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Show ranMMnMtanasi HHvtWWVVttWVV TEMPLE IHD TABERNACLE. 5 AttheUarltrlyeonfirencof Wei er stake tl e real Irnla nil 1 oilier ofllclali if the chureli urged strongly uon tho people the dutr of in Ing tl elr tithing Inordir tiillft thechiirehdcl t which, aa one of the speakrra aald waa caused by tho crsrcullun of the churclica Twenty nine Morm in missionaries from I tali Milled i n tl e stonier 1 enn laud from riillalilphli for I Iverp ol lulj S 1 he) are nil young men In seaklng of their missionary work In fort Ign lauds U () Mctjuarrle unool tl e arty sold 1 here nrc now 3 000 Mormon tiilssli narlea at work nil over tl c nurlil an I the number la dally Increasing livery man c,oes at his own cxi cose and because of tho faith that la In him " On last lrllay 1 rcsl lent (leorge l) Cannon apoke at lloul ler Coin before the fciaa Colorado Wmtnu ma, on the eubject ' 1 erlla of Crossing the I lalns In 181" ' He dwelt at miiiio length on the trsrcutlon t lint drove tl e I alter day Stints from thcli ol 1 eastern home and pictured in vivid detail the lung and anxious but at Ihe same time tho happy duya of the Journey acrosa a then unknown continent, rhrough ut ho waa followed by the closest attention at-tention b) hla nu llenco aul waa nc corded cordial an 1 prolonged applause. at tho conclusion of hla lieture Treat lent lieu I ltlch of the South ern States Mission haa been liollflc 1 of the destruction of thrcu ehurehca near Ml I lie Creek l'y an I ono nt I leech burg, Kj Iwowert tire 1 during aer vice nn 1 thu i Ultra and worshipers driven from the burning I uldlng Ilia following night mi attack was male by a masked mob on a third church, which waa dcuiollsl ed with axca and heavy timber, after I elng rl 1 lied with bullet. Instead of burning the build ing tho mob cut it to plcei a to revt nt the collection of Insurance The re llglous liToka In tho churches wero torn to pieces In tho rcsence of e d era who wcro ordere 1 to leave at onie or bo killed One of tho missionaries waa ahot an I It la feared ho will die. 1 real lent ltlch will complain to tl a governor of the treatment accorded tils people Quito nn Interest la being taken both t homo and abroal In thu progress of the foreign missions. Whether or not the present agitation la retarding tho work of mUalonarlea in 1 uropo ta a I subject open to wide discussion, and ono In which the officials of the church manifest n deep concern l'he 1 hlla lelphla Times haa an Interview with Walter Dryden, In which he la quoted aa aayii g that tho ten cldera nccom-pan)lng nccom-pan)lng him met with no success In (Icrmauy, and returned home after leu mouths discouraged At church head quarters the missionary folic t to reveal re-veal the name of Dryden among those who have left Utah within tho Inst two jtars and the report ofdlscour. tgement Is discredited I o Ilo! C Snow, who but recently returned from Uermauy, soldi ' Tho German mission ranks second In all 1 uropc Tho elders hnvo met with great success in all parts Df that country, nml I do not bellcvo the report la correct." Within tho next year or two tho Mormon church will, for tho llrat time, open the Austrian mission and uiuko a third elTort to establish the faith In trance A branch In Austria will bo something new, an 1 an accomplish ment that haa not before been put to an actual test, ilieio nro Innumerable brunches of tho church In countries surrounding Austria and a good many converts within tho 1 orders, but tho present Ian la to establish a real live colony In tho country, and to that end the church has procured a written permit per-mit from tho mayoi of lennu allow Ing tho cldera to proselyte an 1 hold meetings where tho atten laucc It la atlpuluted, shall not be over twenty lire XhU concession from tho city a chief exccutlvo Is of course, tie key to the work If It wero not for the mayor may-or a permit, as tho Austrian law atanda, no foreign religion could be prcachod there under any consideration It la moat probable that cldera will be sent from the udjolnlug minions Into Aua tria rather thau from Utah, and It la uuderatood that Instructions are soon to bo forwarded for the beginning of the work Two efforts have heretofore been ma le to giro Mormonlsm a foundation In tho lrinch republic Ncltl er has been successful presumably for the reason that 1 aria haa been the starting point, and the people are almost with out exception disinclined religiously It Is therefore considered more profit able to invado r ranco by expanding tha hwlss mission In which there are many colonics of I ranch converts. A fair percentage of Ocnova lausane Jsyon Mvla Chlln and other trench villages surrounding tho lake, la made up of Mormona A telegram was received at tho aouth-crn aouth-crn heanijuarters of the Mormon church Chattanooga Teun , from tho postmaster at I lovllla, (la , In which ho stated that 1 ldcrs Ilogersnnd lor-ter, lor-ter, who were mobbed on July 86, ap j care 1 there the morning at tho Sdtli almost naked Tho cldera told an aw ful atory of their troatmcM at tha hands of the mob an 1 their escape by swimming a swollen stream I rleuds of thu elders have rciorore I their grips and their propt rtj J hey will abandon Jcssup county for the present |
