| Show Southern States Saes Sales Honors Ben Bel E Rio Rid Special Sp e Term Juno 20 The day lay ot of June Jun trill 1 be one on that President lien Hen R r t RIch JUch of ot the Southern will wi for lor forget or I get lel and It I wi vl viii be b on OJ otie too loo that those th who Iho were with wih him on 01 that memorable occasion Oulon at nl the items home at Chat Chut Chattanooga lanO Tenn will 11 remember ai as alone one of 01 the bIte most mOll joyful events ent of or their lives live Ivi There I is no 10 filing t or position in life outside of II t thai ties of or the Ih home that tho the hearts hart ot of men meir me n nerr nearer ar r together than does doH Urn tite tl association of u if n In the th mis mi missionary field tolI anil noil there I is no man who ho enjoys enjoy more moe mr of ot the tte confidence and love of 01 his t routes from rant that IO than does II President lel I On the iii day c above ab U It I wi WaS f just JUI eight years sInce H RIch Ieh en entered upon 1111 hi lilt hll labor a as president nt of oC oCi tint the i Southern States State mission During this Ihl tint lima there have h been i en n 1400 1401 elders tm labor under tinder hub Him all RI of or whom have given him their thelt hourly arl and omi united In III n th time work vork worl It I onti 0 tit b be e Mid And ami that IhaL truthfully t 10 toe wi that leh Ivan baa hM enjoyed enJoy 1 the fullest dene the friendship and tat it love lot of 01 all II of ot his hi brethren for tor hh his hl personalities p r mid the Way 1 a ho Io h hu has acted d towards those IIO under him both In gh giving gIving ing counsel nod and In 1 Un hi ha t bore bora br together with tn tIlt sincere devo devotion 10 lion tion lon he his ht ha hu has shown hon fur for tile the work of C tho lx lorl united the tle tl hearts of both president and 3 elder In I ii the truest and tendered ties lien tl that e coUld tild be ho beI established between th Ih w lule souls of oC men muon I About Abul three thre week apo ato I O the etc ate of President Blob Jel in Ut 11 tin tile 11 headquarters themselves In Into into to II a committee vitta tl tile object In of oC ng the he oh 11 the an Mn anniversary spoken of ot Accordingly they decided d to Issue an 11 invitation to tJ every elder who had 1 In II the lie luth south uth during the th pat past pu eIght years year yer asking them to In contribute m sit 1 not to It n cent toward a fund to be ho beu hI dc Iek k and u ed In nn an C ul chair and also ala EI o ug that each fach ut of 01 n send enl a ut r expression good gOI will ri with 11 labs his to 1 be hI past pasted I ed fd In a acre l hOOk ok which th should be he lr 1111 atil along Alon Ion with time the I hI desk lesk ROl chair on tim evening I of If the he tle Those Utter I p te of ot Invitation were errs ere addressed according I to 10 the I which ap RI appear pear on nn the nil Ion nl and the fact several hundred of rt oC them were re returned l Ihl show that thata a I great t of 1 U lIe II e elder have 1111 i changed their th lr Cr In the Ih lat last latel el sight ht years er It wa WI was regretted very vel much luch that this thin I Is the WHO otise 81 for lor or the roe roa rO Soft Mil 11 that th II thus elder v ho failed to 10 notice will 1 b ts greatly lap IMP pointed II f and l lon I is made that those who failed 1 to 1 Est word orl will know kno this the reason QUIckie ot of tho thole those e Whose letters were ere returned every one of ot the elders elder most to 10 the call and the r tilt Was wan that the committee wa was U able to a 1 solId mahogany low how II roll rol I fr desk with wih H I 4 designed d chair both made malte by h the tho lr Co and fur lur nl hed by b the L L I H 13 I r company of 01 this city cl On the rounding edge odge t ge of ot the top toll of the helM desk dt VM ache U placed n a 1 solid Ud silver plate containing the 1111 Il engraving l I lien f ti K I 1 He Thou on tIme the eighth annl rr of 01 hi his hll lency over the Southern ther State Mission o from hi com coin companions cm The scrap rAp hook bOlk which was WAi mails mAil for tor the Ih from the elders Idere cn lle al about out 00 0 pages inches with Ith limp covers CIn the Ilal front one of If which wai we lettered in ingold t gold old 1 lon of Cf li Ive Iv v Mall and friend friendship ship from your our companions end and In IQ Inthe II the I hI lower right hand corner the words word lien Hen Ien B E R Rich Rih Tenn June 19 nOG nOGI Every I r page pt of ot this jar lre e volume was I filled lh the sentiments received from the elders elden eldI Several of j t the mission ml cries arlee have died since pI ne having the field neM and nd In response to the he totters letters I sent lent