The Latter-Day Saints' Millennial Star, Vol. 78

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Excerpt from The Latter-Day Saints' Millennial Star, Vol. 78: January 6, 1916 There have been some disasters during the year now passing, by ¿oods caused by bursting dams and reservoirs, but the fatalities have been very few, and the united efforts of individuals and the Church have started the unfortunate sufferers on the road to new endeavors and new returns. Refugees from the Mexican colonies, abandoned because of the wars in that unhappy country, are making homes in Utah and surrounding places, and are rapidly recovering from the losses incurred, and the sufferings sustained. Many missionaries who were laboring in the countries now in volved in deadly strife have returned in safety to their homes in the mountains, a number of them finishing the usual term of ser vice in various parts of the United States, not having completed it abroad. All come home rejoicing in the manifestations of a pro teeting Providence, and in their remarkable deliverance from harm and danger. Missionary work in this country and in those regions not seriously menaced by war is carried 011 with new vigor and success. Converts are made in large numbers in each of the American mis sions, and excellent reports come from Australia, New Zealand, the Society Islands, Samoa, Hawaii, and other Pacific islands. And this is true also of Great Britain, Ireland, Canada, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Holland, Switzerland, South Africa, and Japan. Even in the belligerent nations interest is aroused in the latter-day cause through the fulfilment of the prophecies concerning this con¿ict uttered by the Seer of the nineteenth century. The work of proselyting has been greatly aided by the World's Expositions on the Pacific coast. Hundreds of thousands of tour ists to and from the west, have visited Salt Lake City, and learned something true about the much-maligned Mormons. The Bureau of Information, with its able corps of workers, has disseminated knowledge concerning the latter-day gospel which is being carried throughout this country and to the ends of the earth. People of high standing, as well as those of lower degree, have been astonished at what they have seen and heard for themselves, on the spot, which they had been led to believe was a sink-hole of iniquity and ignorance, but where they have learned much to admire and even wish to see prevail in their home neighborhoods. This proves a stronger refutation of the calumnies of anti-mor mon agitators and pulpit and platform prevaricators, than any thing that could be said or written in reply by our own advocates or defenders. Some of the effects thus produced are seen in rational and fairly-stated articles on Mormonism and the Mormons in numerous newspapers and magazines. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.