| Show I Ill r ID I I FROM MISSIONARY FIELDS I f I I Till ClCIIJ1V 141AND 3I1S cI01 foil I I I I I Iteport of tire 1 Ita it Illd 1 tile oh I d I I I III I 1 udn I j Mensengeis e > r the Copel are PI nl I 1 7 10 II great many lands In this After I day dlBpentallon yet It Is I doubtful Iron 4 j Ir-on find thlr way to more included I parts than those who are sent lo then I Ii I Society Island mission pnpeelt whlih FAr Is on Iho Hand I of Tahiti I Is the headquarters i I head-quarters for this mission Tahiti whlrh Is near the geograi hlcal eerier Or tiles group Is I In latitude IS degrees south A S nnd 111 degree west longitude from I larls II lies nilltuay between the eon tlnents of South American and Aus hd tralla n Ihlrlj days voyage by sail from Son rronrlco and from a three I lo a five month voyage from Europe I tJ This field cojrs a viry extensive I A torri fury dl Including all I of the Trench l ossesslons In the South Pacific InkIng I C Ink-Ing within Its range the following groups or archlpeligocs Marquises I lubuul Tuamotu Tahiti and Cook I comprising In all about 110 Islands 9 With a Population of about Si 000 Including j In-cluding noldlirs and Mhltis No effort i I has been mnde l its let lo lneh tile Go I pel 10 the flgn tile worl of prslytIng out I aching being Coll flood entire I y to thc natlv None of tho I abojo mimd groups haNe been hero uglily canvassed anti the ohabl 1 I I a tit a of some 01 them aa the Mar 11 lulL and Cook gUI i liaa never heard the Conpel I Pr Phitnt 1 T I Miller Is l making air e mines efforts tot have It carried I to theitc Weeds I I t sequently I nil Increased immbr of IPI I title In being sent it tilts In fee oil lrloua to tire treat to your Ihe q 1 French gonnn see m1 to in all I feet a great antipathy tor tile II I rrrta of tile Elders bu since that I I e muchorthe dfictrusthasbeen I ai P 11 f romViated It present the efforts of the l Ialtrday Saints lire n altugethr i gnlal to tile l1rvitch omolol a and It loon et t Is true that hy do not I It r ei vlrO Il f For u y I atetore with us t rhr tin five here have n natural i sympathy for religion nnd when they I Ir 14 OF have nol been corrupted or rrejuiliied I by the title trader they give n still i IUG t car to Christian missionaries As n robot of these religious tendencies nllloog tile natives Iho VIus outside denominations have round It ery I profitable buslniss lo send their am l Inldo hIre These 1 viands In ileeil have been gnen Matures for i them The Protistanls euro the first In Ihe Held having come here In tie I V k j lotter part of the last century They 1 succeeded In I getting a strong follow Inc The Catholics have many 101 lower Iclally on Tahiti It In a vti ay matter to observe the teach 1 Ings of these creeds consequently they I have many I otarl as It Is I Cry no tlceanle that the Latlcrdny bnlnls atltvhc alrl I among the nallies are generally tile 1 more nniblllous Ifncrllh log and InUlllEenl I The Josephlten n1 I i Seventh l Jay Alive ntit have a sum 1 I I rln t number of listener a 10 enoour I age Ihem 1 Th contention for religious 1 primacy among these Islands has J I been a mot vigorous one fraught with v evil I Unit 1 niany a e linve liven to the d etr I meet ftherInt fl I 10 nallv i I There are no missionaries Alba have I succeeded so IIn deceiving the na tlv as the Josephltis who > ou will I mmhr um to theme Island Dun after the dertr of our lIt Elder I For a till in tier uf yen they fIIIIvd A the tourneys uf the Murmurs ads o Flonarles urJnrtln to be ntterdny I Saint Elders I Ily this 0 a bterfuge thy f Buereedd In dissuadin nany If thm from their former con version On the return of our riders Ihe mlsrepre rentations wire expires To an ri1ce Points ram back Into Vhe fold A re i Full of the ronlllet well n con fsln to tile u1bide