--- title: Improvement Era description: Monthly periodical of the Mormon church, 1897 onward. This library holds the issues of November 1897 to December 1930. authors: - Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations collections: - periodicals tags: - magazine - improvement-era periodical: Improvement Era volume: 10 number: 10 published: 1907-08 publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations publisher_place: Salt Lake City language: en type: magazine reference: 'Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, "Messages from the Missions," *Improvement Era* 10, no. 10 (August 1907): 834–835.' source: url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera10010unse transcription: Transcribed from the Internet Archive scan of each issue (the item for each issue is named in the issue's own source); unnumbered advertising leaves are omitted, printed page numbers are kept as page markers. identifier: improvementera10010unse start_page: 834 end_page: 835 rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1907-08) source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera10010unse publication_year: 1907 note: The Internet Archive item metadata carries a blanket "© Copyright by Intellectual Reserve, Inc." notice. The library owner judged it inapplicable because this issue was published in 1907, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright. --- # Messages from the Missions ' — MESSAGES FROM THE MISSIONS. A message from President R. A. Badger, Cape Colony, South Africa. June 5, reads: ' 'The missionaries are all in good health and spirits; and the work of God is ' alowly progressing. Any person having No. 3, Vol. X, Improvement Era to spare, kindly return the same with his name and address, to this office, and we will forward him 25 cents, as we desire a few to bind. For the month of May, 1907, there were eleven baptisms in the six confer- ences of the Scandinavian mission, twelve ordinations, and four children blessed; and in the five conferences of the Swedish mission there were six baptisms and two hundred and thirty-seven meetings. There are one hundred and eighteen missionaries in the Scandinavian mission, and fifty-eight in the Swedish mis- sion. Elder Soren Rasmussen, president of the Christiania conference, writing from Norway, July 6, says that Presidert Charles W. Penrose and wife, President J. .M. Christensen of the Scandinavian mission, President Matson of the Swedish mission, and thirty-two other elders laboring in the Christiania confer- ence, had just visited Christiania and held meetings with the Saints who attended in large numbers with many non-members of the Church. There is life and ener- gy in every branch of the Church and many are investigating the Gospel. The elders are gaining admission to a good class of people. A great number of inves- tigators are attending meetings in Christiania. The elders are worthy young men, energetic, and full of zeal for the Gospel. On June 18th last, Sister Meta Ellerman, of Heme, Frankfurt conference, Germany, and her six children, arrived in Liverpool, expecting to sail for Zion the following day. Great was their disappointment when told by the doctor of the White Star Line Company that they could not go on board on account of a rash which was upon the baby. Picking up her few belongings, the good woman, fol- lowed by^her little ones, made her way back to the hotel. The following day she rented two rooms and made her family as comfortable as possible. She bore her disappointment with heroic courage. She cheered her children, and when they felt downcast, revived them with the songs of Zion. One of the little girls pur- chased a German-English book, and mastered quite a little English. They attended meeting and Sunday School and sang German hymns for the Saints. The baby got well and the happy company will go up to Zion in the near future. Mil- lennial Star, July 4. EDITOR'S TABLE. 835 Elder G. N. Curtis, writing from Chicago, 111., July 12, says: "The Lord is blessing the elders in the Northern States mission, and he is helping us to preach the gospel and distribute our literature among the people. Our elders are especial- ly successful in disposing of the Book of Mormon, and we are bending every effort to dispose of this divine record. President German E. Ellsworth has just returned from a visit to the historical places connected with the early rise of the Church. He had the privilege of visiting these places in company with Elder George Albert Smith and wife. President Ellsworth returned with renewed deter- mination to place the Book of Mormon in the homes of the honest in heart throughout the land. We pray for your success and welfare." Elder C. Elmer Barratt, writing from St. Johann, Germany, July 2, says: "The Era is a great help to all the elders here in the field; of special value are the articles on ethics and philosophy which are published from time to time. The people of Germany are naturally a religious folk, and the only thing for us to do is to learn how to appeal to them, so that we can best present our message. * have succeeded in correcting a number of erroneous impressions regarding Utah and the Latter-day Saints; and especially regarding educational matters. One of my best helps were catalogues of some of our educational institutions in Utah, especially the University of Utah, the Brigham Young College, and the State Agricultural College. The low entrance fees and the thoroughness of the courses really^astonish the people. This is especially true of the courses in manual train- ing." Volume I, No 10, of the Elders' Messenger, published by the New Zealand mission, comes to hand in a new dress and enlarged to sixteen pages. The Messenger is the only periodical south of the equator bearing the message of the restored gospel of Jesus Christ, and is owned and published by the mission for the purpose of spreading the gospel and strengthening the Saints. Elder Rufus K. Hardy is mission president and manager; Elder David P. Howells is assistant manager and editor. Anyone wishing to aid the work by subscribing for the Messenger, or by contributing for its support, may communicatewith the man- ager to the following address: No. 53 Upper Queen St., Auckland, New Zealand, P. 0. Box 72. Elders W. George Talmage, Nathan A. Hawkes, and Edward M. Guest, have been honorably released to return home, after a mission of two and one half years in that country. The elders now travel via Vancouver. Elder Horton D. Haight of Oakley, Idaho, who is the first missionary to go out by that route, arrived in New Zealand on May 27, par stermship Talune from Fiji.