Show t t i oJ t r I I 1 I I t T I 1 2 THE MISSIONARY FIELDS Visit the ho Pair Rotterdam May 10 1900 et A party porty or of here I and ob leev ot of to enbe UI tie to lilt the gret reat In n Nt iet NtO O on fay Ilsy SIh Our SIde rille through end and the tho north ot o France was waa a 1 most de one on e so from rIdIng n the train acro 1 the countr country at home here the scenery nery ot being te or try dry plains Ii Ia al all rl roIl roIlIng ing and what wha to II its buty wa ia fact that hardly a lur Cot Cott toot Cf t round ground II hi but II e simply maa ot of flower owr garden or gren hey hay mal green lne lined ach side aide ot of the track during the entre entire We arrived In at 63 pm and nd quickly arre found a bus bUB that tok took 11 us to our told where here We f had p previously mAde for stopping ald and which i Is an American one by the wa way 01 oe run by a Mr dr for Cor merly ot of Detroit Michigan It is II situ Hu ted In the Rue flue Dupont dee deB Ld Loges A AJ Ave pp within tIO two mInutes walk of J one of the main entrances ot of he hI I lion I tel tell you U this for tor the benefit ot of oft t 1 who vho rn ay nee need such information I After enjoying a hearty mel neel we around Parl Paris taking In the theman many BI sIghts hta and ending up the day by man going to one ot of the numerous theaters 1 t would be for tor me to dl dee cribe beautiful Paris ns as she really I Ic 1 so soI I will have to content myself wih with tel tell telling I ing you ot of those that fist particular Iy I attracted my attention t First then the ot of th the streets and Every In indeed dee deed looke looked ni aB It I It had on I ite holiday attire The broad streets and anu avenues I f next tok took my eye void na they were ot of 1 e that would met mar their beauty auty On one ot of the main thoroughfares you 01 I can look for tor n a distance ot of six alx mi mile In a direct lne line on and this II is on one ot of the I I n Ute about al nil the instead I ot cf g and turning In ever every on ont oon t I I shape as Is generally the cue case caseI I In most ot of the large cies cities they run In InI I sines I ni all the streets are lne lined on ont ont t both eld sides wih with trees different from Iny that thal I have ever er Mn seen Thy They ar are kept w n trimmed and In I Jok look like huge rose ros bushe bushes In tul full blom bloom Another thing that adds beauty to the 1 tr etH Is the striking conformity ot of the IJ buildings is the numerous parks statues statu I monument ec etc I seen on onI every side Ido lend an air ot of bewildering I beauty to tM the city The two daYI days we set t tt II for Paris before going to the and accordingly ii I wih wIth I a Cooks Excursion Hr company II that this would be the I I and way ot of seeing the principal place places ot of Interest 4 The frt that we ne visited was 1 the thet II t Grand Oper Opera House Houle exterior the larg Jarg h 1 et eat th theater tt In the world covering a 1 Ipac space ot nearly thre three acres r Between y r four and live hundred houses Were de to provide th the lie site Nealy Nearly I every country ot of Europe has hal I 1 e ed materIals for tor this magnificent lure turc which Ct coat nearly n a million and anda a 4 hal half pounds sterling We hd had the pleasure ot of bearing a grand which I wi speak later on on The Church Ij I ot Of St Bt tary ry Magdalene must alt also b be bel 1 l mentioned n as one or the principal point ot of I It II I buit built on the order ot of the tho er early Greek architecture The ThelI I IIi lI Ii foundation wa was laid In 1764 1164 but owing II t to divers MUI It wal was not completed 1942 at a tota total cost of I Nel Near here hen Is the Ilace do de II In Concorde i the and finest square In Ir I In the center ot of tt It stands the ot of otI I Luxor LUlor iter monolith to CI needle needle I It is II a lold solid piece ot of atone 76 feet teet In end and weighs tOR tons There ar are all also eight large statues In I Uila representing the chief I ItS tS Ot Of France Franc I menton mention this square I Ion on account ot of It having such uch a tragic I history It here that 1100 I ii I was a over per perU a U Were crushed to deth death and 10 2900 insured In r a aro Crose during a large celebration held ther there I During the ot of terror In 17 1790 the I Kt Une f was erected on thIs I spot and LOUi XVI VI and Marie Antoinette with over 2090 plon person were wre decapitated The Hotel de des InvalIds founded In inA A 10 for tor deye decayed veterans C covers an anart anarea art area ot at n 31 ar acres I It 1 Is bre here that the b dy ot of Napoleon 1 lies his tob tomb being 4 a Jl tt I 6 t feet t In diameter ni and 1 20 feet deep made ot of Ild solid granite ad and andI I marble Cv VI tilted tb the It spot wh fo for formerly II merly merl Ito stood the cute castle ot of tl the Dl I which yes destroyed at the ot of the French Revolution Dickens Tal Fai TalI I ot of Two CU Cities w wee brought to tom tomy m my mind a e I I gazed 01 on tb the spot pt where the 01 old prison Ito stood We all also hl hAd th or of ping goin tb through the historic cathedral rat DI Dame founded In 1163 of ni This when full I Ii sid said to hold 20 pro J JI I I pe pie Tle There WetS hundreds of at sA present nt bad come from different I parts r Prince