of tile nntln many of whom still believe Hum M lie the memo The Elders worked and Htlll me Aork Ing to dim ell the delusions thus crea led The prospects for effectual work nee Very favorable at prnl Ther Site oovnlen her oche In the mlalon three of hloh nee located at Tul1l End the rmalnlllg fourteen on the I Tunnu group On Amount uf tho attitude at-titude of the ornnnl un1 tile I k of umolnt Bldcl a I lie work hn bn ronnnd lu if Iwo groll1 j Th total rollraint 1 of Saints I In the mission In I ION mot of hnlll are members of Its of tho 1 nn r It I branches Of Ihno braII1 1 all I elthcr 1 ave comfortable rhurch I I Lt A or la pricioc 01 tlon rha I ehrh I 11 ell are built of ttone and lumLr anti 1 I g a net lve nlon wood lIellofo I t re It I 1 I has seemed Uell nigh Imrolbl to gt nn opening on Tahlll mhlLh long loan loa-n an I mruohl roaolohl rr other faith At tile Aprl ourno I poet the good Saints 0 the Tunm h donated about 600 to is 101 < d In n I truellng II 1IIlug herons near Ia five to In I rallahun A nlc of Ind Ion bn ddd to the Church by one of the brolh ore i I I There tire thirteen Elders I ilroring to lil I jf I tile misolon at prenent Of this num bar eight are on HO island uf 110111 Ptudyinic the language prelucantorv to r dparlln 10 the r rrell fields They are President I li T Miller and ridrs L II Kenn trI r I TiaVcriT I 1 r Wllley 1m Chlpmin Edgar I I Cropper 01 11 I hanhIlln nn 1 I Win MOrr Elder Alonz Smith and Dai 111 Nell art tatiothir I lit in V I tipper conferenct if the ru d and George r Detpal In tile or tnn i o fernc of tie Point group and Elders I I Im I nsllr anti Aloxan 9 eulI In llIhuol 111 hr nosII hn bn ro I 10 d n dllrn I litnoolt I 1 tier U I I IIr I Arrnn1 to iabor I ul ru Iou1 Elder Hatch hno een tit imd T1111kcir In I the lower eonf t t he Tnarntool 1 liters Ln r Knard IN ChIjurmin I I Villl WilleI I V I 1 I 7n r Cl fulmlillis And WillinI N III 1 remain In the Tnhltl1II grout n it 11 me are dlrnthd Wcrr nil Ill 11 ill 01 d 1 Four new fJl d l ur XI d tu arrive liters tent fllv 1 < of 11u I r I m ent year It I I nh hy ur len I r tent 10 he n onndohlo Plan fr Ih alvancmnl nf Saints and IJhlr If We tsT troolvrmoe cor 111 dro once a year at Thltl nt N1111ll time Nve will be edltllhu1 toisur serious acids I 1 WILII A Nort 0 Vitrolins 1 cothosoIr allllllnd 4 C I RptLlllbr N 891 To the Editor First ho People heroIn are following hero-In the ways of the Protestant church end still mo Inlt III darkness they tire Irach ii and consequently they heap unto themselves teachers who make their living by so doing I have uften pleturod living In Zion where one can listen to the words of the Irho > and Apnstlen of led almost as heaven here on earth Oh whit n light come to t mo miter twe Eldors servants of Ood cam 10 us In Iltt county unit brought the glorious 00 tier I feel l so thankful that my father mother brothel and sisters and myself my-self have mlro1 It anti have liven i baptized My parents and I ir laptlred the llth or April 1M by LI 1 Nine lion I der 11 I M Dallon or Pnrownn Iron county Utah Elder Ualton and eom Innln imo tile first Mormon Elclern < I I1ftae1r aw Elder Dalto was one Nlet after his rehase returned to his beloved ones and no murdered In cold I blood his blood In amng Illnee who hive hd It fur Tlg litermenes no hewn he-wn A 1IYlanlt and nl tire time of i his 1 death Polygamy was not abolished I Lee and Zelda Waist wre ItTapfIEL I quite recent by Elder J W Tllord from ilountlfurutah I Whit a long I 1aeeto had h a In1ccatt Ildee hlrern qf tile years only true Gospel when on the I7th 1 of Nov last Ider Teller nnd Win Woolley arrived at our old hrneitrael 1 il was IIko I unto an hunry one ho had ivn tihoul food for several das and thin bo privileged to a nice mal or lie and giodles Iran bear my fee I llmon