Show church quits japan field salt lake atter after twenty three years of 0 missionary work in jap japan an the first presidency ot of the L D S church lias has announced the temporary closing of this br branch anch and the withdrawal 0 of all missionaries now laboring in that field this action was forecast by president cleber bieber J grant at the last general church conference con terence in april when in speaking of missionary work he announced that the question of losing the japanese mission was under consideration at that time he said that in the more than twenty years work in that country the church could hardly claim to have fully converted one member of that race |