to 10 them came replIes from their sisters sister fathers father mothers mother or h 1 which con ve 81 the highest r l ct and amid alli the tendered feelings feeling of ot friendship to toi toa a i rH 14 h f fh good words d H that must th have I been b t I spoken n In tn their homes ot of f the labors ol or their ml missIon Aln lon president On the Ihl page pace of or f the first leaf appears appear Appers a preface signed by b alt all ni of or the members member of the office otTlee force fore the last las paragraph of ot which reads as a follows In behalf of 01 all al of 01 the older ciders oder who have labored lallOr under hint him hll TO whom th these honors hon are nt wo we 0 desire to sty s a Rich Klch Irh that Ille sentiments expressed and the gift Im presented are aro Intended to be w but bul the Index to our nui souls toul lull therefore Col whenever hele r you ou read what ht ve we f have herein hr ln Raid l of oC you 01 ant and when you OU look lok upon olif otar token tokens of ot re rep sped p ct and friendship remember er th that 1 III th os are lre Indicative of It the hits fait fatte that thai your sour or haw have not nt Wn n or unappreciated by b and that your our administration tin hll ims bf be yf i a such that Iha It I has hs led II ent elder elI r w wh has hu flied filled IEl a missIon under tinder you yg ou to re ic regard rl gard garI gr you O a 1 as his fri friend nd n and broth r rand and to took look lk upon up you yo 1 tie i a man of nj Gd 1 If It we e cn ean tn indelibly l impress g thc th these e sentiments upon up your or h b heart art tt and Ind make makl you ou realise aln we are Indeed your jour ur friends friend and Id your r th thea ph Man ll we feel that Uit our Or labors lallOr hae have been rewarded with wih All Al Au the compensation cation MUo anticipated The Th dek deek dek and In chair chir vere e brought to tn the house hout on nn the fel of the II J y yon on which the presentation was al tn to t te e made mad and Ind put In a 1 t room rom rm adjoining the parlors behind the pettier hi h hid the tb tha folding doers After paying all cli al expenses tp there Ihre was waR money more left Itt with which to 10 el de ti deco xi rats r I the front af of th te the dw dl H with nn one ne two to five I and ard ard Mil hills bla These e ewer were suspended from IW Pigeon Ph fn h hand and Ant drawer In the tb d deel X and prevented a I mutt must mt Imposing and Ind H nl to the eyes eye II At 1 I In lb II the Ihl n Rich was wa Invited to Join the force fOp In tn the t In a val social vall l soil anil ant when nil mail ll were prevent pr l lIt It was announced that i little tittle It program had been prepared int that the rest rent rl t tC f if f C the th evening would wold tar f spent pent aJI In ha II IX cx rd s commemorative of ot the eighth of oC his hb pr over ever O r the Title This was wa a 8 matter of ot cur pur ur to 10 der Rich slid id when after Dinging and nd the In of ot v I pr e el elI 1 ii 1 I 1 sentiment alter after a fr rl cc d fr m eldir r who have hats here he hf heva heSi va Si a as fairly Irol he The P 5 i 1 5 from Cr the fathers mothers and anda v a i nf of his hi t t tu hed hi 11 hits heart most m I because became of ot the il of ot such uch memories and the of the od loved tt ones On of 01 the eMir ellers in remembering hint This num nura bei bf of oC the th program waa waft followed by b a quartet after which the desk dk and chair wire nr rolled forth from Irom their conceal mint and presented tO t the tit guest of ot honor No o person could have been ln more inure surprised than a Rider EWer Rier w he beheld those Iho of ot love loe Ind and nd respect from lm all I of ot hi his missionary ii And It Itcan I Itcan can tan only be b wM salil Mi that his hale 1 heart bubbled oer over with lh gratitude to the deu for lo goodwill n e end and nd love f bestowed upon vP Mm hint In hU his hI re 1 virtue spot he hI aW said that hU h b brethren his hll and that he only wl that he w ss si as a I worthy a athey u as they him aIm to K be Nothing in Ii this thi world wend orId he said outside of oC tie tle Kindred tbS lien of ot my III Is I dearer to I tome mr me hi hail haa that volume of sentIments I antedate more than titan I 1 ua w able to tJ cx lr that thaI beautiful d dk desk k and antI char ht chartin tin hm o oU Oa matt emit pardon HI tee me for lor alu thIs thi t hll volume most moat He lie thanked the theiler f 1 for iler rn neer ly by for ci their of hir and ond ti ii lop p sIncerity of 01 tf hit bbs hi heart he and 1 ih hi t m of 01 hit hIs hI face fac we u ethic IW to th U thie of ot his hi corn eom I P rtH iti tj wee ft preeS t on n that oc or uj The Elders Rid Journal will wn eon n nal