Show u Is I TEMPLE TEMPiE fiND AND i iI auti be I Over persons hav have been baptized in the Samoan mission since January 1 1897 The following elders who have been traveling as missionaries in England will sail sai for home December 29 W W. A A. A N. N Challis Heber T. T Booth John Houston on Isaac Nash D. D B. B Thomas and Arthur Gardiner The statistical report of the Southern Southern South South- ern States Mission for the first six months of the present year shows that during that period in that mission meetings meeting had been held about tracts distributed about books disposed of while persons had hail been baptized children blessed 33 Sunday schools organized and families visited The Southern States Mission l is now possessed of a representative newspaper per the first number of which was published at the church office at Chat Chattanooga December Decembers 3 1898 It His Itis is known as the Latter-day Latter Saints Southern Star and will appear weekly It will vill contain contain contain con- con tain the general news of the progress of the mission articles on n the faith and doctrines of the the church church historical reviews etc Like Lik periodicals are arc published in the British Scandinavian German and Netherlands missions The Church has bas decided decide to issue 0 6 J per cent bonds for half a mi million lion dollars dollars dollars dol dol- lars to liquidate so much of its floating floating floating float float- ing debt considerable of which bears a higher interest These bonds willbe will willbe willbe be secured by church realty and L. L S. S Hills and David Eccles are the trustees They will be of different dif dif- different ferent denominations to suit the he pockets pockets pockets pock pock- ets of those who wish to l lend nd the church money on this security The Tha desire of President Snow is to see these securities find a home market and the present indications are that his wish will be gratified as it is understood understood understood un un- that already one half have been subscribed for In a letter to the Deseret News the president explains ex cx plains the causes that conspire to place placa the church in debt and and the ments that are being made to extinguish extinguish extinguish extin extin- the indebtedness as soon as pos pos- sible The Uhe Beaver branch of the Brigham Young Academy is already a pronounced pronounced pronounced pro pro- success s. s Although only opened this fall it has bas now students in attendance mote more than half of whom are residents of Beaver Deaver City while re respectable respectable respectable re- re delegations ns c come me from Adamsville Adamsville Ad- Ad Parowan Panguitch Panguitch Panguitch Pan- Pan and other southern towns The school occupies what was formerly Fort Cameron about one one and a half miles east of Beaver The officers' officers quarters seven two-story two double houses are used as boarding places for forthe forthe forthe the students The principal recitation rooms are in the building which was formerly used as a hospital The I grounds embrace acres and offer facilities for the establishment nt of an agricultural college Six instructors are are engaged with Elder E. E B. B Partridge Part Part- Partridge Partridge ridge as the president of the tion Five returned missionaries spoke at atthe atthe atthe the Tabernacle services Sunday afternoon afternoon afternoon after after- noon December 18 Edward Midgley who wen went east with B. B H. H Roberts and George E E. E to seek converts to the Mormon faith two ye years rs ago told i of the work work work- accomplished in New NewYork NewYork NewYork York City and Chicago In the latter place Mr Midgley slid the missionary mis mis- work vork was vas carried on under great difficulties and on occasions the preaching was done with a band playing playing play play- ing A Hot Time in the Old Town on one side and a dance going on on onon on the other Leon B. B Hampton described the work in Mississippi and Joseph Stringfellow that in the tho London and Nottingham conferences in England Herbert A. A White recently returned from Colorado and ham Brigham Haslam from Florida likewise gave some of their experiences President Lorenzo Snow spoke upon the good results results' shown by the returned missionaries and said that it would probably be a good thing thing- if every young man in Utah could at some time in his life labor for fora a time in the missionary field The sp speaker aker also dwelt upon the tho importance import import- ance of the saints taking and following following follow follow- ing counsel Elders John Jones Dan Muir Niel L L. Gardner Robert F. F Gilchrist and L. L George Clark who have been laboring in Great Britain sailed from Glasgow for home on the The new presidency of the European Mission Elder Platte D D. Lyman and Ills his counselor Elder H. H W W. Naisbitt J arrived in Liverpool on Sunday November November November No- No vember 27 They had a long and rough passage across the Atlantic on the steamship Adria but when they reached their were in th best of health an and |