| Show SUNDAY SERVICES rider elder angus M cannon presided pre aided over the services at mo in Taberna Taber naolo ol sunday afternoons alter noun J june u no 27 1897 tue tao choir song og the koyama prayer ls is the balb souls sincere desire uttered or uz expressed prayer was wai by elder bider 0 py bates of erda tofele tooele county the tas choir further sang behold the great redeemer the dl A broken law to ariy satisfy elder andrew bonmon was waa th speaker he began by ble hl P lessure at being once more in tb valleys of the moun tRine after quit an n absence irom home borne on a 8 oa haton of historical research arob the be logi ing which had bad been pro pronounced pronouns I 1 upon him in starting arting Bt out pou his mission bad been verily fulfilled in his bla bobadi he had bad been grotti of the lord and his bla cavall family home borne had been protected during aier absence abe ence he left home borne on the elto 0 way may 1896 1895 and nad bad traveled over miles during tue two years year open in circumnavigating circum navigating the globe tb trip bad boon been quite a pleasant ole one an anak the church generally had been fous in very condition this city the speaker said b hr had gone by way of vancouver aid to 0 t toe sandwich isla lelance utis where he flent k very pleasant time and visited all th islands of the polynesian gro groan from there he be went to tb the lelande islands of fill fiji whose where the people 41 did not appear to be of the house of f ler such an aa it was waa believed the poly were of the tee population or oi the islands had bad allied themselves with the wesleyan yao jai balth and were according the he rites of that particular deno de nomina mill tion lion too saints had bad not done MU in these Is lalan lande df although the gospel goepel nad bad boon ben preached there some little extent ou 00 the south tf me aidem were laboring quito quite oil dl gently although not much been achieved than far on oa the fula bai abo ha greater ducoe bad attended the me labor jabore of 01 the she mormon mission missionaries rise while in now new zealand over souls bad boom added to the church mom mem ber barship ship toe polynesian polynesians gone generally raby speaking were a kind hearted hue bus delcable people and the elders of the mormon church had made many ir friends among them especially was wae tala the be case among the maocia where ft ithac was alai claimed wed by we the people themselves wat that the tb mormons cormons bad done clone more tur for their civilization than roy any othor other te re denomination that thai had bad sent benl its if ambassadors into their midst tha elders had bad taught the ibe peoples demple a practical religion and bad raised naheed the them on a higher plans plane ty by teaching tot in in a practical way the principles ol of toe gospel the speakers epe abera next field of labor was the society island delands g mission wu was first established abut the time 01 ol aba prophet josephs joseck s martyrdom the work was waa stopped however in the year 1868 1858 and remained when the field was wa again and elders sent opened bened up it despite the abe great lapse 0 of I 1 time gime it IL which the abe gopel was waa unheard ot of by some ome or of wove those rt at tb the people the beginning had bad remained firm and ana tead and aad when the mission WS wae S again opened many tood stood with open the mormon eluere elders v dmn anua to receive 1 they had bad no not seen nor heard board ot of got for orty forty years Aaa was iraa also aleo visited by she speaker braker where abe church war wa progress lug in n 11 very satisfactory banner and branches branc bea were being es ea blis bad throughout the islaub A clait 81 to she holy land was wai also alco in eluded in bluer jenson Je naon s travels and he had bad boa bad the ibe plea pleasure surg of ing and examining many of be an aunt relics and land marks mark ment mentioned ned to in the now new testament the city of dumouil Dama acua furnished an intercede Interest lug g pines lor for operation as aa did also a ho the city of 1440 areto where jesus chrlot ba the greater greager portion of his lire to here the fell in with a greek Catho Oat bolio ilk priest with whom he be had a talk concerning baptism and the proper mode thereof situated in one ot of simir heir churches WAS waa a large baeth mal laal runt funt which was waa used by those people lor for baptism by immersion imm enlon tb toode mode which they practiced and believed in elder bider jenson was informed by the priest re reforce reterre forre to that thai there were certain religionists in that toad land wa 0 did not believe in bartlem by immersion immer aion they crinkled prin kled water on the heads beads of their convert edverta en verta and made that an initiation into their church toe the speaker informed the gentleman that the L lii tier atter day sainte located in the rocky bocky loe in we western part 0 Ame america riep practiced baptism by tor lm maraion gion nod this assertion greatly our eur primed him in fact he be had never heard board arabe of abe latter day sainte before elder alder jedeon darood traveled graveled all through po palestine leatine he spent consider considerable abe time me in jerusalem where over jews were located the river jordan tee tas place where jesus was baat zed by john was also visited as an well as a the dead ses bea of biblical fame I 1 a italy fie speaker visited the vatican the V home bome of the pope and also the catho disi of 0 st peter the largest church iu 1 the as world the bronze statue built r abid dedicated dedica tid d to st peter was a boa beau u light eight and did great honor to the man in whose commemoration it was wae built although althou eh we the people thereabouts jiu did not strictly abide by the teachings of that great apostle Ap oatle the swiss anti and german mission won waa found iu in splendid condition as an well aa a tie netherlands mission mi eBion in which part of the world too elders aden were laboring indefatigably in holland anu belgium the people nave a great luve juve for the gospel and those who are expounding its ita principles over a thousand people in these dominions domin lona have allied themselves with tue the churor of god and a good reeling feeling exists among those engaged in we the ministry wore there great britain was also aleo being explored intelligently anu systematically by the ji J i liter day saint eluera elders and although not so much sue case was being bein achieved it was generally believed by the missionaries laboring there that a time of awakening was waa near at hanu hand when the harvest liar Teet was expected to be algoet a great as aa it was waa forty years yeara ago bluer jenson jenion brought gree greeting tinge fe from the people eople of the scandinavian countries count Ou As aa well me aa from those of the ane islands who cid heaired alred to be ba remembered remember ou by be saints locates in the he valleys oi las mountains moun taina the sneaker enjoyed his bis labors very much it was wa a great pleasure to travel among the saintil of gou god throughout the she world and gather ani an compile the charon records record some borne oi 01 ibee were very incomplete while walle then others wet were kept in good shape hape and had neou brought home and stored am ng all agn toe 9 records now BOW in the church historian s c mee the work was waa pro gressing in we the earth and god was wae his fila purpose eilo in how bow evera ever a manner baddee gathering historical data tile the speaker had had the ibe privilege of preaching the gospel to so thousands the choir sang ang too anthem we give thanks thank to thee benediction was pronounced by bluer henry P richard richarde Rt charde |
