| Show First Presidency s Christmas GreetIng r IH t TI j to the Latter G happy l tide is at atIf If 11 year has gone f I Int 1111 J ast CI Ic I low as h I 1 I It 11 or woe of m I Ii i t 1 nl t 1 of thc e I eyer be known to ot h cr t lall Mi I of Importance hc II universally the 3 i ca th o I cf tho twentieth Tr pI lr has nl Ith 1 I IX to he her r If or ItS Vo r t I udal waves I t r u other alarming t 11 which upon 1 tit of nil nilar ar tl rg I n o cr rth 1 I I 1 v II t of the di Thrones arc h arc til tilI I r ar The hitter I he i tJ RII II r P 1 eulist t f I l ot ott t t 1 S dV suffered 11 t form in ini i t 11 n en I h 1 r IC I t thu II and Thc illI toda I as asI I th divi divis s I their land b rL Il The Poles r P WI They loc f und to ob thc plunge into an r 1 that I e II upon their dl of thc union I t 11 and with b i a in inI I 1 I is due to thc t I 1 t or thc 1 Y til knotty illS arC to ilL COll f II th choke they I m Kin I the the on of the Danish t gr of KIng Charles Charlesf f I l of thc I II and a of l jarl of England hc is r ll with 1 I l 1 hc sits III t of thc II h of II 4 The Danish nation I its ag i 1 1 r and forcing it itI I OIl in dairing poul 1 I other branches of IlI far I Thc of C 11 but aim that of oft t i 11 b d great J II th 1 and on the land landI I te 1 maintain his hist t s the burden of I I Thc I I I r landers continue ft I I d the I To keep Jr hen the dykes re 1 mud tho Ight and enormous tn Jt Ii thc dykes were 11 Hrh of that thrifty r iii Ij an L rr l I l Bt It k I looms and act tr bus empire of It I nt and peak r Ift fil a t that of It t l U J I I I I 1 j I If f aA n 1 r 1 m r TIIE FIRST PRESIDENCY AT WOR From Photograph lor the News Them in 11 Attitude Around the Table at Which They t Their Daily into a state of of the lOllS of Ita I cross the to work in our land hUl they their in their own Spain is rom her in the with th l States to thc t of Francc is thc on a solid basi The has to church and thc look to their rs or support in shad of the state Thill will not bc a hard England is th proud mistress of the I a Canada is rapid I settling up her immense do domain main thc area of land the Our own ill the ranks of nations The of the nation has his to on the pages of history for honesty of c wise r igns in the theland land hac The Panama canal will he the most stupendous of fill works 1 h man of thc seven of the world compares with it It may take to it but is it and it a The IUle much to he thankful for ill con the palt Abundant ant crops reward thc of the husbandman While in some parts the amount of destroyed the wheat h rust and great loss ct cereals were X in the history of beet ha vc crops in industry has ht sums of I moncy into the h lII of the ers which would been in the of other Thc has blen wool illg a high price as aha has the We that no has heen one iu thc lint of should be We approve of thc aims of the tural and society a thc aud turen luch can lc done in that line that would help to the work mill keep our young at While we are for thc general our people alc enjoying in wo rejoice still more in the spiritual progress that is manifest among the anu this in spite of the bit and opposition which met both at and Some of those who in the faith n have beell somewhat by hc scurrilous attacks made upon the of the Church the majority of the Saints hae together have to honor thc they have made with the Lord They in thc p they meet illustration of the words of the If 0 were of thc orld the world love its on Thc feel a comfort in knowing that in that sense arc of the and arc wil ling to the indignities upon them knowing that lIe l serve will them and overrule for good what their or The love of the Saints for their religion is shown h their great in of wor worship ship The of this haH dim Thc people were poor and had to produce their all from thc soil They could not hence the log school schoolhouse house was public ill the and this to serve purposes being a temple of it was used on the for public 01 during the or As the people grew in changed the small log tor the elegant and school build buildings ings that e no dotting our We arc proud of what the people have done in that direction wc doubt whether another can be found where the same of people have done as for the education of their without state help or cn ns has The not forgotten 1111 ill town and are found houses of worship During the past ar church edifices fin a arc now under of which are very This activity has not ben to Zion but in inthe the onH abroad the EI EIders ders ancl the Saints hac felt the need of VV h AN N houses of worship to the Church In ur hac just a building for meetings an 1 n co house or the headquarter of III Aalborg a meeting huu c will shortly he finished The or orthe the European Mission will sCIOn be located in an facing Edge Lane Park A feature of building meet abroad not he forgot thc that our Elders ill with their mis missionary hae willing to take hold of thc the and the paint This has en to the and gained them the of out outsiders siders who acquainted with tho fact that they were doing this work without and at tho same time their on ex The buildings in Tahiti by our mi are considered amoni the be t in The the wish to them con conI consulate I One of the HIders drew the plans or such a building which b thc During the ear the enc of our Church has and the Church hns made much larger ap appropriations this end than ill since the Church school Thc aim of these l is isto to g c our young people a thorough of the principles of the gospel and in their II loc for forN N truth aud and ill n to this to ive a h high in nil nilor or them and in some few o the I n course preparing oUr young tn higher liol at State or orthe the i the I students desire to selves in some of the i We think that who go E lt to study might receive II good if not hettel in institutions of We feci much etl with thc brood work in our Church schools Ind the g cn Our lac I fot the of thc truth The of the liff missions watching ocr the work of the Elders and Ii theil labors in a illat he left un unvisited visited but that all of hearing the glorious principles o The Elders arc in their to fill their to the of their The results of their very and a acreal creal number of baptisms is re reported ported The number of tracts and books exceeds that of Rn previous year An of the Book of in Turkish hns hed and is being dis distribute tribute the Sultans sub subjects A of the Book of lonnon into is lIr completion Periodicals arc published in of the themi mi and are having It large circulation of the t I I I J dit to hac a pap r to take thc plan of the tract and as I 11 pub f it would keep 11 forI the lIW 1 lIl 11 ri 11 It I the t I iI rl n of Church Wt a that it ill productive of much good We feel to th binl or union fide Ii ty by ear TI 11 howl an or the gospel The to th blur h to the faith of Ihl Church in the r of The ma ea 1 h lido I av 1 Ilave oc p st car arc wh h Sa it r HiI COnling ing Although He Hi would tH n thief in inthe the nl ht still lIe which would In ft Burel llis coming as the the of slim wise and will heed n l c thAt be not ot the of the or the il this that thc gospel is being the poor as a witness unto aU nations to trails in inthe the keil II pro rc in almost cv r rt of Zion A of wards hac been luring the cal among which we muy the of the Salt Lake Ward Bannock Stake Second ald tak Lo t Ward Idaho a Branch at the division of Stake into two During the year a number o brethren atul sisters left IS to join thc great on the side ilia ue mentioned 1 f the Council of the Apostles Presidents J Smith of the Stake ol ph Morrell of Cache 0 of Alberta and Francis of the lorgan At well knon wc may of Elders Hobert ot Pinc Valle Villiam Farrer of Provo and F of the anti j jI al o G and E nez nezI I musicians olle of the oldest of thc Church Amongst our sisters who have passed 1 arc II Snow widow of ent Snow D WO widow of President Woodruff and Hannah 1 L Smith the widow of Gcorge A Smith and Sister Emily If Woodmansee the poetess and others worth of omitted for lock of pace In conclusion we pray the corning e a erous one and that the Lat Inny be abundantly both temporally spirit Iud that in their prosperity they will the of they c We wish our pool le a joyful and 1 IW Y Your Brethren the of Christ JOSEPH F ATHO H LU D DOll Oll R WINDER |