to the Irulhrullness of the Gos lel I know wnthout the plan of sal I lion Uu cnnnot nOW unto pErfeed lion NNIthout ill Men > the avlr I lold for us me cannot be avl I know that nil thooll ulco will embrace and crbey tire IIcl will have this testimony testi-mony for theiturelves I romal I an sister In the cause o I truth uthMUS HANNAH M rrADIN Cno in H Delhi Texas Sept 9 1837 To the rillor On Saturday September 4th nt 11 nm the Lone Star vonference conference con-ference convened with President try rum Andrus residing At the opening session there were present the following follow-ing Klders lrum Andrews > Joseih Coulam Jens Hanson Levi I J Taylor Alb rt Harris William H Anderson Orson P Nelson and J L Workman riders Wm II Jardine and Arthur V Lea arrive 1 just In lima to take par In the evening session hailJohn W Whit < and u nels C Lee had gone to the railroad etation i telle miles IIWIlY I 11 mect 1denl Jack mho had Ion delayed on the trnhiCThey arrive > during the evening session Recent panning president Jack ere Elders Joseph W lies I John J < allaehir Italph J Harding and Peter C Clarke Mho had been laboring In the northern oonferno of the mtIn l Ider Jack brought with him a spirit l of love which was diffused among the riders and felt by all those assembled A specious arbor had been bum by he appreciative teople of the neighbor hood who tried to do all In their rintler for the LI Urn to make our LOner LOn-er < nee a all cLsa In rurn fr which theY more given n rlrltUIII feast try he sencint of led 11 grieved tile hart of the Elders hr that they rannot mah title golhartd IIM realize the necessity of mhllelllg tire Principle of eternal Irull many are on ho very ura edge 1 but callnu t musr courage enough to make the see r f1m Wo all have faith thathvlr YB will hc open to a full realization of the truth on Our labor however how-ever were not lthul fruits for one hone t soul mile loved the pralso of led more than he praise of man rom forth anti entered the door Into the fold of Christ NIII politic slid I ell IrleBtId meetings were held hlling the four daYs wo were In son In Although tills is I the huls time uf the year cotton Picking taltIng I nil their attntlon ue had large audi oncern Many came for miles around 0 hI 1 I grayheads would sit and listen still wldooln mouths anti extended earn tn the previous words of truth all hy rowed from the mouths of it ho itatilred > mn ho hd freely received and who freely gave On Sunday afternoon wo held our Sarromnt meeting Many strong ethnent tre horne 131 the Elders showing that Gd hd lookcd oftr them One thing that caustit our hearts 10 swell uith love toward God Uas to see the newly made converts stand up unit with 1 I of b11188 declare that th 1 1 had rte upon hm fi old I W eel a 1lrlt now file 0 r I bfor w feel the spirit I od joy in OUr Monte Nhih Eld r fir 1 expla ned was far gar to t thoi is a testimony than outward Rig n ohlli would fade awn Th pple of this community h a I ve iI1 010 a demonstration of tire 1wr of Lt I thai the torml of Guru will no I aide to crAnn It fnm 1lr mlo Our lao P Hen t hood mtIt it tier at lod It orlanlxlna II IIW nr 0 which will be deslR listed ti Nnrtb Texan confercne LlJer J ieih Coulam was nii > lntel to t ireslU unit tbo following Hlders tire now ted at addresses te 01 I Pett e tit I n a nick Jeri eulam and Jos W Hess Tort Worth Tati 1 ml count Texan usn 11 Nelson nnd Arthur V Lee Dalian Italian county Taxes IAlvl J Tir unit Jacob L Workman ct4h man Hook aU nooklVILIl couuti Ttxoi Peter U Clark anti Franehl C Los lInnld arrant county Texess Tire other Elders mentlorod In this artile I still nil labor In the eastern part of Ihe state and their addresses uIll be oeol ot a later ht JOSEVII COULAM Cleric A A 1clel Thuo Windy Amherst Co Vn Sept I S ls ITo I-To