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Show - - - . - . , . , i , Post.5Months k ,... .,r-,- Smith-- - them- - Seetion- -- - .. - SHALL HUNT "THEY , from every mountain, --and from . , hlIC-and.b- if .the - It-w- rocks." ould ' I Of the u -- -- - - seem Al -- o ' 9 , . ' 1,7V.---- : ) f t, "t - holes - 1 --: , .4, , I; '' ' tX l' f , Prophet Jeremiah looked the ages 'and particularly de- scribed the work that is being done- by missionaries in one of --t- he most interesting missions Southwest of the Church-- the . t, .' Indian Mission. -, The 70 odd 'missionaries serving among the Indians today are titerally hunting their converts from every mountain, , , from every hill and out of the boles of rocks. And they are f making converts of scores of .- .. 0,41 r"' .7 11 LIII: ' , v' ,........,,, .: , ,,- , t, r , , ,,,, - -- , it ,, . .1...,, 4. - , 4, 4 ' t .4 , - ', 4 , t 1 4 ,it:i , kk, , ,i' .,, 4I 1.,....,,, , ' e ,. 4 a If ,1A t 44 I i, 1 ' 4ki t '.. ; ', i t. 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''It-"- . -- 4 , ki 4 4 ,tt I t'),1 ;,si,' , ;,k - 1' I ,, ,' ,,,,,, '; 41...-,- sA! ) ,,: , 1,2 . 0 t 1 v , , ! - .. Maricopas, Tewas, the Utes and ,,:, Indians have gone into the wa,si 4 ii , I ., .1,,-, y ters of baptism, and many 1.1, i: ' the, Piutes are 'separate Indian lilt; ,, ,.,, znore-nr- e ,, .,,,,.,,,N, tribes In the area.--- -prepared as soon as ,it ' 1 ;.' ',1 ' ,:. , 9.''' ,..,, 1 n' t baptism services are scheduled , . ''. in their areas. THz LriTut COCOPAH ', ' 'k s'"'-o'itt,:' t ;''''', 1.' , ' )k ' , ' ' ' ,,,,eKimball W. .. ,, Elder Spencer - Tribe of leas than 100 mem. 4 1 --., ,..' i(. of the Council ef the Twelve t '''' - ' bers living' near - Yuma. Ariz, 5 1 4. " , t.2i --- ' ib,t6 1, 1 ,,,k2r,..... , ; ' is currently making a tour of . ..'''' Nis ' ' ''.., 1...f , '''',:"': '! joined the Church c . .., , -' asvirtually this vastly expanding Indian 1k , ''i ,. t1 ' , 4 $' ' a 'unit '.., 1, largely- - through the , ' ' , this '.. '' Mission. The author of ' t - , '" t., t., , ,..t4 '1', .' one Pima Indian ,..4.t. efforts of ,.., t. ,''' , article- was privileged to spend .fr ' 2 i ' - 1 ;' l',"Church a the ten convert with of a year about ",,:..-2, :,tk,7.., 3 , t , ---- leader anddays memmber1 ,,k,,-,..,.(2President S. Eugene 1 k Nites...ttil 1......,...,. was Mark Vest, whose , , , - t..,,,,,', 7rm,,,,4,',,,,,,..1, t '--- -, 1 flake as they made' this tour. death last month, awhile en' APACHE WOMEN AND CHILDREN THINGS seen and MANY gaged inthe service, mad. him-t- he k v beard as the party traveled- - -brmissionaries-biroT1 first Indian , -!'martyr" to 1, among the various Indian tribes -- -- ---- - baptismal services-- ----- --cause.- His story is 49,- -1- of Arizona and New Mexico,one of the most interesting in 1.1.1 lasting impression. i sionarios are on hand to have n member of the Church.. Indian Mission history and , 'In f Among them were: the fact thatover 50 of the ' a a let alone each for for room ade Than tribe, young pair The realization that the 4 Cocopah Indians traveled to atsit in his chair Indian boy t every Indian pueblo and - vilmissionaries, both men and tend his funeral services la the this love' labor with him in the owded room- lege. women, -i near Mesa, bore Papagiard Indians. They love am seemed during the services. Indiae --- Largest Indlaii nation In the silent tribute to -his missionary :t, --t- he people. -- and at home mission is the Navajo nation successes. ; They - are having. many. 1 hint I , in with approximately 65,000 Lh.eaYeleneed Missionaries bear some most A experiences , embers. Next is the Papagos, unusual testimonies. One lady the tribes. The mission over which Pres.