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Show LETTER f DOM - " ARMENIA MISSION Elder Joseph W .Booth, well known in Alplno and who Is In charge of the mission work in Armenia says la a letter to President 'Orson F." Whitney, dated Aleppo, Syria, January 21st 1922: "The enclosed tract Is on "of an edition 6f 5 000 I have Just published pub-lished and it is my intention to eup-lemcnt eup-lemcnt it with larger ones. The tracts contain our articles of Faith, Scripture quotations substantiating our doctrines, and the following statement relative to the fruits ' of Mormonlsm:A desert made the blossom bloss-om as the rose; a happy, Industlrous, people without a beggar,' ninety-eight ninety-eight per cent of the children able to read and write; nearly 2,000 missionaries miss-ionaries lu the world preaching the Gospel free of chrage; eighty per-cent of the people owners of their own homes; an exceptionally high birth rate only 9 deaths to the 1,000; persecuted per-secuted and opposed for 90 years, yet the most steadfast religion la the world. We Invite you to Investigate these things before you pass judge-. menL ..Last Sunday, at the Invitation of a minister, I addressed an audienco of about 600 people, teachors and children, chil-dren, at an orphanage hero. It was truly a happy experience for me. I spoke on the coming' of the Savior, and about some of the things which nro to take place before that great event, namely: The gathering of the frows; the building of a great tempter the restoration of tho Ten' Tribes; another great and terrible war; earthquakes, ear-thquakes, pestilence and famine; tho sun to bo darkoned; and tho two prophets pro-phets who are to prophecy in Jerusalem Jeru-salem for three and a half ycarB. Great Interest was manifested In what I said.-1 Norly '100 pooplo hero will bo ready rea-dy fo'r baptism In the near future, and I am thinking what a splendid' thing It would be If you could be with us at that time. What treat It would be to the poor saints In this Isolated part of the world. Come, it possible you will reclve a royal welcome. You asked, 'about my financial policy. poli-cy. I am carefully fooling way out of tho difficulty. Work Is scarce I am advancing a little money to certain cer-tain of our members and friends to enable them to start up small Industries In-dustries of their own, so that thoy may lurnlsh employment to members of the church. It they succeed, I wll extend similar aid to others, I hope before Jon? to have the mission golf-supporting |
