| Show II I Farewell to European Mission I I I tt I tile i Wih til title IB lactic Inane of oC the lt Millennial Star tar tarI I will wil irate have n to In KII say 1 goodbye to 10 the Ibl I und Ild and ant litany fi friends lend among IW its I In lii the thu Hum huro I do so o with wih tonic sonic Je re to reo struts rul t notwithstanding the Iho I feel rol In to my mountain home hom tot for I have formed fond rne associatiOns during my lY ill so 50 sojourn 0 journ rn here 11 and I It II Is ls I aia sad sael ad to 10 part with those tho we WI lovo loyt I arrived here h rp on mi II in 1 Ii third mission 11 lon to 10 this Ihl coun countr country tr Ir try November J 2 10 and nd t to 10 mill train from Liverpool on nn Juno 11 ii 1 of or the tho prea nt jear ear Ho that by the Hie Ihl thin 11 I reach homo home It will wi he be a n Itlo over months since I 1 three Ihre onni 0 arid eIght IllIce started from Cram Halt Inko City by hy ap up appointment 1 of ur the UIA Presidency to 10 take lake chargo churgo of or Church Chinch affairs off Airs In this Ihl part of nt tho rho h tUlle lime ll him hi r r s o l 1 along ulong with great groat rapIdity I havo limit been blen FO so 0 busIly engaged ed Vii 1 flint thor has been none to waste In addition to writing all 11 thou Iho And the Ih oversight overnight and publishing of f fIhe the Millennial Star and numerous tracts and eil und and 11 other I have hate visIted plaited twice a Il year ear at AI l bust at atall all al the in England Scot Scotland Scotland land Ireland and InI Valen Ip and have luwe traveled extensively In Holland lid Hel glum Idum different parts of ot Sweden Ion mark Norway etC 1 Accounts of Ir th o hlo hat ap appeared aI appeared from roll time to 10 time In this Ihl periodical The Tho hf of oC mission missionaries arl orf aries to I respective of oC la Ia labor 11 bor of or presidents of ot conferences of or returning elders In charge of or the tIla Ih com corn companies traveling I ru II II I westward over OCI sea xoa 1 ami anil land the tho of or humor numer numerous now ous questions on UI doctrine discipline I pl II f finance Ito He tc etC itc 11 all 11 together lla unto hAn o ori ri n 0 1 grOat t of or responsIbility which I could not have hao borne hurn with wih any ny degree dI of or success hut but for lor or tIm tho Ih sup support up port porI amid Inspiration of the tho Ih Holy Iely Spirit and nl the aid of ot good 1001 and In devoted Mr tunis 11 of ot tim Ih Lord During most moot of or this thu thi tuna I havo havu ha good health al alwn wn a cheerful spirIt mid and have hao felt the Ih comfort and that 1111 collIes ole from the LarI Iti In lii II tin I hues e if t f need neel Thin hl 10 work has usia hiI prospered proM greatly throughout this the Mis Mission ll Ion sion I t took ok k i of or It I DI her ber I J 1 thorn there have luau ben 1011 distributed dl 1 tx books ook and havo hlo bitt boon been added to 10 t the Iho Church by h baptism In II the BritIsh mission mi Ion alone while In this the Ih other parts of ot the tho lio there have lotte boan boen ln at II NI Ia 26 hook and nd over 4 hup bup I B I making In the his about tracts InI und and books she ills 11 and slid over 81 EronA bap hIi baptized IzI Thousands of ot liui who have hae not nt yet et It obe obeyed ed the tho gospel have haco become believers In Its It principles III pi and many mam of theta them will wil doubtless doubteR also break the tho th bonds of or tradition end and MCK social lul 11 en Il ani cast cant 10 In their lot Il with wh tIme the III people of nod Hod These TheBe results rHul unto been bion achieved b I by the tho blessing nf ot the Ihl upon the tho labors of earnest unit and 1111 diligent 1111 laborers In Ills Ilia vineyard Seeds now own n the tho of or my pre 1 0 r notably y Presidents J Grant und and Francis M uI I I Iyman havo hlo until borne fruit In mom mole recent times and arc III In with the Ih result of el later The I for tor effort torIA They give continued and still greater returns return One Ont prominent step Ip In tim tho upward movement In this Ihl Mission 1 lon was tho ac sue acquisition le of oC tile the Mission head h al at HI house tIT Jn Liverpool arranged b by President IrAI dent Orant arant under the tho lion of or President Pr Joheph P I Smith Into Inlo Wf Ice p moved mod before 1 I 1906 09 06 rank mak making ing Mich uch alterations as Its H were item rf necessary for tor offices printing publishing and anit associate I labors and nn combining a log all Al al I with wih wi I it the dwelling ii I ing 1 ul ii meRits ments In III tho thuc one onn This has proved H II groat boon hoon to 10 all 11 In Inthe Inthe inthe the work In lii II this establishment The rho purchase of or In Houth Tot Tottenham ol London HS as headquarters for tor forthe the Ihn I nc was another Stol 1 forward It I Is l 0 us splendid 1 well I adapted I to O the purposes rI for Ir which I It was vae w desired and has hA a vast 11 benefit to 10 the Ih work ork In this The purchase of ot the Ih Iron C him h ansi and il