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Show The Church's Progress Elder George W. Elklns, who is now in Cincinnati, Ohio, said in an Intei-vlew Intei-vlew je.cid.iv: 'if the Amcilcan people succeed In unseating Ried Smoot fiom the United Unit-ed States Senate the effect of their act on the Moi mou chinch and Mot-iiionism Mot-iiionism will he about equal to that of plucking a leat fiom a stuidj, full-giown full-giown oak." Of the woik In the East, Elklns sajs: ,lVe aie succcssrul In our woik or pioseljtlng in Cincinnati and Ohio. We have made 4uo conveits In this State, in Kentucky we have made about lsooaud In some or the Southern South-ern States seveial thousands. "Altogether in the United States we have inoie than fiUO.OOO conveits. "This doesn't look as If the chinch was being ciushed out, doesitV Seventy Seven-ty jears ago the chinch started with seven members. "We have been making conveits among all classes ot people, riiim the hettei class as well as the pooler, and about as man), men as women. We havo moio than :W0O mlsslonailes In the Held wnidlng III dilleient conn-tiles" |