- - an. Oen the Apaches of which missionary said I the Indians bear -severaltribesThers114-171xdranref-thi-SimthFlake presides includes there-sarident writ and shed tears of Joy each testimonies , strong o are 19 septrete tribes of Puebas I . say -- my prayers. night, ' lo or village Indians under the 100,000 in num. own Tears approximately their of gratitude for the ex, force among ary ' bee. They are located for the ' United Pueblo Iadiati Agency. . tribesmen. periences that are mine to 3 most part in Arizona and New Each tribe speaks its'Iswri lanwork among these people." Thatindian traditions IA i , - beliefs, guagi and they numbelstrom Mexico, with some in Utah, They tell of one visit to a though now distort- the smallest Pojoaque tribe Colorado, Nevada and call. over the ages, make it Navajo' hogan at the end of a 30 people to the Zunis with tomtit. President Flake has di7 mountain road and of for the Redmen to se- I an.eingszinvited-in-by-a-Individed his mission now into' 2700 and the Lagunas with 2932 the - Gospel message tribal members.- - Many others mother'. She Informed her visithe missionaries. eight districts- presided over by tors that she,had prayed for mission - missionaries.- Not enough mtg. including the flopis, the Pimas, The work of I e to her missionaries ---,,,,,,.,., phenomenal -- -- e g,:". home and they had torne in an. . 4 strides, but is not advancing 4 .,.....4s .,t 'a ,..',". l',,, 1 -swer to her 'prayers. She,,had 1 without some opposition and . . , ' '.' .5- ,'Icl''t Al , , never heard of Mormon misto be some strange problems I , , aa . 4, ,,,. , 1,-sionaries but she liked their'' t: met by missionaries. . t. ., , te 7i,, ,, I , story and wanted to read the That acceptance of the i,--4, 4, ,..,.1, - ,.- ; , .. Book ' of Mormon. After. the a ( about ,t, jell V. ,At'ara.,,,, change vaI Gospel brings 4.,.....A ' ' '''tiL ,':;',1 --0., - third visit she said she was In the lives and attitudes of 1 ,- yi 1'' ' ,' .'t , 't, ; , the Indians who for the most 4 ',-' e- - te.,e , --- 9-, and wanted to be baptized d ON , a.m., .., 2 , .... t 'and that her sister wanted to ' , t ., -- conditions. , li , ,, , , ...I ,? 'I ; ; be baptized also. Now she Is Elder Kimball .sparks this tt I , '' 42ristii I: I I 'Ill ' a most faithful member and , , enthusiasm ,'' with an : '..,'t III program i t "t 7 f reads and teaches the Book of 1, - , 1,, ,,,,,,,-and devotion that is contagious. 1 , ! f ' , Mormon to her friends and ,, 1 , ' He Is chairman of the Indian a. 1 ' ' ' ' l' ' Committee the . family. of Relations , 1,,9' , ' ' i ', i :"..4,,,e v.. Church, and as such has a perk -- , , it , MISSIONARY ANOTHER ,,.04. of in affairs the interest , gond testified: ' -1 s , become a this mission. .". it N.,' ",, , , these"When accept " people 1 .v, ,,,, , real champion of the Indians ; , ,!, the Gospel they become the ' , ,,, " and if the day of the Lamanitio , , ',:! , t, ', 9 , i , loveliest 0. i", ' people I have ever Is t as at hand, t .. . many throughout - -t met. I can understand why the the Indian Mission feel is so, t,st to be ' Lord has chosen-the.......e.IL "."Slt.s.p.",, '..,,, , , the work accomplished will be . His own." . : , ' 4 1 I ; to his t devotion. a monument , , 2 He told also of an Indian , ' ' !, ' , , Many of the Indians