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Many others of the family followed his example They often'asked the stake missionaries 'Why have yott waited so long in coming to visit us and bring us your story" ' The Young Stake Indian Mission began functioning in 1941 pnder. the ' direction of William Evans of ShiproefiTN.M. was caned by tht First Freqidency Two years later, his , son, Ralph williatn, Mission, embracing the former to preside .oVer a new unit, the Navajo-Zun- i time later Some Mission. the Snowflake Stake Lamanite Indian Stake Young , , - 4 , q ' 1 1 ,sti-- - . 17e4),, , . ,. . ., .1:' , ,.. 1' - - ' . , . , 11, i - , 1;4(Ae. , , - ' I 114 ,,fir , ' .I ' fil b k ' -- 7...I....? 44 - .141 - - i iF'd. tt p k r - . , , r - 1 4, o NI"' I 4 ,N0,.. ;;.,..'". iy-1- , . . v,,,,. ' , i . , k.,,;:145"-skt,,,---7- It '' t, , '' tt.1 I 4 - ,..4., - --- - 4 I ,,-- -- . .4. '" , , ;:., ' . IN i 'I ' , to ,........ inagi.r'''-5ft'fi- :' -3- 0-- --- - I 4 'i , ..., . ' i th,' (a.' -- ie , I:k : . ,N , y; ,11,fxte 1' vaikt,,,,...-. Lik.,1 ,,., , ., A ' ,i ' ' I - - , - -- , '' --. ' - - ''' ." - .- - . . - 1 f , -- ., , I I . The mission now has nearly 7,000 members in 11 branches. More than 200 missionaries are laboring on the reservations in Arizona and New Mexico Although the missionaries ceased to labor on the reservation and he lost contact with the Church, Tom Polacca taught his family that they should ,not join any church-o- f the white man until someone would come among them with ".!the book of the Mormons." -4 I I , -- e ever Sporadic work among the Indians of the Southwest had been-don' since pioneer days. Much of It left no lasting ,Impression. But when Tom Polacca, a progrssive leader of the 11op,is in Arizona heard. the Gospel late In the 19th centuiy, he was baptized and rernairied 4althful, throughout his .. life. He died in 1911, 4 1 1 , . , f i 4 - . . - , 4 4 1 , "1 . ; i , Mission was added to the new'unit. fleatiquarters were established s at ' Shiprock. , President Evans struggled along during the war years hampered by a lack t, of missionaries, by travel restrictions and the opposition of churches already established on the reservations. But by 1944;; he reported 43 members hi two branches of the mi,5sion. , ' Headquarters of the mission were transferred in 1947 from Shiprock to Gallup, N.M. Two yearslater the mission name was changed to the Southwest ----Indian Mission. ". ' ----- beans with bacon, boiled. Mutton aridflat bread. Almost as many people came to the ;fleeting the next day, iScne;of them traveling over 30 miles in their w gons. Only a few were members of the . 1 ' . , Church. .1 1 : 4 4 :.iHoll.:1.64.i.s.cio,,: just five months before in February 1943. Four recent converts, Clyde Beyal, and Howela and Ruth Polacca bore their testimonies.. President . Evans spoke. After the meeting, the crowd enjoyed the Navajo dinner- -. -Mary-Jumb- - i''i o . ' ''' This' -was the first conference of the mission which had been organized 4 , - . I il o 4 ...,, .. A white man, President Ralph William Evans of the Navajo Zuni Mission, stood up and addressed the silent crowd. A song was sung: "High on a moun- lain top, a banner Is unfurled." Most of the Indians didift know the song, ' but bummed along as best they could. - f 1 4 1 N.' ' , , , - - 4 . 1 , - I Fires crackled atop Toadlena Mountain In northwestern New Mexico. Indian women stirred Nibbling kettles of beans and mutton. Some 200 tribesmen sat on the ground or stood about, wtiting. More people arrived. The sun would soon drop behind the jagged peaks of the western mountains. ' 1 " ' m,.4$,:iila.:r.i0:-::....T...:04.0.:..00.---ok.:,p...f.,iyo.roo,.:......:To- i , 7 Ig-se-e , L ' ) , , , - a ei MW I 1 , , , - 1 .., ' First Conference i - - , 1 ' ' A9, 04it, t - - thely today, physically and tangibly, as well as the greater spiritual' and intangible values that have so blessed our lives and the lives of our children . . . This square has since become one of the most visited and most talked of 10 acres in the world, I am sure. About a million people a year are coming here currently.' There Are stiR manyi'peo',:' Pie who gome here from all parts of thet country who remember and who speaks'', feelingly of their, visits in decades gone by. This is our window to the world. I almost believe .at times, without being able to