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Show l TEMPLE AND TflB&RNflGLE,. j It is stated by church authorities that nearly half of the second half-million half-million Issue of church bonds have been placed. The spriug- conference at Coal Gate, I. T., was well attended, and a most enjoyable lime was had by those in attendance. General Superintendent Maeser is preparing a revised edition of "Religion "Relig-ion Class Instructions'' for use in those rapidly increasing organizations. About 130 missionaries of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will leave for different parts of the world during the present month. In a few days Elders John Henry Smith and M. F. Cowley of the council of the apostles, will start on a visit to the churches in the southern states mission. Elder Herbert E. Smyth of Fountain Green, Sanpete county, has just returned return-ed from a successful mission to South Carolina, where he has been laboring in the interests of Sunday School work. The small company of Utah immigrants immi-grants who left Glasgow on the 6th inst. , brought with them the body of Elder David M. Muir of Beaver, who died while on a mission to Scotland, on the 20th of October last. No religion classes have been organized organ-ized in the Salt Lake Stake of Zion until the present. Dr. K. G. Maeseri as general superintendent, paid a visit to West Jordan on the 23rd Inst., In order to inaugurate the movement in that progressive ward. Elder E. J. Wood has returned to his home in Salt Lake City from a mission to Samoa. He has visited, besides Samoa, the Friendly Islands, Vavau, Haavai, Togatabu, New Zealand, Australia, Aus-tralia, the Fiji and Sandwich Islands. Elder Wood says he has enjoyed good health during his absence and found the missions in the various places visited vis-ited in a prosperous condition The annual Sunday school conferences confer-ences to be held during the month of May are as follows: St. George stake, May 6 and 7; Parowan, May 13 and 14; Malad, 20 and 21; Juab, 27 and 28. A uniform program of singing and concert con-cert recitations, as arranged by the Deseiet Sunday School Union board, will be observed at all these annual conferences during the present season. The attendance at the tabernacle services Sunday was unusually large. After the singing of hymns President Angus M. Cannon introduced five missionaries mis-sionaries who have just returned from their fields of labor. Elder Albert B. Kimball, who was assigned to the Southern states mission, mis-sion, said the Saints would be the most contented people on the face of the earth, and that only those who have been out into the world can realize the great contrast that exists between the people in the valleys of the Eocky mountains and the people of the world. C Eugene Lewis, also of the Southern states mission, had greatly enjoyed his work among the people of Florida, and characterised them as a kind, courageous courage-ous and magnanimous people; but the prejudices of the southern people are very intense, and their opposition often takes the form of violence when dealing deal-ing with the Mormon elders. Elder Lewis referred to the spirit of love and forbearance that characterizes character-izes the Mormon people, and said if they could live in Zion as they live in the world, "Zion would be invincible, and the stranger within her gates would be constrained to yield the palm, because there would be the invincible in-vincible force of example." William D. Neill has spent the past two and one-half years in Germany. He was well pleased with the success of his mission, and considers the field a good one for such work. He spoke of a tract which had been published in 1881 and sent broadcast through Germany, Ger-many, which was very detrimental to the Mormon women but said that the Germans had changed their opinions very decidedly in regard to Mormon women since some of them have visited the fatherland. Elder James F. Jack spoke brie By of the work in which he has been engaged in the Southwestern states mission. He advised elders in the missionary field not to write home their failures, but only of their successes, for the man who publishes his failures broadcast broad-cast to the world is known as a failure. Albert P. Kessler of the Eastern states mission, then related his experiences. experi-ences. He said tha the inhabitants of Washington, Philadelphia, New York and Boston seem mach amazed at the approach of the Mormon elder, and many times ask why the elders have come among civilized people to teach their barbarous doctrines. But despite the opposition, he expressed the opinion that Mormonism is growing grow-ing in the east, and men are becoming converted right along. |