Show A ATHE T 1 THE JAPA ESE MISSION MM I II C j r I nt at tho soven Second Address D r of If antI tho Church of Josue 5 Other tor I Christ of Sol In th Tibor Work Snit Salt Lake LakO CIty Utah or Of thu Ihu I Afternoon fl April 0 3 1002 by f nod Able 01 Ihn HE ER J 2 Orson of Japan S L M A much flUCh to be bet beI t I am a n very err I have havo re red at t this a d power to tell In Its lis lisI beon In mY Joce I d testimonies ot of thoo w who I 10 to the thus tar I do not know ve occUpy the thO of the can het C afternoon or not I find time without breath a 0 long I me In my lungs Whether Its a lalle tram from the tho sea level lovel to It II I 1 do not know I am high h tI well Indeed and unless I Ife I fe r long breath I ama am In imo 10 tr to t take II a i desIre however to mingle my ml mlp I p pan n jIb the tho voices ot of III my n ou nil my testimony liS s t to 0 m mand my I he YOU and tIO g ga A ot of the divinity Ut of the work I we are I tn a last night lit at thu tho I At meeting I for tor tho d little time after the tho spirit caine f a attend this conference be to me for tor permissIon to do so sofr fr Cort r il desires might be miscall r lit true g ht and mY y that there thero would perhaps anI that I WaS bl II feeling thu tho shirk tIN I ci to a but butr ma 0 In n a land lanU r li fl avin thought of oC ho Ide hica with you anti partaking ns o of of o bd I 1 could this conference of at I sp r rd t rid of the do dc doto I tried get Dol bar bard d a as s let letie I wrote the e It ie re to dC COie when en It reached hero t I In I Ie to 1110 vas given Ien n d fa seven soven e ha to travel a 0 little over Ib miles to como comae to thIs confer conCer and I was eee e I sill am glad to be here when the word came that I 1 woe hi to tare ve this thie privilege Only those thos who I time habit of feasting on onUe be been n In teachings of at the tho servants of God Ue b of uder the tho of at the tho Spirit and hove God from thir childhOOd up been can mr hov hungry I became to listen to toUt Ut tta servants of at the tho Lord when 1 t toil 11 rU that for tor eight months I did not IlOt ru be ve this privilege except In the tho little meetings hold held with ml nl Lose upon our mission In Japan Knowing that the people will Ie bt stEd to hear from that and from my associates I 1 fuire to that Elders Kelsch En life end and Taylor Talor are well ell that they are aro dilIgent and true men and Se have hae bc been n exceedingly happy from th we our field of oC laborIn tact fact tram from the time we were my departure rein that land had I om am to tell you ou th that t I had letters tram from them written ten dos days after aner my tad and they are well They riley tell roe mo that the two men whom we e am cud Elders ire meeting wIth them constantly stUdyIng very dill gentl and memoranda to no liS clot them In a defending the ot o the Gospel In ono one of the letters nr ther Ensign reters to a man by the name of oC Gaburo the second convert comert and to his In an impulsive mahner every cerr once In awhile That Is trUe to the Bible says sas so as asbe aste te be Is and the of at the and l En litter after mI I g this remark says ays Cant you him and I can III at nest most I know how hI li would so 80 to all tile the time wo vo were iere teaching him prior to his hap liap tI tarn m This tot for n a num er or of years tal himself tram from the ChrIs Ilan Ean sect to because t b laid ald the they dl not teach leach the Bible Ind mn o hns beeh the tho people tte Iba truths of at the In the larks ill to the city of at having It if from CO to people lIo Ho seems to be 1 a vet ety man loan lat I have hae m my conversations conversation s lib tb him The 11 a ay I baptized turn t rore attending to 10 that ordinance I Ikid II kid I 1 Drother to try to lIe ate him from becoming a member ot of It Iti I Church and that I would do 10 the tho Ue because I told him I d him himIn In t more anil to comprehend sr before he was baptized nut But It tilled that with nil all the tho words of oC that Brother and I utter lie ho was as to It 14 lie came to the hotel be tort fOrt I 1 was u as out ot of bed In the morning a ta Insisted upon When I that he had better study more ul set tl a better comprehension of th it ho he said It Is true truc I It I Want to be baptized and Iran understand It better after I have havo baptized and confirmed a member 01 Ile Church I knew this was true 13 I 1 told him he would be persecuted and I he be the scripture Blessed tre Lt re y men shall revile you antI and Im ute you ou and fillY any all roan man tr r 6 ci against you falsely for tor ray my Ilk Brother and I went vent In t In this lin trying to discourage this man I referred to the ot of tur toPle to th the hilling of at the It II doseph Smith and lila his brother Hy fly ram tu and to the tact fact that ninny taco men d to give che up lr lives Cor or the tho truth I wanted hIm to bi be thoroughly Ito IIo said Mid It Is true and if IC L ale and am the first martn In Japan would be the be best t thing that could h to Japan enough I lid ald I ii baptize you I bate the assurance in III my soul that t rt II to lie b n a work nc ae 1 In Japan that there will wll bo be tucy Yea even een thousands of oC that I tOlle that WI receive the of at f Christ We have havo moods mati no of ef rt t