Messages from the Missions

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may God help me to be as true as they were ! Help me to stand as they stood, upon the pedestal of eternal truth, that no power on earth, nor in hell, may remove me from that foundation. This is my prayer to the Lord, for my own sake, and it is my prayer to him for every Latter-day Saint throughout the length and breadth of the world. God bless you my brethren and sisters. May he continue to prosper us, and help us to increase in righteousness and faith, in union, and in love, one for another and for God our Father, and for our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, to whom we owe the hope and promise of redemption from death, and from the power of endless banishment from the presence of God. This is my prayer for you, my brethren and sisters, in the name of Jesus. Amen.

MESSAGES FROM THE MISSIONS.

Elder Andrew Jenson, presi- dent of the Scandinavian mis- sion, writes from Aalborg, Den- mark, April 14, where he was attending conference in the new building of the Latter-day Saints in that city, a cut of which is

presented herewith. He says that the elders in that mission are baptizing quite a number of converts and that they are hopeful for the future. Presi- I dent Jenson appears to be enjoy- ing his labors very much and states that the elders in that mission read the Era with great * m&- -"jjaf interest. He promises an illus- trated article shortly for our magazine.

President John C. Larson, Jr., of the Manchester confer- Latter-day Saints' Meetinghouse, Aalborg, ence, in a letter dated Hyde, Denmark. Cheshire, England, April 16,

says: "I enclose a brief account of a new meetinghouse we have been building in the city of Oldham. We have a good, thrifty branch of the Church there, with

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a good Sunday school and Mutual Improvement Association doing active work the year around. They were meeting in a hired hall, neither a fit place to wor- ship the Lord in nor a desirable locality, so the elders and Saints

decided to work to get a meet- ing house of their own. To this end they began holding socials and parties to raise money, and were very successful, for in less than a year they had raised over thirty pounds. A mission room was offered for sale very cheap which they very much wanted, but didn't have enough money to buy, so they applied to President Penrose for aid. He helped them by securing from the First Presidency of the Church forty pounds, the pur- chase price, so the building was purchased. Four elders started Elders Frank B. Meads, Charles D. Spence, W. S. Glenn and William Glenn at to work removing the building work on the Church at Oldham. to the acquired site in another

Interior of the Church in'Oldham as it appeared on the day of dedication.

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part of the city. Extra elders were called to work from time to time until all had helped. It

elicited quite a comment to have

the elders in working clothes bustling about early and late digging trenches, wheeling ce- ment, laying brick, carrying timber from the lumber yard to save expense, putting up the frame work, and finally finish-

ing and painting the house. First the people laughed at us, but before it was finished, they began to say that the "Mormon" preachers were all right, and treated us very nicely, especially those with whom we had busi- ness. They loaned us scaffold- ing, timber and tools, thus sav- ing us this expense. One lady supplied us with water which saved us tbe cost of piping water to the building. Our greatest obstacle was getting a satisfac- A number of Saints and Elders cleaning and tory lease for the land, but that decorating the chapel at Oldham, England on the b att i e waa fought and won by day before opening. President Penrose. We reluct- antly applied to him for more money —reluctantly because he had already given us more than we asked for. He responded with the needed fifteen pounds thus enabling us to finish the building. On the 27th of March the Saints gave a very successful and pleasant party, both socially and financially. On the 28th we held three meetings attended by many people and by President and Sister Penrose, the conference president and twenty-two traveling elders. At the evening meet- in? there were present two hundred and twenty-five people, and many were turned away. We had a spiritual feast, and were taught the gospel in plainness and power. In the afternoon President Penrose dedicated the house to the Lord

as a place of worship. The building cost, not counting labor, one hundred and ten pounds, is lighted with gas and contains a hot water heating plant. The body of the hall is twenty-four by thirty-two feet. The stage is eight by twenty-four feet, and back of the stage are two class-rooms ten by twelve feet each. It is built on a cement and brick foundation, of corrugated iron outside, and matched lum- ber on the inside, and is well painted."

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** ..*# V *# Elders of the Manchester Conference in front of the new Church at Oldham. Top row: T. W. Duce, D. L. Pugh, S. B. Wallace (local), C D. Spence, A. A. Atkinson. Second row: A. Manwaring, C. A. Duke, N. F. Bullen, J. McMurdie, W. A. Langton, C. W. Gibbs, J. L. Barrow, W. S. Glenn, Jno. E. Layne, J. E. Burns, J. H. Bankhead. Front row: L. G. Taylor, N. Doane, Rob't Blaine, Frank B. Meads, Presi- dent C. W. Penrose, Sister R. B. Penrose, Conference President J. C. Larsen, Jr., Wm. Glenn, J. F. Evans, Jas. Walker.

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