| Show THE MISSION TO CHINA about six eix m ubba ago the NEWS published a notice of the debth death of elder jeram ludington of this county and au the brief review of bib life which appear appeared ou at the lime and which was by otte one of the crienus who knew him best beat eneze was refer eLico to his teen been the brot arst in this thie dispensation to carry the dospel to china jua A timy or two later a critical anu wo l reader oj 01 the NEWS remarked remark remar kei ej that chuich hi 14 bory as he hail read it hardly 0 this statement though he admitted 1 bijai the mattel wars wao n w t quite ole cle i 1 anu alij he suggested mug that bat it would perhaps oay complicate the lurther to ELL ai tempt to lo correct ll it until it could be thoroughly looked into aud mil all the facts facia aseer ae certaine taine the letter jetter from cue ul of brother ludington I 8 its ae Bonia teB on that famous mission to far oft frasia asia was receive ti ty isy president Preside ut wilford wilfurd woodruff and by him to the NEWS t f r public libit utah august 8 1893 some time since I 1 noticed in the SIMI WEEKLY NEWS of march 7 1893 an account of elam Luding tony tons death in sugar house ward salt lake c county in noticing his good labor i in life it 1 is 14 4 stated he was the first to proclaim the gospel in china and that he went to japan I 1 am inclined to think that elder elam ludington was not the first to proclaim the gospel in china from the fact that from thy the october conference 1852 held in salt lake city elders W west benjamin ben amin franklin dewey elam ludington and myself levi savage were called on a mission to stam siam elders N V jones amos M husser and others were appointed to Vind elders hosea stout james lewia and chapman duncan were appointed to lo china auina elder Lud ludington Luding ingon von and nd I 1 both in the bame wagon left the city on the day of october 1852 being thelast the last of thirty two elders Eldera that left the city for the pacific and oriental missions lesions we took the southern route to 10 san bernardino thence to san francisco where all shipped for their several places C of if destination deatina tion not finding any ship selling sailing from san francisco to slam siam the slam siam shipped with the hin hin bostan missionaries lor for calcutta in the blo monsoon and sailed on the of january 1853 hosea stout and company shi shipped aped tor for china about the same time we arrived palely in calcutta fr from om there elders west and dewey went to ceylon and other parts elder luding toh tofi and myself went to rangoon an english seaport town in burmah hoping from there to cross arose the country to slam siam but on our arrival in 1111 burnish burmah we found the route mute not feasible A short abort time after I 1 left elder ludington in rangoon scid ad went to Maul main maln tome sometime time after I 1 learned that elder ludington had left Rangoon for parts unknown to me the next I 1 heard beard of him he was at home in 1 salt lake city utah A short abort time since franklin dewey we said to me that on their return home he and elder west touched at hongtong hong kong china and there learned that hosea stout james lewis and chapman duncan had been there but had left for america before our arrival having these facts before me I 1 am confident that elder ludington was not the first to proclaim the gospel in china and as lo 10 his perform performing ingan an important mission to japan it is an item I 1 never heard of before I 1 had bad intended to communicate these facts to you belore before but have unavoidably failed hence I 1 write now your brother in the gospel LEVI SAVAGE this letter and the notice which it was writ written too to correct were submitted to D richards church historian who courteously caused an investigation to be made of all the essential points at issue the result or of that invest iea too iou la is found in the following note from elder john jaques assistant historian histo riat it conclusively clu proves that the first statement was waa erroneous and that brother cuvage to right in his correction in ID the interest of accuracy and so as a matter malter of historical inan ortance we are glad to give ive it this publicity according to his own account as 80 published in the AValen millennial nka star elder elam blam ludington was on a mission at Ran rangoon voon Burt burmah nab in 1853 4 and at bangkok siaw in 1854 1864 on his way houa bomeke ehe arrived at ac hong Koug China december 1 sail gall thence tor for san francisco franciaco a lew few losys later elder ludington did not visit japan As written in their letter letier to president brigham alii published i in ii the DESERET N NEWS and dd the mitten millen ni alMar star elders hoea stout tot james lewie au an chapman lduncan sailed from san sail francisco tor china march 6 8 1853 arriving at hong komg april i ai 27 awine to the revolutionary a aau wj u fettled iett led condition condi tiou of that cot country atry at the time and to other oiher unfavorable cir choie tho ae not to stay there long aud augull A t 97 of the same yar y ar they hey were at Q so bruu arun clime o un on their return home 11 |