to try and baptize peo pI c hate come anti applied for tor young oung men at one time hat bar written us letters antI and naked l h Into the Church but we weI It I I that they did not under I the and We had nb tie de ide to bap and Real the tho Holy Ghost I n who would ho be like likely to tot t f the me SPIrit and turn around anti bt the Church Wo lYe have bave had no to baptize people Just tI LI a e a showing We prayed ear tb 7 dAy for tor the guidance ot of t S Pt of oC God Wo We tasted anti ef We had n a delightful Ini Time passed very er pleasantly ter not hang Upon our hands I IdI tre dI it e nt nn hour In sIghtseeIng I Itt a ake e one little tt tb trIp through tG on the cars to set get omo ioma h ht t e ot of It but I never went away In sake at f seeing the sights md nd tOt In that city I was lIS 1 the he time talkIng with those Iti I 1 ell ej upon me answering letters tt Cra studying the language The Tho lord unto men according to their 1 nether hether It be for tor life lito or death tnT of at conscience anti tIn d te t that 1 t I had was as to buIlt my II l i 1 at land from day to day and u t return after atter three or five fiveCO CO t at out or baptizing J I b I would be satisfied however ee exceedingly grateful o ray my J II JIh that He saw law tit itt to im 1 1 lii Is Spirit A couple ot of men Te lIeve eve are aro honest They mIl may art arm b her but Jut I believe bellee St 5 a Sl today The other man rafi rafia a o Pries the could not net ot and Wo we had bad to talk c b to him through un an Interpreter ThIs I man was cast t coin lila his I i of oC 1500 by II and nil told that ho would bo be itt In his he quit calling tM the lIe I 1 believe that there thero Ic 19 some 1 I nm am amnot not yet yit butI but 1 Wilt vIII 1101 stol atop calling on thorn them l Finally ho he wu was cast enat out HO He continued to call upon us liS and lua baptized w I rIm rilE S SIn In Iii that thai country Ills It Ic very Cry for tor torI fora n a person persall to earn much money It t IS i Incomprehensible to rile me how people CUll live IIvo anti and clothe themselves and tip ap be welt and aM healthY on the limited amount of mane mooney that they You can hire litre hundreds anti oven een thousands of men Inen that are nor Inar ned and have havo children for tor 16 15 yen en II a which l is 7 O In our money malley and they will live on that Iou rou JIm IlL litre II a moan man to carry CarlY you around in olle of oC their vehicles they them and that moan will vill work worle for tor you ou it IC you buy your our own vehIcle for tor Hi 15 yen n a month True Truc there are men inert that get Het 20 yen en because the they are aro lor and there are others that will get ns as as because they are Vcr Very In running but you con can ot ota II a man that will vIII trot along or fOUr bourn nt at n a stretch for tor IG 1 or JL 20 yen n a ne must get enough Dough food tood to eat or I do not think he could stand It It III It remarkable to mo me the and thu tho frugality ot of that thal peo pIe and the way they g t along I half n a dozen ozen beggars nil all Hp time I was there In the crowded cil city of I 1 never saw but two II and nil the they were vere afflicted with lying on the ground b by a 11 bridge It Is it 11 city of of people Onti I traveled around many many hours and they were the tho only bess beggars rs I saw SIW The Tho people are aro almost lIke bees bues In a 0 hive anti and the they alt all seem to be busy They Thoy are arc II a very remark remarkable able people and I feel to sa say to you IOU that I believe bellev know that God will do a mighty work worl In that land The Lori Lor has raised up friends to us Many Influential men have called and vIsited with me I nm cm told that a certaIn man there by the name roune ot of Goro Is Isby by tar Car tho ho strongest writer In defense of ChristianIty In the nation of Japan Title man before I ever eer met him no nn article In one of the leadIng maga ames of Japan In which he criticized the newspapers and the tho people of for opposing the tho Mar Mor Mormon Marnon non mon religion My Iy Interpreter Inter Interpreted interpreted this for tor me moat and I afterwards d rend read It to 10 the man Inan lie He laughed anti said lie Be hUll has not Interpreted my nr ar tide lie said The very first line says Thu Tho people of welcome with loud JOUI Huzzahs which Is or II a pluralIty of nOd I dill did not sa ray any such a 11 thinG I coin The enlIghtened people of oC Toldo The whole sarcasm Is lost by your our In Interpreter It was not the tho common Joo itle Ille It was riot not the tho laboring but It was tIme the enlightened people of Tokio t that hn t was IS cryIng au out t against the Mor moo mon people I 1 naked him him It if lie he would not translate the that page tor fo me him himself self l I had about 10 pages HO He sad sald Ito ho w was s very busy bUllY buhe would translate the first as near ns as I Ican can call remember the page was Willi ns no follows Time The enlightened people of To Ido ide havo recently welcomed n a sect from that preaches poly polyandry andl andry Ii a plurality of husbands husban and scarce have th they welcomed them extraordinary enthusiasm and the bus huz antis died away they are con can with Ignorance the Mormon religion I And these people who are condemning