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Show Cache Man in Boston Paper i Tiik ItKPUiu.uiAN Is In receipt of a clipping from a recent copy of the Hos-ton Hos-ton Post containing a likeness of J. It. fc'uhrlman, of Providence, and two other ciders ready to sail from Uosion to Kurope. The 1'ost contains an In-, tcrvlcw with Mr. i'uhrlman which U presented hero for the perusal of Cache friends. Thr. eastern paper says: "Aiievcntlo.enofnilsslonarlesof the Church of LaUculaySalntscmbark today to-day on tho White Star line steamer Cymric for different pails of Kurope, there to further the Mormon belief. "In tho party nrc II men and one woman, Mrs. II, II. Penrose, who goes to Kugland to Join her husband, the present head of the Knglish mission. All feci surejof success In their under taking. "They all travel at their ow n expense, after having been llrst chosen by the apostles of the church to the honorof working In foiclgn countries, and while all arc as yet somewhat homesick, home-sick, they claim that the responslbll Ity for the welfare of the church In Kurope llllsthcm with cheer and joy." "Smoot's Trial a Benefit.' "Wo are all from Utah," said J. H Kurlhmnu, the spokesman of the party, par-ty, when seen at the Hotel Ilaymark-ct, Ilaymark-ct, "though until wo landed In Iloston, we hardly knew one another. "There Is nothing sui prising In our numbers, as the Mormon Chinch has at all times from IL'oo to Kino missionaries mission-aries in the Meld. "We have bccit'sclectc.i for this task by our county presidents, and all who weio able to defray tho expenses were only too glad to be thus able to do some good work for the church. "There are already numcious missions mis-sions In Germany, Sweden, Uenmaik and Kugland, and on this trip we will endeavor to establish them In some new countries, where till now only scattered mcn.bcis are to bo found. "The Mormom Church has grown wonderfully ever since Senator Smoot was placed on trial by the United States .Senate, for It never had such wide and effective advertising. I'coplv who have never heard of our church have learned of Its existence, and, with the aerago American's t'eslre for fair play, havo Investigated. "This is exactly what we want, for no fair-minded man will II ml In the adherents of our church anything but true followers of Christ. "No Politics in Church." "Mormons arc no more polygamlsts than men of any other creed, and while we admit that thcic arc law- breakers In our midst, wo maintain . that such are to be found In ccry other creed. "The Mormon Church knows no I politics. Kvcn In tho small crowd that Is going now from Iloston to Kurope thcic are men of different political beliefs. Asa matter of fact, the Moimons arc nearly evenly divided divid-ed between the Democratic and Republican Re-publican parties, tho Republicans having hav-ing a shade the best of It. "We go to Kuropo to preach our gospel, but we don't Intend to persuade anyone to come to America. We havo not any means of our own wherewith tc pay the passage of those who would be willing tc cross the ocean, neither has the chuich any funds at Its disposal dis-posal for this purpose. Those who coinu to ihlscoiintiy will havo to do so of their own accord and at their own expense. "We will all return In a year or two. I am a married man, but my wife was willing that I devote some jr-usof my life to the work of the church, and so I s arlcd out to take the message to the piople of Kurope. |