Show ELDER ANTHON H LUNDS MISSION elder anton H lund of the council of the twelve has just returned from an important and successful mission to asiatic turkey he has haa visited the noted places in the holy liand land and some armenian cities where branches of the church are located elder lund at a meeting of icax scandinavian din avian saints in the fourteenth ward assembly rooms last night july 14 spoke of his mission to those dip dl tant parts of the earth he had found that during the terrible massacres that decimated the armenian christians christiana ft few years ago not one member of tb the church had suffered death thouc though W there were some narrow escamea T the armenian saints were full of faith a aaa sincerity and had found much comfort in the administrations and t teachings achl of the apostle and his associates associate iL he had also met several influential turl tate who manifested great interest in the die doctrines of the latter day saints the christian sects as a rule evinced hoa 1108 to the mormons cormons Mor mons but the authorities seemed to be willing to protect them it had been found necessary however not to call upon the authorities for protection but rather to suffer at the hands of the christians as the mohammedan soldiers were but too 00 anxious to embrace a pretext for far wre breaking wreaking aking vengeance upon the christian ChristIA 0 population the saints therefore are willing rather to bear persecution than to cause further bloodshed elder lund expressed his convict conviction lop that in the turkish empire there are alre many of the seed of israel who will embrace the gospel in the due time of the lord |