Its I erection nt nl Oldham In the Ih Manchester conference of nf the Ih Iron In Pre b terlan Church at Rt and of nt the 11 brIck In Irk hool 01 buildings ho I Id In gs In ili with th the Ih renting and tilting fitting up UI of oC many respectable houseS hOI In lii II part parI of or tho lInt Url ISIS Ih Mission have hi 1 nil all HI tended to In plain place the Church on n a Il higher footing be hue before fore the Ih and Inc have hutte hl given great Krat and onI convenience to the tho lot lat 1 Saints t II III tl During the proper season eulon outdoor i loss bus hll been loen through throughout silt out the t hI British Brit Mission and a nd man mans thousands of nt people who Whis would not nol enter sot or our ll r plu i lt f worship ip have thin the Ih nt of or the Ih glorious gospel sent from heaven In Iti this last dispensation Iho elders elder haste I up lIp their Ih lr ol In testimony of the truth and nf as n n R Willie to 10 all people that thai divine corn lom hA hes h bosh been restored smith and that the Ih Church of ut hiss has hi been rees with 11 nil all RI Its It II former dot ordinances o Id I gifts authorities and RII pow powers pw ore ers pr Mn hundreds hund of ot thousands of oC families hate hilf been visited b h by the mis miN missionaries sail and go 1 conversations hays l been e n hail had IRI Impressions of nr which h will 1 never nr b h effaced ral In this Ihl world or orthe orthe the Ih world to 10 come comeIn 1010 In South Smith nl also these th have hll been h nn ted and alid the lie there are arc Rr entitled to a great groat deal of Ut f praise Th Turkish Mission Ml llon III In Int t eluding that In hi N has hn b n closed 11 for tor the th N nt because hau of or conditions existing there thin the Ih withdrawal al alof of the elders 1 a prudent measure 1 u 1 Hut the salIent alanl workers In III those Iho fields leldA wi will receive fh a full Cul for tor all al that the th have hl ilone dnn ond nd wi will find that 41 It I has not hot boon been In n The Th spread of or tho work In this tho th HI R and Mission has hR hear bear most moI gratifying It I tins has hR moot met with splendid success uI The Tho time Is I not nol far taT distant when full tl liberty will wi be 1 en n In the Iho lermen b by all ni religious societies and tIme the Ih gospel IRI bar har bartest t vc test l will I be bf ot magnificent proportions The Thin Mission has hati hl recently moved forward tn In a spirited and vigor vigorous ous IM III N manner 11 I II e Tho The have b been cn Inspired to 10 Wreath efforts Ilo wih marked HiI Sweden ulso linn has linnI IOK I Iwen cen by I a n similar spirit tha thu Mis Mission la don sion huts bug hl continued to exhibit Slut and Ind produce those whIrl which havo hlO made It I prominent among tim tho th foreign In sill all these Ihl purl of or the Ih I Mission tho lb evidence of if vigorous yet nl I prudent presiding powers IB 1 I seen cen and Ind felt tI Th h brethren In charge and those thoR who are under their tim Ir direction put pul their souls Into tIn the Ih work anti and IJ tho the Lord Ir hits II lean been with wih them guiding them anti and un glorifying that which they Ihy j l 1 I cannot speak Ip ok too highly of these thene my the tho mission and conference presidents lre those who era arn KrC ut at II present In charge anti those who preceded them r I hay have be been n hero here They Thy are lre valiant VII II a I of the tho truth and towers lowen of or strengths In th thu Iho house of nr Israel Irol In fn tho Iho uco must aid lias lul been oI t b by the Ibo faithful brethren who Intro have labored there Those ThoKo who have hive returned to 10 lon Ion have havo bon ben In these columns column by hy name In ILls ILK they Ih lint have hlf and their works work to 10 their credit In III the records rold kept kI In tho archives of or heaven henen Those Tho who now remain lure aro Iro worth worthy of ot all 11 orm nider lIder 1 S Norman Lee Lew I m exhibited much luch ability as ni assistant editor of or the Ih Star and und his hiM writings have shed luster luer upon Its It pages contributors havo hlo also help til 1 r In III the lie good god work Elder Ilp work D r I Ilay H II iu a roost most Ede secretary thoroughly thorough reliable vcr ever rad ready for tor duty dUI and Ind In Iii ni ll his accounts J lU lph H I Jones Jon has hM made man m I friends In attending to 10 shipping affairs and Id has ha gained val eel experience In the office while each of or the brethren havo have done good od missionary work whenever opportunity companions offered and Ind and all al congenial have ha va been ben associates assocIate pleasant Tho The traveling throughout these nations are Hr In themselves a I host In the great get battle butle against Ignorance and and 1 woo Their 1111 In iii II and 11 their self patience sobriety and charIty them heni a 1 mark before the lie world evoking admiration anti and In respect even front from virulent They Thoy are a n marv to 10 mankind When It U Is learned Ih they have ho no nu stipend but bul