tile Editor Hnxlng read the tesllmonlfs ti the t truthfulness of the Onrolf JenlM Christ from the points In dlferont parts of ho late I feel It my duty to bear my testimony for What tho Und In lit mercy has don fo mI 1 had been searehlng for the truth for n long time hut all In lIln and Ihn hard I of the Mormon Elders being ultras lo know the truth I majt It a muter of Prayer Larmslly I ileadel that It they had the Hue Gospel Ihy nigh he directed to nil door and 1 In II f < I data Elder I II 11 Crouch and Jler 0 II Whh Come When t auv them I mcta Illicit tit joy 01111 bell they unfolded the Ariptures tn Inq I ruht not help but rejoice fir I know I hrd found the true Church of ChrUt Iho linn urn set for me to ho InptUjil I Iou In amount n r 11 thlftnlll 1 010 I mile IotpolI1 two weekl I WII hopt11 ly I Elder Ocuri I fWobb I June H fan Elder II It lr1IIlt being his omnanl 1h People were verv bitter nround I her hut the Lord Is I openirg trip I Ih e mity for tire iVient Vo Inv had IftoJeI iN 11 I I one little mobbing I In tills county I In Madison n little Illago nol1 I for riots anti strife but Ihe Lorl Md1 the liters 1 1 and neither Was nun W e 1110 vlx In lIuberour membership It I mnll but we are living In hPa of It I getting larger We etc cocinellnir 10 have n SundaY school orvacl3 here anon that mill lie n illeat help In reodIM the Oinnrl truth Ij t lit I lie baby vas very sick in i I get Elder II n Crouch and 11 I < 1r 1rnrit net to t administer to him mid be Was trade better MY little tlrl fix I Vcirs i old woo awa In tho nl I ihl I othnn1 1 anti ROm 10110 Is ere to alrg hr about I It and she did surprllngly loll them i the truth She let 1 them If th billy had died II would nol make Ihe Joapc nny the le I s true for ah ray j all o us have rot lo die Tile Gospel has done nu h fir me I had been sick for n one I Jiar nnd tad eon treated by eleven Ito They sald my trouble Was so oompll1 they could do me but very little good 1 When I went Ion Inli the waters ot I baptism I was racked nlth pain but hn I came tin nut of II waler I was perfectly ay Ml I stomach was flood Ill ulcrthey are all golie I I bad ppmtbey tire all Ifon u1n11 I nm inJojInB ulendld health How I thankful I feet to Inrr1 Uir for Pending Pend-ing tile t he G onpol and I tool 1 to thilaft 1 the 1ln Elders for lift Imr me Is good tilings of jny Surely the fruits of the Spirit are love Jo j pace J bmg suffering gentleness goodss faith meekness temperance evil wo nnnot find > the fruits any Is ere except In the Church of Jesus Christ Your value 11 a paper I a n Welcome v IItr I In I ollr I home and Its p1gog lire read NItlt Men plnure rLIZDITIIII nUCIm in Till IA TURN sTT L utIfyier suir is I n X lorl In illoilhis11 New Paris Eedforl Co Pi Sept 3 1837 To the lllltor I let my hm nl Too Wayne county coun-ty Utah March 2th 180 ns n missionary mis-sionary lo Ihe Eastern states I arrived ar-rived al Brooklyn N Y April Din Since that time I hive labored In various I vari-ous parts and with many different I companions almost fee numerous 10 mention But I am pleased to stale that In even place In which I was I called lo tabor the Lord raised up l friends I Last May our beloved president or the Eastern States mission Elder A P Kesler assigned mo to labor In this county In conneillon with Elder Wait I Wai-t 11 lllch We labored In the usual way among the people distributing tracts and holding mellns In groves on tile streets In Idoool houses and church ad addressing many car nct listeners until July Oth when Elder ItIch wa assigned 10 Somerset cOllllty The first meeting l held by Elder Illch and myself man of a Nery Interesting ilmroiler and i somewhat laughable SIi MiVlcn vluntJ to put till a tnt for us to hold our merllngB In a a wy coivenlent Iolnl hot ell Ued I fd City crell Iw Prio We