands ands There Verp vero vero of them three ot of them women They They- were G George D D. Watt Thomas Wah MiteS MiteS' H Henry Elizabeth ie George Week Week-M Mary ry Ann nr Drown Brown Brown Brown- Miller Mil Mil- l I ler r and Ann Dawson It IL was on Sunday July 30 30 1837 1831 jUt just on one month from the the ciders eldra embarked at t N w 1 X r that tKo the conversion occurred oc urr d In teston tes- tes ton ton baptism I m In th tho n River cr Ribble eo s a.- a. II A public i of ot baptism in hi the open open air Uh such a n. novel event in lri England England- ht nt that time says aas in his history when hen religious innovations were so rare that zeven or r. r th thousand l persons per per- 8 sons ns assembled on banks ot Of the river to to witness th thc scene It It is sal said that this thi ns was the tho first time baptism by immersion rIon wa was as ever thus administered in n England though at a n. later latr period verloe sets sets Bets of ot Baptists arose who v immersed r td openly In ln tho the rivers rivera and for th the remission i of Such Iere were picturesque pic plc- and some iome of or the new new- lights 8 seem eim m to have delighted in in them for tor their religious sensation j just st stas as as the rI Methodists did in their camp meetings meeting S P The t t woman whose Ja recorded corded In n th the list of ot th the b baptised of or the MOrmon MOnnon I rmon church in England was qs A Ann Arin Elizabeth and nel her c case se presents tl the tho fJ first miracle iJ of ot the thc ch church t n In fo foreign lands l She was a n. victim of or tuberculosis and wa carried to the wiLt jat water r. r and after her Ii began to improve and at nt it h her r confirmation she was blessed and her disease rebuked when she immediately recovered and in Ie less than one newe week kafter after she was was attending to her household house hold duties a S Next ext came quite an evangelical episode IntroducIng introducing ing with a n. touch Of ot romance Miss Jennetta Richards She Sho was 39 the daughter of ot a D. D minister of or the independent ent erho at about fifteen fit fit- teen from mlles Preston Pr ston She was was not riot only daly personally per per- interesting and intelligent but from Crom the in- in she possessed over her ber father and his congregation con con- coupled d with the Iho f fact ct that hat the most mot classical classi clasi- c cat cal l of ot the apostles fell In lovo love with her she appears to have been a a. maiden of of- considerable character She was wan as tI proper proper- proper person lt l'-lt it to be a heroine n. n oC- oC 5 5 5 Oh von th tb tho third d Sabbath after ater tho tIm arrival or ot the elders In England they met at the tho house Aha rAnn Dawson son ison eon when twenty seven se cn members were eld and the first branch of ot the church was organized In foreign for for- eign la lands ds In th the tore fore part part-of the tho ensuing n l week Aveck a n aletter aletter nl l letter was vas received from Miss Jennetta Rl Richards and an invitation from her father to cometo come to and rid preach in his lils chapel J. J The In was I accepted arid and Elder EJder Richards met with c So successful successful suc- suc sue suc wa wai a lt lit indeed that the tho reverend gentleman was forced to close his chapel doors in order to prevent pre pro vent a complete completo stampede of flock k S S S The gospel spread rapidly during tho the first mission of o th the thiO elders Inc in England 1 In eight months month 2000 were baptised n and d the followed wed JI tile lIeb Eleber r Orson Hydo hyde returned to to p America leaving t the tho e British mission tin In charge hargo of ot Willard Joseph lug clayton 1 I r S S hio nanie t Mary 1 ary y fielding g b c mp historical his his- she shela la now introduced in her still itla more more representative character as the wife of lh the patriarch and ind as mother of ot V. V Smith The Tho latter latter latter lat lat- ter was ift afterwards president of ot the church Mrs Fielding was vhs born Ib July 21 1 1801 it Jed Bed England She h was vas tho the daughter of or John Johnv tu lind 1 Rachel 1 and Fielding was the eldest of or the tho ala els- tei Mary lary was waR of ot good family well educated and piously to slY Braised raised being originally va Melh Methodist ds d's and and a tl devoted admirer of th the character of ot John Wesley Indeed the lie family of at the tho is and th their Jr connections connections' connections connections' con con- were re even en before Identification fi 1 atlon with Church tho-Church eC u ch of ot Latter day Saints Our g generation net wn u 0 c rt rent way from tram all oth others rs before and afterward Th Their lr One sr great and important rl was WIlS tho tio war wai Erich au v 1 i r t. t 1 Many men always alway a act att t the fool ool when they get the Bible R n Rev v y Th Dr Dh Charles s 13 E. Jefferson W There Th re is a no tendency nc to rather r i about other peoples p A i k t tT T i v Beauty is abundant Maria Maria AJ T ill Bobs bs aro are bOt not flot going out of or fashion F Far r- r from It IL Older women n and yo young n business women find them themO to O Ruth 1 Francis b beautician The tO pr sent scandal v ot of Tour our our athletes to venal promoters and n. n Z f IchI IM Js more concerned with ex expansion than the tho spirit ot the sport John John R. R LunIs Outlook and I Independent crit |