to b be abol In Inthe Inthe the tur treasury are 1 many old relies UI they j I include fragment ot of the crown or of thorn and d ot of th the crO cross I a nai nail II I I the C cress etc to n nW 7 W Y a glee visIted the morgue te I Me ex the bodies of nt in all unknown persona found dead In the el cIty ot of Paris U II Th The bl I ire exposed pd for three 41 diy after w which they f are sold tl to m medical In previously le Maimed and away an by friends b F From l hee bere Wt ve went nt to a I In I where here w WI IW IW about a dorm f R bin being II up upon upon on tb the el eb n plan Iton i 41 1 Q OUr R I day days trip wai a t l er r D 1 r to j th the tW ot of zt iw aW th r H mal many od old r I l I to lo The t r c I h pa 8 ar eJ lf I I l I tr r lii I I IU u uI I k 11 ri O V 1 tam aln ber hers that vry r time It plays which I Is q n a month but for mont bu fo t ua uc tj I r r f wings or of the of offne 9 V collection or of Ii h tie e e C r r t ha A I are rt said tn bp be unrIvaled r I 1 ih h world Int and to hf have e I east t r It I that If al all these theseL I L 1 r 4 b the theu I u rea raJ a a o ot of tf mi mii miles i II 1 n th ot of thia palace II 15 bout about the tIIt a t two ot Of our city blOCks Paris we wean having returned to an and tok took alpin a spin th the city The rut rest ot our tm time hj hll In Paris ParI except SundA we spent In the fair In general the outlines ot of the exhibition resemble the form ot of flattened dumb dumbbells bli lining as al I it bet duc the two of the river 11 theW out In it Ir roula regular shape For the mOt most pat part th out buildings are completed that is II U le seemed to me U it the they warly had rushed I Iem the work on th the I outside nd and lit It tb the Insides go A large lare number not yet open to of the building wm were t the public ad end even nen In thO those thAt we were th the Juble wr were not cli aU on display The for tor this would seem em to ret rest with the In nt not having the te ready a a I Wa wee told by reay several exhibitors that thir their goods ol had b been n on the ground for tor weeks was wat In readiness however to make us ua go 10 at a pretty lively rte rate In order to J see seea a much as We within the short I time that we hid hall it at our disposal I Ican can only Imagine bot how grand It wi will be SIx weeks to when al all II t completed two month will 1 I bleve believe J see every evry everything thing and nd In hi good running or order order der W We we were f at te the opening of the American building Saturday the tho nUl Sousa band was wa In attendance and ther ther were also present hundres hundreds of Iring their voices and shouts ot of as aB the band played some ot of our national tun tunes and with Ime OW Gory Glory waving proudly ahoy us I Cn can tell you u made mad us UI glow wih with patriotism an and made us feel quie quite 8 as It I W was In America once mor more moreIn In conneCtion with the fair I mention the rolling platform which menton runs around pat part or of the exhibition and which being elevated a go good view of at atthe the exhibition cn can b be had I It Is a double platform an and th these t two plat platforms forms or rn run at different speeds being Ing e so calculated fi as to render I it possible for Cor the passenger to pass from the quay to that platform which runs at a lower lowr speed Ind and thence to rD that at the IP higher speed I It tak takes Just three quarter of an hour to make the round a a person In running to kev keep tip p wih with It would be al all but We else Is a ascended nde the ret tower N tet feet high surpassing any anything thing thine ot of We the kind hitherto erected The Thenet net next ort construction In the world II is the Washington monument which la is feet high From the tower a 1 plen splendid did panorama ot of the surrounding eon coun country tr try en can b be Id had The Th view extending for over 6 50 mUl miles we ire were wert there the wind was blowing a perfect gl gel which the toWer way sway until we surely thought I It was going over Ee IOle run to the top an and restaurants ctt cafes shops hols eto etc are to be found In InId Inside side Id Sund Sunday Y morning Wf w tok took n a ride on the Sine Seine river aCt after which we went Into the Louvre Louv Thle Thi II is said ld to be bethe bethe the most Important building In Paris Farll I It wo was buit built by one ot of the old monarchs of and used as a royal reli reel for years I It II Is now uN used a as a museum We had t to go through It In Iloh such a hurr hurry that my mind la I al all In a muddle as to what I 1 MW saw Old reles relics paintings sculpture ture Art works works etc are to me now a confused mass mus or of mater matter I do br bet ot of seeing the Regents diamond weighing lI C and value valued a at 2600 I D A mn man gard guards this al all the time Also Iso Isoa a fw fry statues and old paintIngs by ar lit ot of the thirteenth and tour four fourteenth that I made fotes notes of at ofas as aB w we went along Monday night w we Went to the grand oper opera bl house wh where we heard Wagner Il Ill ht hot try to describe to you the Interior ot of this mA o opera r ho house A person n must really se sett see tt It In ord r to appreciate Is ita grandeur The brO broad mable marble stairway and th the lage large