--- 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: 16 number: 1 published: 1912-11 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* 16, no. 1 (November 1912): 75–76.' source: url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera1601unse 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: improvementera1601unse start_page: 75 end_page: 76 rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1912-11) source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera1601unse publication_year: 1912 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 1912, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright. --- # Messages from the Missions Messages from the Missions Elder J. Ernest Gillespie, presiding elder of the Berlin conference, Germany, writes, July 22: "I have been deeply interested in the great Sunday School work in Berlin. Our school is one of the very best in all Germany. We have four classes in which each member, every man, woman and child, takes an active part. I appreciate the loyal devotion of Sunday School workers here. We are meeting with great success, though the police are continually trying to stop the work of the Lord. Our meetings are always full and growing larger every week. The people desire to hear the word of God and particularly is this the case with the bright, sunshiny faces of our Book of Mormon class." Book of Mormon Class, Berlin Sunday School. In the center of the group is Elder Gillespie, of Salt Lake City, his class members, all natives, surrounding him. Elders Byron R. Jordan and George Hay, writing from Sheffield, England, August 18: "We have found that the pictures and false stories circulated from time to time give the more fair-minded people an opportunity to attend our meetings and to investigate for themselves. The elders are united, and enjoying the best of health and the blessings of the Lord, while the work is progressing in this part of the mission. Names from left to right, standing: President A. L. Riggs, Logan, Utah; George Hay, Menan, Idaho; Walerton Brinton Holliday; Roy H. Peck, Garland; sitting: Joseph A. Vance, Smithfield; James D. Todd, Salt Lake City; Edwin Slawson, Hyrum, Utah; Byron R. Jordan, Mt. View, Canada. Elder Joseph L. Peterson of Winnipeg, Manitoba, writes, September 20: "We have used the summer months tracting the residences, as we are not able to do much of this work in the open air during the winter months. We will tract the business houses and places where we can be principally indoors during the winter. In the three months of summer, we four elders have distributed 12,388 tracts, 599 small doctrinal books and 126 Books of Mormon. We have a flourishing branch steadily increasing in numbers. We have a Sunday School and a Relief Society, and the Saints have all helped to preach