express 1 , bo); who came to Primary and ' ' their love for Elder Kimball. '- ,,) now his whole family belongs t He 'understands them and has to the Church. , a vision of the day when great i ' ' This ume missionary de''' ' '' I ' L ; nations of Indians- will come I I clared that if it were not for . ' .0 Into the Church. t, I - ,4 r 44 , , dolt-, the worldly things of life such ,, ere , , '' ,k, :,,,, , 1 :',' t..., AT NEW LAGUNA,-wha as earning a livelihood, he was held among the should like to spend the rest ' , , meeting ,, ,,oi :' , iit,.... 7; t , ottaf- - ..,1,,,a of his life as a missionary Lagunas yand" attended by a ..,,,.............,......a, among these people. "There i goodly number,Elder, Kimball : - - won their resncct and interest , FIRST APACHE COUPLE TO.JOIN CHURCH ItrIN" be said, ,"a lot of dis' ' as he played the piano for eon- William Pinal and wife, Louise with baby. They were . and chapped couragement, ', I wish this thing had lips, but gregatienal singing led by an baptized April 2 , ' THE CHURCH SECTION, WEEK OF., JUNE 12, 1949 ,. , , 1 1 y ' ,? , -- . ' A 4. , ,4 ' ' .t - 0'1 ." i ,, ,i,, ,' .,, , . - '.- A n - , , ', 1,. 't 1 , , , ,, , , 1 lo ., , 123. ,. ' ' 4 . t i. :,' '1 1 I1 .. , i N.! . .. ' .0 , - ,,, ,,,,,,-...,, ' , tC,,,kz.A , ,4 - ,,. ,7 , t, t, -,- 4 , ; ..., 4 i 4'i ", ' ' 4 V t3, ,l,,, , , r ,,e, ,' , 13' '.4..' '', , 'f, , e I' 1 " '..,,,,,, ,.... 1 1:'11: ,.s..V A ?;.g. 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We fixed a ditch for an old Hopi and helped him Irrigate his field and preached the ga" I pel to him while the water was ' runrdng. It makes us feel good when the Indians seeM to have , - 1 , . I - , -that they come to use for help when - ' it - - - is heeded." A PAIRof missionaries ride horseback all day among 'the scattered bovine. Friends have donated the horses and saddles and given them permission to millu-tOw- s on the rancit for - ' thnkemair kuseileTyhoopeugnhdemauticohnetdimaot on the ranch, to be nearer the 'Indians and their means of . transportation. a wauwithoUt a companion for a time scum- - , ..listed the Services of a young Indian boy to accompany him on his tour of tracting., : - . At Isleta, one Indian woman not a member of the Church: expressed love for the Mormon missionaries and her desire be es good to them as their mothers. She said her children wanted to grow up to be Mor- -, mon missionaries and "say good words and pray good prayers." There may be a bit of vision in . these youthful expressions. The missionary work among the,Indians is not without its . problems. There is some re. ligious Opposition by stab. lishedelturatest particularly ' among the Pueblo Indiana Missionaries have biett,summooed occasionally. before tribal councils and their right to be among. the Indians and in the villages qu rtestiounedpo. Ththeelyr have stood n constitutional rights 'and for the most part have had the 'en. thnent of the Indian. people with them. OF INTEREST la the expo. ' rience related at the start. of missionary work among the Whiteriver Apa the a. The . scene took place before the tribal council upon the appli- cation of the missionaries for ' to build a small permission ' ' chapel. ,The tribal council in session to consider the applica- , tion had voted their refusal on spurred by of other religious representativs groups.' Sud- -, ' denly, an Apache woman stood . up in the council room and Informed the council that they . 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