travel minister at their own expense wonder r n and praise hind find nd e equal al dl RI oC i 5 mie in 01 HID un minus iii 01 or an al Ri I TO I ne le holders There Theo la Is nothing like Iko It II an nn any where on earth arth either cither In Christian hr IIAn or Heathen lands land I love 11 thorn all al I nm Rm ama n a of nr their heir faithfulness devo deto ion lon and Ind obedience M My h heart goes S Snut out nut Ut to them In their labors of love 10 They T are aro ar fitting themselves for tor ex ox exalted fX sIted alted nit places pIne In tho thin Tattlers Kingdom Tho members member of ot the tho Church Ihl too 10 throughout these Ih o lands arc are worthy ut of the tho which the th he enjoy In th the midst of oC obloquy scorn eln derision violence lol nce and tile the loss IMS of oC em fm the Iho large majority of oC them t stand tand firm to 10 the th faith and rejoice In tribulation their reward Verll rf boy thoy will wi have havo The he opposition encountered durIng thin the IIII period In which I have hiatt Ino labored while on this his Mission has hR helped hellI rath rather er I than hindered th tho progress of th the work The Tho I has hns overruled It II to 10 tho the accomplIshment of ot Ills ii III purposes purpose Whenever It ha has h been beAn encountered through tho the pi rs and editors have been In willing to 10 give us ui fair opportunity of 01 reply the Ih lse results have Ine boon been decided decidedly I II ly In our favor tavor anti UJ man of ot the tho news neN newspapers neNI papers I lual II ers have hae opened 1 their columns to 10 a I defense of ot our faith They The have our gratitude antI and 11 appreciation of ot their loco lovo for tale fait play pIRY Slander Klander as n usual IRal hue haa hii lx been Ien en the Ihl chief used h by Dv those tho members of ot the he clergy who have undertaken the Iho suppression lon of ot anti and the ho oppression of ot the Mormons They do not nol attempt to 10 as ni situ Mill II tho Ihn tIm doctrines doctrInE of at the tha Salute but bul resort to 10 abuse Abue often nten In tile the limit 11 offensIve oren lo and un language To this Ihla we hat havo no desire to reply and ond wo we Ad nd AdIM advise v vise Ise IM our brethren not nol to In notice It I but bul whenever an opportunity Is I given to proclaim the Iho truth and ond explain our bo ho lint lief to 10 avail themselves of ft It I without reviling their opponents or nr getting down to In their level this course cours has hl been beon followed It I tins has been found round highly beneficial oT I leave av tile the l mission i In II excellent con condition m j financially numerIcally numerical and ami spiritually spiritual The prospects for Iho he fu lu turn tore hII are glorious The hearts of nf the are being heing Ing softened toward us 1 Our real tl character Is I shining out through the th ho of ot falsehood tA that have ho been n raised rR to t 0 befog the Iho public publia mind Tho The Id Is IA with wih us tie I Ills His HI light 15 o prevailing over nver the darkness nf of this Ihl world Truth must and d will wi I t Ikno know kno It will wil conquer and II heroine become uni universally triumphant I take tr I great grent pleasure nt at II leaving this Ihl mission 11 hn In such trustworthy hands an as 1 those of ot President Clawson ell n a man of lung Icing lUll experience of ot sound Judgment or of honorable renown onn uno ne of or the Ih Twelve Apostles of nt the th of oC whose who c soul Is I In II lii work whose who t IMI will wi be b founded In wisdom 1101 whose wh conduct will b be exemplar anti and nd whose Rim aim aim will I be bo the th welfare of or h I ia II I and unc the Ibe glory lor of or God Clod Gd With the utmost confidence I J recommend him bin binto tu to the Ih lit good goodwIll will support and faith of or thIs the SaInts And Anil I lId hid them now no farewell with lh A tender feeling towards them Ihm In in my n heart and In an n earnest I desire lesire for tor th lr future tutors good I hope hop hop to In moot mt many man of or them In Zion Zinn and all RII of nf them hem Ihl through their faithfulness In the Ih King Kingdom dom ur of t ur Jod I blens blia bl the elders presiding or 01 traveling wherever they Ihy are ar throughout I the lie Ih European Mission 1 lon lonI My M I pea liAC e I leave le with M My 1 pray pra era cr will 11 be l I for their progress My puy wish Ih Is I to In labor with wih them In the great use u of human hUlan redemption In the bod or out of nf the body hody or In I the Ib recur rul unto life 1 until every 1 ever soul cotS of Adams mc taco who cnn ran be ho b re redeemed redeemed deemed shall hll come forth through their obedience to law la and through tho tha th atonement of or the Ih Savior Into Inlo some come someplace place condition or nl glory Klor In the Ih man many mansions of or the th and Christ will proclaim In triumph over or sin In and Ralan the he work Is iu I finished Brethren be bye and sisters nod flod bless you 01 and good goodbe 11 goodbye CHARLES W Vf rE tOSE |
