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Show "wa. -- ssssssssssi ' tssssfl TEMPLE lipiClE. I Atlsst reports ths numbsrof mis- H atonarlet from Kloa In the Southern Hlatss was 580. The conference of the Y. M. and Y. jH L. M. associations of Davis stake will be held at Fsrmlngton next Sunday LsssssB On Mondsy ths conference will be held Bassi Jointly with Weber county, at ths M Lsgoon. ISjP! Mrs. Llltabeth Marshall, formerly i$A ot Nottingham, F.nglaud, lately ar RpfflsS rived In Utsh. She is SI yesrs old, HUH and consequently one of ths oldest Ml Immigrants that ever reached these HR parts from Hurope. HB Latest advices from the New Zealand HH mission spesk enthusiastically ot tha K tabors of Hldsr Htrlnl Whsanga, who aUa left Utah In tha early spring as a mis H alouary to hit native land. He It ft traveling constantly and la everywhere H received with respect and affection by H tho people of his raoa. Hit testimony H regarding affairs and coudltlona in H ZIon Is doing great good, as his words H aro soecpted by the natlvea without H hesitation or the slightest distrust. M lllder K. li Hlnkley ot Fillmore, H Millard county, returned recently from H the Southern Stales, for which Held he (H left homo June I, 1881. Kldcr lllnk- H ley labored In the Northern Alabama H conference, where ho reports church H work progressing very favorably. For il aoras time ho acted as superintendent jH of the Sunday school there, and returna , M feeling well lu having porformod a iH HlderJ. A. Loveless of Paysou re 'ssh turned recently from California, whero jH for the past two years he has been do- ll Ing missionary sorvlce. He left homo H May S, 1M0, and labored In tho north i em part of the alate. meeting many 'H frlenda and accomplishing innch good. ' Ho aaya tho ciders ore spreading tha M gospel In that section and are enjoying M their labors, at did he also while jfl away. lllshop C. N. Lund, ot Mount Pleas- B ant who bat Just returned from H Scandinavia, over which mission ho H presided, reports that at the time he H left thero were 150 eldera from .Ion H traveling In that field ot labor. M During tho two years ho wss thero H oiiio 100,000 families were visited by H the missionaries and over a thousand H aouls added to the churuh by baptism, M Ho speaks In high terms of the xesl H and faithfulness of the elders, whose M ages vary from II to 73, Tha damp, M heavy atmosphere, the rain and fog, M aro quite trylug to some ot lbs brsth H ren, especially those who are psst H tntddlo lifts. Ths feeling ot ths people M generally Is mors liberal and tolerant M to out elders than In past yesrs, and H TipreJuleeagansVsVit'eVi'vsVfls1is53'M much modified. M President MclClnler having Issued H a proclamation Inviting all religious' H bodies to unite In thsnkiglvlng and H prayer when next they met for dlvlno H worship, on Its reorlp the First 1'rr.sl- H itency of the church Issued the follow- H Ing innmoraudumi Inasmuch aa Presl JH dent MolClnley hat Issued a procUma H Hon suggesting that the people of tho H United States, when next they gather H lu their congregations to worship the H Lord, tske special occasion to thank H Him forthe sucoesa that has ntended the H nation's arms, and, In all humility, to jH aeoklllsfsco for continued guidance H and protection. H Therefore, wo, being; In hearty ac- H cord with the purpose ond Intent of H the President's oroclamatlon, tako H pleaturo In directing the ottentlon of H tho presiding oftlcert ond member ot H the Church of Jesus of Christ Latter H day Salutt thereto, and In ao doing, B express the hopo that hit request will, H be graciously and heartily compiled M with In oil tbo congregations of tho HJ Saint when they meat for publlo wor-. ship on Sunday 10th last. HJ The old folks had a day at the,' H Lagoon on tho Ctu. Ono old lady wat, M left behind when all ths rest had gono BJ home. Though 7s yeara old she was) HJ determined to walk home, aud ac-i M coinpllshed It during ths dark hours of M the night, arriving In Salt I.oke City1 on Thursday morning. A wonderful, M walk for a woman of her age. Her M name la Mrs. Ann Vaiigbau, her abodo BJ Is 73 Hothwell Avenue, H Tho Hook of Mormon and thn BJ Doctorlne and Covenants are now be- BJ lug translated Into the lauguage ot H the natives ot tho Society Islands. It' la expected that both will be ready JB for the press by tho end of tbo present) BJ your. BJ Last September a mission wat et-i JB tabllshed In the leeward group ofj BJ Islands, In tho Great South Sent. Twenty-two souls were baptised JB during tho first alx months, and the BJ missionaries laboring there feel much JB enoouragod, SB At a meeting ot lite executive com IH mlttee of tho Virginia Missionary aa- H aoctatlon, held In Halt, Luke City, It K was decldod to hold the next meeting Sfl of tha association tu Salt Lakt City H during ths October conference. To H further this end It It requetted that all H missionaries who havo ever labored In H tbs Virginia conference ot the South BJ em States mission will placo them- H selves In communication with ths see- BJ retary, Mathonlhah Thomas, IU West, BJ First North street, Salt Lake City. H Utah, |