al JIn li ti r f t Atlon rj r ii to 1 gratItude tn to the riders r re for tor th Ih their theira tr tra a r f The stas a AI a 11 molt moti xue eu pee cens anti no surprise could rould have havo been hn conducted more perfectly to the Ml sat satisfaction al hll of ot all alt concerned A Of OP Till THE YEA US Briefly reviewing the tha work fork by 11 PresIdent lucia and his co coworkers roo coworkers workers workers In the It might be he saId aid that the Ihl following amountS amount of ot Uteri liter ture I Ulf Pan has 41 been bite published here and nyu I 1 Durant Cow Cov leys heys Talks alka Orson Pratts Works Vork 0 00 h book books Voice Yol o of oC besides otOO other cel laneous books and pamphlets There Th have nae been lIeen distributed also nO Hooks Hilt of oC Mormon and nr I tracts all lilt of 01 which avers the tho output of the mission mInion The Star was published for tor two years with much f rand and cu ceu cued ed 11 4 Its Ita existence purely hf u c of oC the policy 1011 adopted I by b the Church which h ed the Soree lOr oro from W to 10 K GO elders eldors The publication hal bat a 1 atton of oC about 2000 00 and was wn out of 01 d bt bl whon when It wag su suspended i front from The I Journal tin io S nearing the owl end of oC It Ita third volume ass as begun Ie only a as 08 a means mean of ot keeping In III ou h with the It 11 root met with to so much favor also the this SaInts that It rapidly readied out Cut Into their homs and KO so rapidly did Its circulation clr among the tho Saints Balm that It was enlarged ed amId conducted ou on a bai ba baste is l suit suitable amble able for tor both bolh the Ihl elders and the Saints and today lolls It II has a circulation of 01 nearly neal nearl subscribers and andl andIs Is sent to 10 all AlIl parts of ot he south throughout every stake la ha Zion to the 11 Islands of the R seas a III where whre h re our brethren are ar at work and to many man manot of ot the elders In different missIons All il II ilof of ot the elders III In the Hawaiian and 1191 11 Ill Colorado missions have hats their names oil on the subscription lI list t and Anti many nan of 01 the elders from different fields n arc arl also lino t tak ik Ing lug It There Timer have been n about II hou t w roots lOub baptized among amon whom lire are three thre of ot Richs children who have hare grown Town to baptismal Age In iii the south ev ral thousand have hal emigrated d Mild amid there me nie now no In the south according to the he last report members of oC the Church In III the mission The Till lon home hat haa been purchased and paid for tor forat nt III nn an original cost of ot with an ad lid au expense on repairs and ani fur lur of 01 about 1008 1000 Since the Iho was purchased It has hAil Increased ed Pit fu n II alue about 80 50 lit cent Ont on nn account of 1 Ill as Increased 1 rise rIpI IP in leal meal estate e In Inthe ia 11 the city There liars have Iwen heta built buill 10 or 12 j church buildIngs building In different parts part of 01 ofHie Hie time among which Is JA the Iho beau hemi beautIful church at al Jacksonville Jack BO IV III 1 KM which represents an fill outlay of or about liU MI II n The labor on this thin building M hS Mf teli 1111 f as U that done on moat macat of ot the Ihl other r churches has haa hi been wn performed by b tha Ih elders alder The Th building at Jacksonville Is I II t well built and smut IB ilS finely furnished us liS liSan usan any an other oilier church of ot UH Its size Ize In the Ih city elt The of 01 the Ihl mission mills Ion IB is felt eit It tot lor or good throughout the city especial especially e lJ hll I ly y In a II commercial If It not IO so much n it n ma religious way 1 and Its standing with he time of ot the south Is IR such tint that orders for tor or clergy tickets by b letter lett r or wire will avill be b honored by b nil all of 01 time the roads reads over Oer which our elders travel 0 o any extent this makes It II possible pO for lor forlie tile lie mission to moo It II its elders ciders from any ln K within tier her border borders This Thill Infill race nee Extends extend also RIM to time the f steamship lines Hues along the coa coast t touching the states In Included eluded In the mission With tho tito nw chants chant In III the resident city ell the molt mis miston ton Jon la I las nil the distinction dl of ot being with the highest commercial standing and so also aim N is I this true with the banks where business Is III done Ilone President Rich lUth has hll traveled about miles during the eight Ight years tie Ill ie ieh h has been In the south and amid Ix eix years out lul of ot the eight he has had hrs hits family here lere with him J STORIS JU TIt |