Prove it, that l'iot ,only do we more people here than knywhere else in this Church, but that more strangers see us here than in all the ,, rest of the Church putt together, The grounds are open about 14 hours a day at present. o ' 4 i ragged, they I am sure, many of them, and worn and weary, nevertheless they continued to consult their convictions rather than their convenience. The fact that they do so accounts for what we have here -- " 4 Fatil:er in heaven by the w hich is now rinsoue,. if! tre, seagulls, immortalized in, stone on this . block. With 'What little had, neVer-failin- g - 4 , . through -- ' . ' , 41 .,7 - , ' HIS ASSOCIATES will miss him for his kindliness, his courtesy, his devotion to duty, his loyalty to the rause of truth which was part of his 'Soul, his calmness and evenness of disposition, his countless little acts of consideration which filled the daily lives of himself and those with -whom he labored. The personal loss that comes to us, his associates; Is beyond our adequate expression. May Göd cause that the memory of his life, his deeds, and his counsel shall live on in the hearts of the Saints. 1 In4t . - . l' . , :4 .. comes before usrne'n and women who -- faced the harsh realities of physical existence. who had been , , that summer and that spring, through the or-- , deal of seeing their crops , , i 1, threatened by complete des'rtuction, and many of whom had witnessed the ' ' -- CANT look at this audience this miirning without thinking of another audience that gathered' , on Temple Square 100 years ago . . . The rtictinte of these people . - ! ,,,, 1 i ' . , : . October-19- 48. , . 4 from as address by Wee Ibchera L. Evans of the Connell et the Twelve at the senstatinital 'general confer-ew- e ' Excerpts the love, .respect, honor, could not be Heaven without ' and family association of his loved pries. MS FRIENDSHIPS l'ran deep. To him, friends stood.' ' .snext to family. He loved and respected the great Christian qualities which were reciprocally returned . - ' to him by those who were blessed by his affection , and"resect ,He loved his fellow man. -L He was a genuine believer in the brotherhood . of man and the Fatherhood of God. The Gospel of Jesus, Christ was inherent in his very being. Every fiber of his body vibrated in unison with its eternal principles.' Time and again he de dared that he held all that he had', at the - disposal ' of the Church. With him the Church came first for all the tal- ents that God had given to- him. , - i , . , - ., '' . i , Following word of the d,eath of their associate in the First Presidency last Tuesday morning, President David 0. McKay and Presi-o- . dent J. Reuben Clark Jr.., issued the following .. tribute of respect:,' N THE sudden and unexpected passing of Presi- - -- V; Apt Stephen I,- Richards,7a loss has corne to ' the community, the State, and the Church, 'th a t overwhelms all who knew him and his 'work, and ' leaves all with :a sense of deprivatiorr of his vision, wisdom, loyalty, devotion, friendship, and great ability ' that seems all but irreparable. , , His great love and devotion to his country and free its institutions, made of himf a great patriotic citizen; his influence for the preservation of the Constitution and the Government formed under it, placed 'him among the foremost citizens of his genera- 0,-- tion. ' ,. , was a He wise counselor, a skillful negotiat9r. HE HAD LONG yISION in 'matters relating to the growth and development of the community. He saw- - far Into the future needs of this community in which he lived and he had a rare ability Jn analyzing its problems and in leading others to see as he saw; I His insight into matters financial was of the , utrnost.service in the various fields in which he was ' ' ' called to work ' . ' He was a man of widest interests . He was a leader in whatever activity he was en. gaged. . His counsel was esteemed in all waits of life that , he followéd. He believed, as he believed in his own existence, In the eternity of the family relationship. Whenever and wherever he spoke, this was a favorite theme he almost never failed to mention. For his Heaven v I . . , . ,,,...... Window to World. 'BelovedAssociate Ta-- A Temple7S ttare ! .., ,... ' 4 4 . ' 4 , , t.,,:t.b. - i ',I fro , , ,14, 744 , 'tokV 4 , , ' ' I1V- -- , ' Week Ehding May ,23, 1959 CHURCFF-1--1 ;0 ., , |
