Show It ill I II I 1 I A I I f J J i I r H I I i ii U i ci I i I IN TIlE THE SOUTHERN STATES The Harvest Is s Great and the Laborers Few FewA I A nf ot Mort for br Hulled nUh Joy JOT alldA id A El 1 1 I Elders A C Strong Stron 1 K I J 7 Smith and ami W M Al I send this report i 1 dated Chattanooga Aug lith P The fhe time was wa once mice not many months ago ogo when there were upwards of oC five hundred bundred missionaries throughout tho different conferences In Inthe Inthe InI I the Southern and the effective t way WilY they thoy the performed th thIr lr labors Inborn l 1 Is evidenced by the many accessions to the fold told and an l the dally daily pleadings for tor visits vIt 1 from tram the Elders by the honest hOM t Investigators gators This vast army of ot bearers hils been hern reduced to the small number of ot ono one hundred arid lud and even this number Is III sub lub subtraction traction nearly every week The records of or the mission furnish us U with the fol tol following lowing data which will give our rend renders ors ore some orne Idea Idel of l the poNt past and an l present ot at the mission Mississippi once lULU Into Elders 1 now only six South toUti Carolina Elders now only fourteen North Carolina now only anI ten teni Virginia forty tort fort two tw Elders l now nov only nineteen thu tho three conferences of ot Kentucky once haa ban li now only twenty Lf seven Other conferences have hac suffered lj this decrease which has haR IRH necessitated thu thuI I contraction of oC the tho several conference 4 that heretofore as aM In the clue case J of ot Kentucky Into ono one conference ins KII u S that the sixteen conferences the mis mission start sion vas divided Inlo Into less than a II year I ago ngo have been reduced to twelve telve This change chonge has hns thrown snore more territory Into each tach conference BO so that now sonic some have as ns many ns liB one hundred counties with only five pair of ot 1 to do this work When the tho fact that our J travel without purse or scrip Is la talc tak taken ta k kon I on en Into consideration and that their I only means of ot travel Is by walking on oncan Ono can cnn readily see pee e that our numbers are nr not commensurate with Ith the vast IUt mount amount of oC work lork to be he accomplished p The rho pleasing Intelligence that cornea COli I from Zion SCIon that our numbers are to be isa ho Increased by additional In tho thu tb near future goes oe a n t long way to tl bright brighten I en up UI this condition of affairs ann ana un make moko It possible for Cor or the Saints as well weli S ns ninny many nn nil honest hOliest Investigator to re receive r cehe a n visit vl lt from tram the I I lers at nt least leut once onlo a n year sr srI I Every I ver dally mall mail brings bring with It let lei letters letters terI from many canny parts ot of the missionary field fleW requesting a visit from the Elders Ehlers They The all contain the almost almo t universal al questions question Qu Where are the Elders we W seen Belin them foi fos nearly a year ear earThe j The weekly seekly report from Crom each cacti confer conCer conference I ence once showing tho th suites miles walked and the theli li families visited by b each earh pair isair of ot Elders I p bears henrs testimony that the reasons rea OIlI Justi Justifying tying the asking of at the till above question 1 are not furnished furnish Id because the Elders 1 l are arc derelict In their ministerial duties ft but rather because the harvest u is I great and ond the laborers r few Cew Many of oft t these the e letters are nr from friends not hot only onlIn ij In name hut but JUt In very ln deed men and women who would willingly lay In down Ilon their lives lIes for Cor the Elders and the cause i they represent men Inca und and women who whoA A have done clone as OR much If It not moro than the Elders l In spreading the grand r truths of ot if the Gospel because belaus they have he made It possible through h their hospital hospitality ity to the servants of ot God for tor the Gas Gos Gospel I pel message tu to be he delivered Each I ach ot oi otus us u have labored la or d among many suds ann ami I understanding the Ihl th conditions as we do la their pleadings for or visits from Crom the Kl m ElI I tiers cause e our hearts henrt to go out nit to 10 them with a n prayer for tor or their future betterment and no wonder londer then Ihen w TI hall hail with gladness 11 tho good news newl of ot more moro Elders coming coining At no time lime In the history of at the mis mission iiiI sion sIan has hul there tho been sri many of ot the Gospel and ani DO so 10 many lan call r baptism 1 ns as 11 II t the pr present nt tune time Truly fru Is the time thle fast tut approaching ni lit litI I tar ns as ni this hue mission rl slon is concerned that thal the kingdom of ot dud lod GOI Is I preached and eu man pre th into Inlo 1110 It I President Ich Is II Ii n w making maIling a toul loul nf of all ni the conferences where hen h hf he met meet the presidents of ot the th same coun oun c 41 el l and advise advice l with thorn them matters pertaining to th their lr respective conferences no 10 doubt dOlbt one oie al of oC f the greatest problems he wilt wi have ha to 10 wres wrestle tie tle tl with wih Is How low eon III we 1 HJ so 1 