ar are what attracted my at attention Ot Of th the o opera r itself nothing en ean b be said a 1 I It is II 1 so familiar to you The consisted ot of ov over 1 10 Instruments Several times I found myself aU all but sanding standing up In my seat let 1 so crrie carried away was al I by the musIc mule We hd ha nn an program which explained each 18 1 so that we were er enable enabled to Colo fellow the story thereby making I it mich Mitch mo more interesting Tea Tuesday night e went to the Sarah Teter Theater and aw saw ht her In We understand what wu was said uld but w we knew the story atory and therefore cold could follow the per At al any rte rate the nn floe acting acUDe would hey repaid u us for tor goIng This is IB the ae same play which I read ot of In the Deseret Ne News as al having ben been put pur rhue Adam 1 hi Cb Chas for Maud Wednesday Ie Oe returned to Rote Rotterdam da to dam l say ad wr west westIn glad WAi was I to get et back T In r E will 1 lY say that you u dot dont hue hae t to b be able abl to speak French In order to tD get t I a English I is spoken 0 on iery e n at Iut to mke make your o r wat went known T L I WhITNEY Opposition Cola 10 Juno June 19 1900 To Ue the Witt The Itle people us wih with much but ut some me r re very r bitterly 0 opposed to our and do O ht thy they Cn can to thwart the efforts Cir of the servant of Oo God Satur tl th WI we met metas as to hold a meeting The people h W wire wih with few on great t attention to our r re remarks n marks p end ad an all seemed to b be p peace and nd harmony That Dut after the benediction III whirls hd had been burl burst forth A gentleman ot of th the Jo II hlo persuasion tol told the people to aJ and b he would tel tell them Moron Mormon doctrine o or Wt we never preached ne lie told them mch much of tl Ike history ot of th the Church and much that Ihal w was D not Il Its history The same me old stories w wee brought forth Corth an and OX o I fit ed bt but th lI report was wal nt not very e oud for tor u as of at our friends friend tol told us ther there WI was not tl the neur necessary tor force Our f lr at to us UI and the little tOn lion that hs has been mini tested created a desIre In the hla hearts 0 Ot ma many for tor InvestigatIon I Truth is II mighty bt and Jd wn Will pl prevail The work o In the mission I is In a pr pros Peru the tw few We lave have to assist tat U us We w were Informed tore that th there wu was a scheme lad laid to 10 give t tie II some eggs at th lb lut iset meetIng Un but bitt I tl they dk did n not e come The I Is a wo welcome visitor Your J 3 ft A II In Wyoming Te Tie SIding Wyoming June U 16 lH 1960 To th the d iter W We aN ar x Ir mast irs In tM this Wyoming conference tx of the Colorado w ware we weare are a 11 I In t o hi best of hUh health and try tryIng Ing in to bring tM the Gospel beo the pee pi pie Up to othe the prent present Gl time thee there p hu has been but very little missionary work don done In the 1 Wyoming ter nce bt but wih with the help ot of the Lord Ard the good po poVie Vie e ot of Wyoming wi will lal have the pr J l leg Jee ot of hearing the gla glad tidings ot of gret great jy joy We fInd the people very hl hoe pliable anti and willing to rad read our tracts Many are aro anxious to learn something of the 0 Gospel 1 We have the past at few months hd had th the a o a number into Inlo the Church anI and have made man mear friends The Th past palt few weeks w we have been doing some work In the be city ot of Wy Wyo held v ral eral meetings on the streets and ha had lar large audiences Your Tour Brother ChRISTIAN PIEn JN II In 0 London lAndon ay 1 27 1 19 To the Editor tl A 4 loVely war warm In Icon London and th the day After tr U the Bible ca class held at I N Penton street presided over by Elder w we mad a rapId walk meeting to Regents prk park fur our open upen air The prk park is II lovely dressed In Ia dainty gren green d dices with b bed ot of tul rul flowers The bard loth smooth walks walk ar are a all nicely sprinkled and many maDY peo JI pie a are Walking arund around In the te happy t beautiful I spell I don from the elo close dUlt dusty It streets t ot of Ln Lan Landon elder Eldr Hindley lel leads the Way a and nd we walk alan alon to tIt tb place chosen for tb the meeting W We had bad mt met Elder E T Tand Stevenson and L L returning from N New Zealand anden Ige In conversation The two ad and a ahal hal half mi miles ar are lon soon gotten over and We e tak take our place In a cirle circle II In a pretty spat under tinder the trI tees two other meetings Just a short hort distance away ar are In As AI lon soon a w we cons com the frt lint hymn a man wh who proved to b be the redoubtable Ihler stood up In a chair almOt almost clOe dole to U us usand anI and bt began n his hll harangue ot of abul abuse II In Ina 1 a few tew minutes one ot of the park guard went vent up to him and told hIm to move Inove farther away aay whIch he immediately did Still we could her hear much or of what he eld said The people bRn began to crowd around us UI and him Al All were respectful who were listen listening ing to us UI but one ln man who occasionally Interrupted 1 by sneers and O a is II that 1 so What Ild did the government do to you Ambassador ot of Christ O 0 my myland and luch such ejaculatIons Elder Pury |