readily I I accepted of this offer The time ar 11ld to commence our I 0 j g and Ih Iwl nmhld la tj t t ishut I hun1 persons TI 1 48 Iulto a h y gale from the t Ihn we 111liollicild the hmn I Fattier 11001 thn DIVtIltbt and it 100 Ihlrd flilt ttlict IIn f he m rid yet r It took a rali ill n KC till Ftuy rol 1 ond Pvgs 01 r the Cunneen lion ljb y hunme tnui h frlahtoneel and Id I > I i Kid u slight bruise n the head funi n uy point but O i v rtl10 I is she siI JJ 10 wn I ftolna to h i M hat the a 112a t7h Itlnns I had 10 ny W thIl IIIRd Anottor twit and had on lIent nectlnll it h I 11 lIt l a i to d lIh Interest and ulrlo1 at the i doctrine as Goy exprussed themselves nl the this or ho meet bg as they have been t iuht that tile Imon were pronhl g of 0 ineous do time not III necod with tile Bible 1 Hut us an old saying Ion < It a had beginning I muknt I a good ending 1 tcivcs tieflevi I It will In this cum I f r w have been holding meetings r ulrly nt hat i Inic In the shade of an i ak grove which the wind cannot hlw ay na U dhl 1 T tent and fm ur first mtln I of tit the present tin e mall hundrd I hove met 10glIlOr 10 base the O 1 > Id 1 I truths We had not held many nole ting In thiseimnij till llmiuhtnmri I gets hi work through his ever wlllli agnry the ministers Mho began preaching against us from their lullIs I They staled that car Ulble was t I like the Protestant Illble and used their Intlu ince ngulnsl us as mum n possible Hut ns usual II bus made frt n d lfor us tr which we feel 110 thonl our IwalCn I ly other We go without purse lie scrip and feel thai Ibis Is I the rich ly lo labor as we ret to IIIrsO with IIInny poi pie Unit wo would nol th rnlse Wo tin Id many poor It that aekn wlelge we h lie tile truth but feel ni Hi ugh they could not stand the rlilli ul which Is I burled at the Mrmon ptople ohoul ld thy unite with us My labors since Jul > mill < hue been wllhPWir A 11 Neff of Jut Mill I Creek Sail Lake county We Im Just returned re-turned firms n tour through Bedford I and Into Pulton count V where we srent I two uka fill n hrnneh of the SaIt4 nt lluck valley Fulton unlyi whleh Itt resided over by Elder t J lander stint We found hm nJYlo thm beT solves I which Is the hllage of rot I Ito I-to Laltir dis Saints Thf1 most or the people are very hospitable I hos-pitable toward us nnd for tire shorl time that we have labored la ncdful county ite have made man frlnds Aho are defending the principles that we touch We feel tr the Lord H I olnlog up the may and that n great amount of the prejudice that existed here years ago Is being II tied out Front nhat me call learn thtte never tine ben any of tile Mormon ltder In this l vlelnlt Ml t father r H Illack burn as born In tills vlllag and left her hen he vas 7 years of age Wo feel well In the work that we hne ben called lu perform and have a hitting belief that many hone hearted FOI li will be gathi red out of this url In some fulure day If any of tile does of tire Neviihyriv frind or rclallics In this secllon hey I would like us to visit they will greally oblige un by letting us knew where n1 who the are and we wilt be glad to call on them 1 I Jy Elders In n strange land and arroniot strangers the Dsrt New Is I alwajs hlghl appreciated THOMAS IILACKBUUN A II Nlrr A Ngr 31ting To the Editor The poet said In describing the character char-acter of a good man Some angel guide my pencil while I draw What nothing else than angol ran ox call To adequately l describe a religious meeting among the derision Is certainly cer-tainly bejond the power of my pen H some gtnlus old gel up n phonograph phono-graph that could l reproduce the scenes In II Olord meeting hn they are worked up to the roper pitch It would have all the dramatical effects of a firm class play Iu a theater I will try to t give