| Show missionary MATTERS the mail which left liverpool on the evening of saturday june arrived here at 8 3 oil elock this morning being lew jew than ten and a halt half days daye in transit lt among the papers papera received was the millennial star of june 19 which contains several items regarding missionary work that will prove interesting te to utah people two announcements noun cements of holding conference in tile the british mission are madette ma made dethe the meeting of the scottish Soot tieh conference to be lu in glasgow on sunday july 9 and of the leeds conference to be in bradford on sunday july 16 ARRIVALS the gulon 8 teamer bleamer alaska which arrived lu in liverpool on oil june b brought the following brethren for the british mission ion elder anthon id lund of ephraim henry M dinwoodey oliver hodgson F W simmone of bait lake city and israel bale ot of neobi accompanying these brethren were dr J E talmage bishov john clugey mrs henry M dinwoodey Dinwood ay mrs israel bale mrs mra sarah barab cherrill Cb errill and mrs jane li linnsen ansen of salt bait lake city and job pingree wife and daughter of orilen RELEASES AND appointments elder alfred solomon who has haa had charge of the european Ml aelon to in the absence of president brigham young has haa been released from hta his labore and left jett lor for hie bis home in salt bait lake city on oil the alaska june 17 all correspondence relating to the business of the european mission should be addressed in future to anthon H lund 42 Is lington liverpool eljer elier el ier joseph joselph quint ey has haa been honorably released irom from his bia labors in ill the liverpool office and left tor for his home I 1 lu u ligan utah on the alaska june 17 elder albert C young the president of the tb manchester owing to sickness iu in hup hia family and financial troubles has found it necessary t to return home borne and he has baa been honorably reles seu and sailed on oil the alaska akaka J u lie 17 elder robert aveson avedon is ia released from his hia labors SO ae traveling elder I 1 in D the leeds leeda conference and is appointed to preside over the manchester conference elier bluer john burrows Is ia appointed to labor as aa traveling rider elder in the birmingham conference cou ference elder ceorge thomas thomaa is ia appointed appoint ted to co labor as aa traveling elder eider in the welsh conference elder orson P hoggan is ia appod appointed cited to labor as aa traveling elder in the scottish Scot tieh conference elder bluer john W cook la Is appointed to labor as aa traveling eider in the newcastle Conie conference rence elder henry M dinwoodey is ia appointed to labor as aa traveling elder in the london conference Con terence bluer issaef bale IB 18 appointed to labor as aa traveling bluer in the not ti tinkham ligham conference elder oliver hodgson Horl gaon Is ie appointed to labor as aa traveling elder in the leeds leads conference elder P F W jimmona la Is appointed to labor as aa traveling elder eider in the sheffield conference CHANGE IS IN elder anthou anthon H lund of the twelve apostles Apo atlas who has aas been ftp ap pointed by the pint fint presidency of the church to the presidency of the mission and haa ban entered upon the duties of his position posit ioD in giving council to the elders in the fiela on the subject of missionary dutiel has ban the following to say in the star sar 1 I recommend to the brethren engaged in the ministry a careful perusal of president george Q Cap cannons fx ex cellena eel lent article on the length of missions which appears in this issue iesue I 1 met this thin question on the first day of my arrival it seems that the brethren have it fixed in their minds that a mission means mean just two years while thiv this has been the average leng length of missions in the pasts past and I 1 have not learned that any ch change ange in this matter is contemplated by president ff woodruff it itaho ulu be borne in mind that no deh definite length of time has been fixed for a mission some elders have performed honorable missions of only a few months 1 duration and others have been called to fill missions mie that have required their absence home four years and even longer the brethren should lot let the question of time recede to the background and let the question ol of how much good devoted labor can be performed during a mission come to the front and engage their whole attention if this course is followed fall owed the time spent on a mission will seem tut lut short while a different course will make the mirslow seem unbearably long let each of us try to be an all examae in diligence in patience in loog long buffering hii fieri ng and in all the gifts und and graces of the G to all men that our words may be the hordof the lord unto the geiple then will the time spent on our mission minion be the happiest period of our lives the article referred to which is taken from the juvenile instructor is ia as follone tol fOl lowe the president of a mission was wait speaking to us ua the other day in rela tiou dun to ai a idea which has become very prevalent among the concerning the duration of their missions it seems to be the opinion of many that when they have been absent two years they should be released to return borne bome and some feel if they are detained beyond that timet time that batitis it ie more than should be required require i of them this president had bad occasion to say to an elder whose circumstances cincu instances were such as aa to make his return almost almeeta a that when two years were expired ae he thought he ought tu to be re leased another elder was waa present sit at this conversation and when he be afterwards was required to stay a little lunger longer than hie bis follow fellow laborer he felt as though he was being InD imposed posed upon I 1 and yet his bia anally lankily at home was welt weli situated aud and there was not the least necessity for him to hurry burry home we think this impression that two years is the limit of time that elders ought to be required to stay on missions is not a good oue one and it should not be fostered in their minds circumstances might require them to stay for a longer period us tie it might be an injury to the mission and a serious disadvantage to release them earlier we have known of cues where it has been necessary nece for elders to stay three years and sometimes longer and in thus remaining they were able to pep pen form an excellent work sometimes sometime accomplishing in we the last year of labor more than they had done in all the time previously when elders are called to go on missions they should make up their minus that they will remain as long as a it may be deemed necessary necee Bary for the good of tle the work A Juul cious president of a mission will not neglect hl his fellow servants and will not impose burdens burdene upon them which they should not carry he especially when he meets with other elden in conference in ie in a position to judge as to the pro briety of it aking releases and an aim elder eider should be quite content to stay until the spirit indicates that he be cm can be spared to return home there to Is reason to believe that the usefulness of many ciany has been impaired by their getting the idea that at the expiration ot of two yeam they must be released such a feeling should not be on eo cou raged 11 II I |
