Messages from the Missions

MESSAGES FROM THE MISSIONS. A new edition of the French Book of Mormon, the second, has been issued by President Serge F. Ballif , of the Swiss and German mission, under direction of the First Presidency of the Church. This edition of 10,000 will be used in the Frenchspeaking division of the Netherlands- Belgium mission. Only one edition of the French Book of Mormon has heretofore been printed; that published by the late President John Taylor, in Paris, in 1852. President R.'K. Hardy, of the New Zealand mission, writes from Auckland, November 22: ' 'The manual has supplied a much felt want. It will be studied with much pleasure and profit, not only by elders and Saints but by those not of our faith, and also those who are investigating the gospel. The subject matter is so clearly and plainly presented in this manual that we feel it will be a means of doing a great missionary work in our island. We have recently organized a Mutual Improvement Association in Auckland, which from the commencement has met with marked success; our average attendance is more than was first expected. The pleasing feature to us is the fact that most of the members of this organization are not members of the Church, but we trust this will aid in their being converted."