--- 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: 17 number: 7 published: 1914-05 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* 17, no. 7 (May 1914): 689–691.' source: url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera1707unse 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: improvementera1707unse start_page: 689 end_page: 691 rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1914-05) source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera1707unse publication_year: 1914 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 1914, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright. --- # Messages from the Missions EDITORS' TAB1 oS<) in which Jesus our Lord set the' example. The hook is on sale at the book stores, 25 cents in paper and 50 cents in cloth, 136 pages. Messages from the Missions By a letter received from Theodore Ellertson, dated January 30, former on the steamship "Seydlitz," we learn that five elders, with President O. D. Romney of the New Zealand Mission, left New Zea- land January 12, per steamship "Maheno," via Australia and Jiiuopc. the They stopned at Sydney, Australia, the most fashionable city ot with Australian commonwealth, where they attended Sunday service the Saints, spending four days there in which they observed the im- city in size portant sights. They also stopped at Melbourne, the next to Sydney; but more beautiful. Here Elder Taylor, of the Australian gardens the most Mission, met them, and they visited the botanical Australia. —5—^ ^— — beautiful 1 They had a in nortrait taken while in the gar- dens, showing elders, left to right, O. D. Romney, E. A. Jr., Ricks, J. L. Ellertson, President O. D. Rom- ney, Melbourne Rom- ney, and L. F. Harris. They held a good meet- ing in the evening and next morning held a Priesthood meeting. Two more days and they reached Adelaide, and here they met also with the elders and Saints where thev had an outing at the Na- tional Domain. They met in the evening at the L. D. S. meeting- four days later they house where a pleasant program was given: and where they pent only cache IFremaiitle. the last port in Australia, a few hours and they then proceeded on their way around over the forever. President Romney "rea7 walers. leaving Australia behind reached bait Lake about the middle of Aonl. England: "The elders in Elder William H. Griffiths, Manchester, energetic in their efforts, and the majority o the this conference are At the Princess Theatre The Girl trom nennle treat us fairly well. excellent company, but is very poorly ap- Utah' is being Played by an Elders, left to right, top row. F. H East- by the preciaieu uy oreciated public. y O Murray; C. fc.. Benmon. B Penterfield- fc M; J. S. T. Fotheringham. A B. hS*:TsaltWCjty; S2&d^econdrow: L. P. M.»gh.n ScX'ld ,Wellsv,He A. J Milfo utun, "c L. ttaun, TT+-.1,. r M Parker Mt View, Canada Jr. Hunt, Plain ffi.% ClaVk Jr Provo; J H. Vickers, Nephi: G. A. Woods C t ; Utah A G Eams, Preston. Idaho: sitting: H. Pardee, clerk. Smith- Cross D J Shaw Logan: W. H. Griffiths, conference ; ff:t«t 'Vl?»? r && % *S& 1 / field; Hyrum M. Smith, mission president; C. A. White, conference president, Coalville: J. E. Davis, Salt Lake City; President Hyrum M. Smith's son, J. F. Smith, Salt Lake City, Utah. ilder Paul R. Thom- assen, Huntington, West Virginia: "The elders in this picture were taken a short time before the death of Ben E. Rich, in New York, all the brethren being from the Davis stake of Zion, Utah. Elders, leftto right: Arnold M. Barnes, Paul R. Thomassen, Clifford D. Strong, Kaysville, Utah Ben E. Rich, Center- ville, Utah, at the back. Elder L. E. Olpin, Nuhaha, New Zealand, January 26: "The first Primary association was organized in the New Zealand Mission at Nuhaha, December 28, 19i3, this being the largest branch in the New Zealand Mission. At our district conference, held at this place, and attended by former President O. D. Romney, his successor, William Gardner, Sister Mecham, and others, this associa- tion was organized, and has since held meetings each week. It con- sists of some of our learned Maori sisters, who take great interest in teaching the children the principles of the gospel in the English Ian- EDITORS' TABLE 691 guage. Top row, left to right: Erena Whai, secretary; Ema Mataera, chorister; Apikara Waaka, second counselor; bottom row: Raihu Mete, organist: Sister B. C. Mecham, mission mother; Erehapati Mete, president: Rangi Runga, first counselor. Elders David H. Cannon and E. C. Samuels, Birmingham, Eng- land,February 18: "Birmingham, which bids fair for the second city in size in the United Kingdom, is called the workshop of the world. It is said that its fac- tories manufacture everything but ships. However, some peo- ple do not exclude these, as they say the parts that go to make up the boats are fashioned here. This city has been worked by the Church missionaries for a long time, and we have three thriving branches in it. In Handsworth Branch we have a fine chapel of our own, and are pleased to say that investigators visit our meetings in goodly numbers. When our chapel was first erected the persecution in and the this city was very rabid, knowledge of our new venture was noised throughout the r1 es. i. After thirteen months of labor under such conditions the Lat- ter-day Saints have made many staunch friends who were once prone to attach to the name 'Mormon' any crime or lawlessness that man could be guihy of A bounteous harvest is asured for us in the future. Elders, sitting E C. Samuels Vernal; David H. Cannon, standing, Salt Lake City, Utah.