arrange the handful of ot Elders In this as asto a asto to reach rench the greatest number of oC those tho who vho wish to be he t el elThe The Tho health of ut the thE Elders 1 MS se a 1 rule cult cultis Is I and In l has hM l I been een ery In good Occasion Occasionally OccasIonally ally one or two nr or released on un account of ot Sf III I health and nn nt ut lt present we e have some MOe few cases of ot shills chills and fever Cf The organization nt if f th Is so M com eoin complete rm that KMer Euler IU Ih h Is II In iii touch with every ever Elder lIder He lie 11 wati h s with lh a n jealous i eyo the of ot neli adl und anti the i of ot the mission In this regard li is frI Corel forcibly bly tI expressed ed In his own oln words I dont want to 10 send Ill any an more Riders Ider In a how hox The Te New Nl U Ii It ever Eer a 1 welcome and nn Interesting lor and Is II one mission missionary cry ary Rr we dont want ant to Fee see released rebated e I Laboring In State Stale lie He port Elders Frank Frnnk F 1 Knowlton and Angus ngul agus 3 T 1 FIllmore write rl from San Antonio Texas Tell August art are Rr now working In the city of oC ofSan ofSan San Antonio Is II the til largest city clr In the state We are nt having very crr good goed I success In If Ir the spreading ot of the truths of oC the Go among this lists people and 15 have hac had har comparatively cm no opposition It but Lut have hae been treated very cn nicely by 1 ill I the th officials of ot the city clU cli Some are al very or much Interested In the teachings of cC C the 5 Saints and believe bleve we are going to be eLsie to do a n good goll dent deal of ot among Amon this people The lime Iliac Me e have spent In the t e er r ld has hii ha the tue happiest ot of our lives I 5 it 1 1 In l T i We e hope hopp we will wi 5 III always foci foel the same flame sameI In I a homing I I oUr t s to i the tho t I of t C the restoration ri ra I in oC f C the til I and ond to the th divinity dR laity of t f th h mission of or the Joceph Smith The rhe News Is I a welcome vis vie visItor visItor people and does much good gool among the Well Wel Treated In iii II l n nl l 0 O and John T p Per Perkins er hue kins laboring ns as a In the northwestern ster parts of ot Texas In II a com coin communication cor slated dated datel Clarendon August state that lint they are arc well vell wel treated by hy the people peorl The Tho cowboys ore are very cry hospitable hO ansi kind to strangers In II I ii tho t ii s 1 Eu ri I II itt I Millennial Star Aug Au 10 IG IGWe We lint had hal a n pleasant visit Isi during the tho week from Cram Mischa Markow of at Salt Lake InI who lor br the past twenty eight ht has haH been ns as n n P missionary In and surrounding country a 0 1 great grat part of at the lie time alone Markow Is 18 a n of no nu mean order being able to converse freely In seven soen different languages a and Ild although al hough banished from Cram his Ills field tour four or live five 10 different tunes times the tl which line has ho attended Isis his hi labors hUH Ima hen been l n highly gratifying grat ho ht having led twentynine souls Into the lie waters of or He lie e lists has his had id good health all ni the time mind and returns to his homo home hoto feel feeling lug ing Ilg that the Lord blessed him abundantly dantly danly while In the mission field la is to tn certify that In a council of ot the Elders from Zion Elon ion laboring In Iii the Aalborg alborg confer conference ence In Denmark with wih President RIch RIchard ard C Miller Mier of or the conference Preel President dent Anthon Althon L J I R anchY of o the th Scar rIH lon and President Fran cia els M it Lyman of ot the European mission present the tho latter Ilter Elder James C Nellson Neilson Nel oll of at Idaho V p 1 8 S A WM excommunicated from Crol the tIme Church of ot Jesus heIst Christ of at for tor fornication and other un conduct 1 Elder Hyrum Byrum L 1 of or the Liver Liverpool pool conference writes wrieR from Horwich under tinder date dute of ot tho ho reporting the baptism of ot nine honest souls nt at last In t Sunday Hun ay Elder Joseph Eck ersley oreley of at the tle Liverpool baptized three of ot them his mother sitter lter 1 her husband while for tor or the others othes lImo tho WI hy by Elder Oscar T White HI y Is IR an Invalid but hit on helm being baptized she was able to walk without thing sh sl had not upwards of at ofa ata a twelvemonth tw WISCONSIN MISSION A Well Wel Conference at al Mil MI Milwaukee Milwaukee waukee iii hi Mini of er din 11 iIi Field ie In III tue hl StatS Mule Sil lie le n f as From Elder Eider Eder J L I Brown Brwn the tho clerk cle k of ot time the Wisconsin conference the following report da dated led Milwaukee WIs is Aug Aut 21 1 has haB been heen received The Elders laboring In the tIme state of or Wisconsin met In conferences In this Isle city cl on oti the mh and Ind Besides the seventeen Elders EIder laboring In this tItle conference there thelo were present with us Walter Salter C Lyman Iyman and John A Sermon Hermon of ot the Northern Status States mission ls lon also al o two visiting Elders from Chicago ChI o viz Ii Isaac Isane B n Law Lw La and John JohnL JohnQ L Q Li Bryson and u it I number of oC Saints from rain different mite of ot time tho state Three Thre