a skitch of one of these meetings is witnessed the other night They began coming In jut after dark and after Ihe house was lighted up they began their player meeting by singing moral fnllllllllr hymn After aoh song one of thdr number mould 1 lend In prayer ill such earnestness 111hod anti slogng Ptyle hat a peculiar Ihrlll of some kind of emo lion mould come or you In tilts of JOU like a bouldir hurled from atop mountain a-top the further the faster till but fw objols could Band before be-fore It Each sung and prayer AN era u little more anlmtd 118 they pro gnssed The leader would pitch Into the next verse before the first one 1 lid be finished indeed a large num miletV = tier of the wa ul bj M more than halt way uhin I the dcept Into of the leader ould warn them that another ICro was entered All now pitched Inlo this new verse the hasB I of the men mil the shrill bugle like soprano of ill women all blended together anti yet lint together In urb a mnnner as to < rsur one with a Byrn I rathlI temperim tit to sleep I a lit lie laugh n llttl mil listen MI till mouth and cars oide 1 openl The hV nt harmony Isere utterly sel al lie fiance and i jot In such manner 88 to produce a 110 is In saturation Tin volume of sound uns of much fore as 10 100 heard a mil uway After they had no on In this trnln for 101 hale an n ur they changed II I I lo a beg for money lo pay tile J 1 reacher And hw you would tint I jourself Instlni IK ly feeling for jour j purse and If a nlcklo or dime Is fund It 1111I be rlhomlng After hl lit preachr ddlvo1 hll rmon I havo hard many II hlle unto fall for Iholt cf his 011unc and nsl Tile text Ivan from llei 17 Ho wokd himself up to such a pitch of euthusl akin that the hrethren now nn1 lIon rronId wllh Annnl Dais 00 i v hllo Pier nn d anon a darkey s1s 1 lir Mould utter n keen squall Jump up and lient tile nlr with her arms mnmp the Moor wllh her reel food one to others feet that happened to bo In Iho way Iwo or three of Iho stoutest would I rah mull and U tool I tin Ir united strength to t keep her from failing among the seats anti perhaps crippling herself rinally the i roarher came down out of Hie pulpll nnl eilled for Inourners and L pup andlllonlull1 1 bok louse In arn I a Iluserlptlou of which woull bo ulleily Impossible It must be Poet to be nppr < lahod coppreclalA If any Ider w ho may read this skelch would like lo very the numot ony of his canvass Just I I1t n nero meeting some right with select friends 11tihopm a Mormon 1ldr a vie It to uh n mlIn mould not throw such n domper on It its It sometImes de on n ncdlng of the n Ilea II il D01SON Irum FInt In 1 Tn Austin Travis Co Texan Sept 9 l 1891 To the Editor to myself and Iwo daughters are the only member of the Church of I Ju Christ of Lttrday Saints In this city I feel the w uught I let I f t X 0 our brothers and sister In Van know that we are trying 10 live ur In the I principles of the Gospel We greatly Ito I rejoice that the Oosr1 was brought to 010 III Its purity and that we accept I r1 It although we had n struggle nt nt T wnsbrimight of la Ihe I Camp hpillt church Iou found no men fort or lIobt here I attended other churches with Iho same result The 1JI1M I Is not to light hy them in the plaln Pimple I way the Latterda Saints Orion ft We 0 I films are Poscaled ulth the desire 10 he whrn wo can bo taught In the true light It may he A long time before there will h n branch of the Chutrh rgardid here Them are Rome 1011 hr he mh bc cmernoborrats If I theydared Iou a It is I strictly agnln the lao 1 of ho city 10 disturb religious worship the 1ld ors are only treated < with Indifference In-difference We nrc wnlllnl pnllentl for the way to open that wo may be united with the Saints and enjoy their fellowship Mill Ill 1 L TIIOMPSOV DORA THOMPSON AL1CU THOMPSON |
