Show i hj th the Church of Jesus Christ Christof of Latter day Saints might better aid iid ld In the moving of its converts I from the various countries assisting the poor to migrate to their para paradise para disc dise In th the Great Salt Lake valley In the toe fall of 1819 1849 it organized organized- the perpetual Emigrating Fund company com corn pany and in at the toe October conference of the church V Illard Snow Edward Hunter and Daniel Spencer were designated ed as s s. s t a committee committee com corn to tr transact the business of the company In ln n order to make male the Ufe fund a perpetu per per- l lone it w was s made a a. revolving a-revolving fund those receiving aid to return the aid as soon as US' possible this aid being in fn th the way of transportation and supplies The company every year sent wagons from Salt Lake City City to the Missouri l river to to bring emigrants across the plains During I Isome some some seasons the the number er of wagons furnished for the purpose aggregated e aggi-e- gated gatei as many as The first president of ot the company was Brigham Brigham Brigham Brig- Brig ham Young and the first superintendent superintendent superintendent or agent of the company was Bishop Ed Edward vard Hunter The original stock of or the cO company pany which was around was all purchased by the church and Its leading m men n. n With the organization of the Perpetual Perpetual Per Per- Emigrating Fund company the first missionaries of ot the church ever ever sent from from the Rocky mountains were dispatched all an over the world T The e larger larl number were sent to Great Britain with Scandinavia a close second and then France Germany Germany Germany Ger Ger- many Italy California and the islands of the Pacific Included In Inthe inthe inthe the call were John Taylor afterwards afterwards afterwards after after- wards president of ot the church Curtis Curtis Curtis' Curtis Curtis' Cur Cur- E E. Bolton a and aid d John Pack who were called to the French missions Erastus Snow who was a member I of th the council of twelve and Peter PeterO I O O. Hansen to Denmark Lorenzo I Snow Sno who afterwards became presIdent president president pres pres- ident of the church and nd Joseph Toronto To Toronto Tot Tot- to Italy Franklin D. D Richards Richards Rich Rich- ards ds a member of the council of ot twelve Joseph V. W. Johnson Jos Joseph Josephw ph W W. Young Job Haden W W. Church George B B. Wallace Vallace who afterwards afterwards af at- was President of the Salt Lake stake and John S. S Higbee to Great BrU Britain ln Charles C. C Rich a I member of oC the council of twelve and r Francis M. M Pomeroy to Lower California dison pratt James S S. Brown and Hiram H H. H Blackwell to the Society Islands an and John E. E F Fosgren siren to Sweden Ap Apostle Whitney in fn his history speaking of ot the Perpetual Emigration Emigration tion fund said In order to comprehend com com- end the full significance of these movements movements' it must be borne in mind that the Latter Latter-d Latter day y y- Saints claim lineal descent from rom ancient Isreal and that their religion contemplates contemplates contemplates con con- templates the literal gathering of the chosen people in fulfillment of prophecy Converted by missionaries mission mission- aries ariee sent to the nations they are brought to America the land of Zion to prepare for the second I coming of the Messiah Such is the meaning of all the missionary and activities of the Mormon Mormon Mormon Mor Mor- mon church and it was to promote the work of fhe the gathering that the Perpetual Emigration fund was established es es- and rind it was incorporated by the state of Deseret in accord with an an act passed by the legislature legisla legisla- ture of t the l provincial state on September September September Sep Sep- 14 1850 Then on September Septem Septem- ber 15 a a. p public bl c meeting was held hel which was merged into mW a conference of the church held in the Bowery In Salt Lake Brigham Young was made e president of or the fund A |