| Show THE CALIFORNIA MISSION istorlcal Sketch Irom Angus 1892 to Ftbruirj 1894 h 01 MInlloraa I r I rAI s I ondoy Ick I Cn or IIRII1 I I POCVTELLO Idaho January 4th 1897 10 Ihe Lijilor I wish to present the readers of the NEWS with your kind l indulgence lew facts concerning the opening of the California Mission In jour issue I ol December ijth 1896 I saw a letter I from Elder G F Harding wherein the deals i conveyed that the mission lies been opened only three ears In n previous letter from one of the Elders he states that there are lour branch organized in the state In the spring of 1891 I received a letter let-ter groin Box li cam me on a mission to open tin I and take charge ofl the Call fertile and Western States mission be owing to circumstances I did not star I on my mhsion till August lSj I nr rived inS Francisco at its oldock Monday morning August 22nd 1897 I had tire names and addresses vt a lew Saints Tuesday August > t I crossed the bay to Oakland I readily lound the I I ouse ol Brother j 11 1 Jorgensen at I ruitvale i Brother Jorgensen Accents I > anted me and uc visited Skier S I1 King in Alameda and Brother N III Phillip In ikland Brother Jorgensen kindly consented lor ui to hold meetings in his house which we accepted with thanks Sunday August 2hllseld meeting with a congregation of five i all told ii 01 sell Brother Jorgensen J wife and daughter aged nine years Elder N II I Phillips and Sister McDonald I administered admin-istered the Sacrament anti spoke to them and then called on the Saint to express their feelings which they did the spirit ol God was with us anti we had l a good time I held meetings in rather Jorgensens house three faun days when the Saints decided we would rent a hall which I did Fraternal hall on Washington street between ij and 14th streets Oakland for toper month Sunday afternoons for one month i let strangers attended 1 ou meetings I also heard of and foun quite n number of peopl who claimed a standing in the Church In October iSo > I baptized one in Oakland and two In San Francisco Ordained Joseph Mattress an Elder and organized a I branch wilh Joseph Mat tress president and with Elder John Peter Phillip Van Den era3fit counselor Elder l John Peter t Jorgensen 7 el trJ as second couple or and Elder gN Si 13 I Phillips as clerk Also in October I baptized five persons in Sacramento November 37111 1892 I organized a hi orlanized branch in Sacramento Elder Aaron Garlic President E Garlic clerk Theme same diy I organized a Sunday School James J T Garlic superintendent A Garlic first and Edward Garlic second isistanti So you see that in a little over three months from the time ol ou amvall had baptized eight persons ordained or-dained one Elder and organized Iwo branches and one Sunday school Through the kindnes I I and goodui 0rJId ln of Elder Doctor J P 1 1 P 1 Van 8ood J in giving us the use of a hall free ot renton rent-on Sixth street San Francisco we were able to hold meetings In the metropolis so on January 15th ib93twc commenced holding meetings on Sunday evenings In San Francisco but cull continued holding them in the day time Sunday in Castle Hall Cast Oakland In April 1856 Elder VanDenBerg gave us the use ol I furnished rooms to live m Up till this lime April 1893 I had laborer alone when in this month Elder Kiel Johnson ol Ovid I Bear Lake county onlnokl in io d r came May the same year Elder Alva Keller and Henry I II Williams of Mill Creek Ward bait Lake County and George H Macock ol Fairview lltber County arrived June nth 1893 Elders Williams and MnCock left by steamer for Los Angeles to labor In the Southern part of the state and on the 14th Elders A S Keller I and N B Phillips went to Sacramento In the early spring Elder Mailressou branch president returned to Utah and on July and 1893 Elder Prank Green well was set apart as President of f the Oakland branch with M K Mortensen as assistant Owing to the serious all ness of the wie of Elder Niels Johnson I released him and he returned hem July lolh 1893 On August and 1893 Elder J U Cummings ot Mill Creel Ward Salt Like County arrived I appointed him to labor with rider AIn b Keller A-in Sacramento On Novem NIg 13th Elder racket L Blodgctt North Ogden Weber County anlved In 1 December 893 we concluded l that we had a brtnctiabout twenty fiv members sufficiently strong < o that we could rent in n hall and not Impose on he good will ol Brother sivt air callerg any longer to on December 23rd 1893 10 rented a hall at 927 Mission street lot flo per month lor bunday nil Jay and veiim We had the folowlng brcth I tell visit Iraq Never be 30th ISO Elder K ill G Macscr Ilelrlia tb93 Elder II lll II I Roberto I June Elders Jonn flornitii I and Lorln 1arr the latter ol OgrYn and hi is brctVr Bishop Winslow Fear of Old Mexico August 6th I organized n unda y School in San I rinciico with i Tldcr School BT1e11dcclC Ii Supnnttn calif ra JlfiJ Lew Is secretary During our labors we cijocd the rich utpounngs ol tIo I spirit of God and Ills Pain wns trade manifest In our car dst I July I hEI 1896 J received note n-ote from bister Llnbitli Rawlins i aunt ol Professor J E Talmagcsay ig that I her sona lung man was angcrjusly 1 ill and l1 dgllsmlc come nd administer I to him and young Raw linson was Los a member ol the Church Elder A b K Her ind nisclf went to tier house No 1217 Lombird Street San Francisco I The doctor attending icoung man had left word that no one was logo into I the room but his another She was acting as nurse But hlSler Kau Union wanted l the Elders 1 sled I the oung man a few questions respecting Ills faith m I Ocd etc Brother Kell rand I consecrated same oil bid a few WI rls of prayer Brother Keller nomted him and I was mouth in real ing the anointing As we had jut t got out of lIe roem the doctor came I lie alter was surpr ssd to see the change for the better in his I t front Of course lie did not know that Mormon Elders had l been there The next morning the doclor como and he was IIstomhed Said I he Every particle of disease hai J ell your body ou dont need any set ices any longer and l I shall com no lore The oung man was entirely heated Brother MortensenS daughter Nora was very sick and was also healed ur the power of God and also a number num-ber of other January 22nd lEoJ I received mv reo case Irom the 11 i st Presidency Elder Karl G Maesei was appointed to sue ceed me and ebruaty I 33rd 18941 let for home via Portland Oregon During the lime I was there I bip izedbixiccn persons vizono in Oakland Oak-land nine in ban I rancisco anj six in Sacramento ordained two Elders organized or-ganized two branches and two Sunday bcliools had Elders in Sacramento and Iso in Southern California and succeeded suc-ceeded getting Elders F M Lyman and B II Roberts I to come to the southern pirt 01 the state to > assist the Elders there for i short lime during the early part el Ib94 Tits communication is It little length but I have been as brief as I coulo and I hope you may give it a place in your valuable paper OIIH L DALTON |