public meetings were held one Satur Saturday Saturday day 10 evening and the til other oilier two tao Sunday unda afternoon and Ind evening respectIvely reflectively alt all al altof of oC which eri re quite well wel attended Sat Saturday Saturday urda evening the speakers were vere Kl RI dora dera Lyman and Anderson Elders Belle Sermon and Brown Irown till the lie meeting m on Sunday ring to the first principles of ot the time Joe Jos pel the lie tl 1 ot of Inspiration and all revelation from God Gail 00 The speakers Sun Sunday day sina II evening Elders Lyman and The Che former Cornier spoke of or the pro Ire lr existence exl tell of man irma and nf or his duty during this life 11 In II reference to time tho laws of oC God Elder Hirst spoke of or the apos alOS apostasy tasy tas from the Gospel ospel since the Ihl days ilae dl H of ot Christ and on l the restoration In 11 this die dis dispensation dl Ien aton Two Priesthood meetings m HI re also Ilso held hold In which tIme the Elders II enjoyed spir spiritual spiritual feasts The first one convened Sunday morning and wan presided over oer by II Rider Lyman The Tho general authorities ties los of oC the lie church were stere and sustained Elder C T Hirst nt who has hAI presided over the conference for tor the past six months and Elder Milan R n Anderson Mere W honorably bl n 1 to return home hOIl Elder Frank H It I was wa chosen ns as nl president of uC the tit confer once nl to fill 11 the tue vacancy caused lUR by b the lie release Ifal of it Elder Him first Ir t Riders Elders Gro OrO A J 1 Louis Brown were ero se SC Il i for Cor hil first firt and second counsel counselors 10 lore ors respectively the lithe latter being bl nUo tIme the he clerk of ot tho lie conference to which tamed they the were vere nil all 11 unanimously sue BUS IU The Elders then reported their work sine since our lur last conference and nd w ero rc re as ns signed II II led to new fields of ot labor laborThe The llie ho other tuM ud meeting was WM called rte to order ter by I Hentley Mon Ion Monlay tiny lay IIA morning Again we had hall the 11 tire lire of oC listening to Elder I ni as 1 he lie gave us Ul some Komo moro more mor valuable Instructions 11 ions ton Elder Bentley also alIa mode made re me remarks marks which were full tun of oC advice and suggestions aU le After the clo clO o of at this meeting time the Kl m tiers ders all al Joined with the tho he Saints and ml friends In n a picnic at nt WIll West Park where li re n t time of ot pleasure and Ily Ity wn was wal enjoyed Since that time the Eibers have hl been for to their fields of at labor nil all ni fe feeling strengthened by br having met together The he work In this State Is II In n a very or I prosperous r peru condition Many friends and In investigators mime ate fre being found In th the va ita various a rious Held naidA There are II two drenches In the conference on on one hero here and the other In La Crose t p and the Saints Paints In them as al w wI well ll as 1 those these pat Mt pattered t r d throughout the state are feeling well wel Six baptisms ml have been I n l since our last conference Th TI The j are aN being t ln thoroughly warned by b street cottage rn and hall meetings ml tnt We e were very n sorry rorry FOrr two to since to have hac Hider er Osmond l leave vo us Vt under tinder the of hit his wife fe being very Of HI III II which his return home hom The bl News Nc ds Js Js highly by b nil ni the Holers fUler and Is Ut fur Cor good go among the people l CONDITIONS IN MEXICO The SaInts In n Favor r avor With the Government of or that Ihal Country Welt Well Wel Attended Co Kronen n at uC Dud and load tood Elder James H II Martineau writes Juarez Mexico August Our quarterly conference Just con CD eluded line has been a most 10 t enjoyable ono one OMI It I commenced on Saturday the Iso ll and concluded on oh Sunday the lith Uth there being a good of every etory ward vard In the Stake both hath from the thit Ih state tatO of at Chihuahua and ond Sonora thu tho visitors from tram the time latter later state living In Oaxaca anti and Morelos having to by wagon from 10 to 10 miles mies ann ana crossing the tho main range of at the Sierra Mad re mountains Elder A D Ivins opened l the confer conference coner conference ence nt at 10 a I m am 1 there being present pr also ol o of at the authorities s Stake Counselors Henry enry I and Pratt high Councillors Councilors W C McClel McClelIan Ian lun Isaac Turley J J Walser A J P 0 a Ti C e WI on U I II M Payne J 3 Wright und rind F W S Jones JOlles Patriarchs A F I J JH JH H and ald Charles also niso J T P Whetton 0 P Brown leo Cleo eo M I Haws law J C and Geo Oeo C Naugle After the usual opening exercises the president fer Rider Elder Eder Ivins gave Rave a n general summary of ot the condition of ot the Stake and aims of at e labors of at the Stake prost presidency dency He no said that lint our relations with the government of or the republic were werl never better beter and our prospects In Mex Mexico ico leo never Iver brighter Eider I ller Erastus l rn Florup reported Diaz ward l ho W S D Johnon being bel ni do de nt nl home by b Illness Iness Ho ITo Hl said Bald the Ine condition of ot the he people was goon and their prospects pro for tor a good har bar harU barRt U Rt t were |