the Mormons and amid polygamy are bell believers overs In Can Call there thero Ito be under the tho sun still II a greater than thIs We might say somethIng about the emperor anti his concubines but bul perhaps It would be considered disloyal and therefore we will ivill keep keell quiet FRIEND RAISED UP ThIs you OU n a little Ilea Idea of this mait I told my Interpreter what he said Well Mr Grant he and I tol told you that I could not In Interpret the article I told you that It wb was like n a rugged mountain I told you ou It was so full of at force and fire that I could not put It In l English lan Ian language guage The minute I read this article I sent the writer an to como mid dine with whit me at the hotel lIe Ito came there and afterwards ho wrote amid said It if I would furnish him Items ot f history r regarding our people lie he would gladly write It book In our tie dc tense lie Ite sa said I 1 feel teel that you ou are honest I feel that you ou are arc misunderstood stood I tee feel I that the Spirit of time the Lord lots hns conic come upon me and I want to do de tend fond you It if you ou will give ghe me the I will do It for tor I feel teel that I Iam Iran ran am to this work I immediately told him that It would gIve me pleasure I furnIshed him the history of Joseph South Smith b by Brother Cannon the history of at John Talor b by Brother and A BrIef of the Church W by Edward II If Anderson The latter Is III published b by the JuvenIle Instructor and does docs not give Brother Anderson time the credit or of being the nuttier author hut but he Is entitled entitle to It and It I had the ability to write such n a work I would not let them publish It It If the they did not put my name upon It 11 I furnished hIm Mormon Doctrine by Brother Penrose The New NewIs Witness Is for or God and The Missouri Per Ier Persecutions b by Brother Drother Roberts and the Book of Mormon lie already had the ot of Mormon and was pretty well posted on It I also him among other documents n a tract by Cal Col Colonel cruel onel of at London that I I I i I very er much lIe He has written n a of oC sont or more mor pages about thu else of oC the tho Era He line hns I illustrated It with pictures train from time little pamphlet entitled In arid Around Salt Lotte City Th ne neIs Is 1 a picture there thero of oC tho ho five presidents of at the Church also of at tim tho block n a view of at Salt City of at ot of the Snit Salt Palace anti and of sOllie with their thell I arm their the tho same annie as III tIme tho And iid by tIle the wa way there I Ia 19 a wonderful he between tween the American indian arid amI man many of at the Javanese Japanese The Tho pictures ot of Prest of UlY Ca III II y nail ancl or of some somo others wll ivill be h d In this book boo lie says that these will dispel at a glance Ilance popular Idea that lie tho Mormons are Rrt an ignorant ant degraded people Ue lie lieu has Iii a of the lehl LehI factory and ho sae wonderfully Impre sc with what our people had no ac In a material wn sva lIe said saidI I may of oC course COUls make a In conic como ot or doctrinal items I would not Ilko to do that I ma may make a mistake In sonic some of at your historical I 1 i would not nol like to do that thill eIther and I shah to you the doctrinal historical Items before I may took book I invited Invite him to oer ovary Sunday for tor about two to months null afterwards he saId lie he dd not wish to show me anything In the book because ho he said people will say you ou told m me what to write and It will not do you the good I It II to do I am welting In your favor tavor and I know you ou will b be pleased with the lie book lie had rend all 1111 Dr Tal ial articles pUblished In the Era Ern on onlie the lie history anti Philosophy of oC Mar Ilor monIsm nod Ito ho said that If lie ho quoted the tho doctrinal and historical Items from what I have gIven him him he could not make OIlY nay mistake and amid that was what ho he hall had done IN m FENS OF MORMONISM I am sorry I did not bring wIth nie me metho the tho contents of that book It will con lain 10 anti Is entitled The Greatest Problem of thu tho World ThIs will gIve you some sarno idea Ida of oC what the man thInks In the tho article he wrote about the Mormons before I ever met mel him lie he wound It up by say Imy lag Ing I wilt will n ask l some sOllie questions Was Joseph Smith n a hero who do e the world and was punished by the tho Almighty for tor his wIckedness Or was he like Jesus Christ I a martyr for tor forthe the truths of oC I believe bellevo that this man became convinced that Joseph Smith was a martyr Here Is Isn Isa n a list of oC the tho headings ot of the tho ten chap Chapter I 1 The Greatest Problem In Inthe inthe the World Is Itt it Early HIstory ot at Joseph Smith r III The Tho hook Book ot of Mormon Mornion and Antiquities Archaeology gy and Comparative Philology Chapter IV The Spaulding Story and other StorIes Chapter V People Chapter Chapler VI risen out of at the tho ashes Chapter II Loyal or Disloyal Chapter VIII f What Is IsIt isit It Chapter IX Social Conditions SocIal Christianity without runnIng Into Corn Com mull Chapter X Success and Prosperity antI and C CommercIal TiLE ORSON OnSON PRATT OP OF JAPAN Not ono one word lint Is In this book h have ve I 1 suggested but |