--- title: Improvement Era description: Monthly periodical of the Mormon church, 1897 onward. This library holds the issues of November 1897 to December 1930. authors: - Partridge, E. D. collections: - periodicals tags: - magazine - improvement-era periodical: Improvement Era volume: 23 number: 5 published: 1920-03 publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations publisher_place: Salt Lake City language: en type: magazine reference: 'E. D. Partridge, "A Book of Mormon Sent on a Mission," *Improvement Era* 23, no. 5 (March 1920): 373.' source: url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera2305unse 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: improvementera2305unse start_page: 373 end_page: 373 rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1920-03) source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera2305unse publication_year: 1920 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 1920, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright. --- # A Book of Mormon Sent on a Mission |iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiii iuiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiMiiiiitiiiiiiuiiniiiiiiiililHiliilliiiiliiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiliiliiiimiiiiiUK A Book of Mormon Sent on a Mission By E. D. Partridge, Brighton Young University- Ill the Literary Digest for Oct. 25, 1919, is an | | article by Mrs. Minnie Moore Wilson, entitled, "Indians | | who Avoid Civilization to Save Their Souls." Among | | other very interesting statements is the following: s = s = § < § The Seminole language has no oath nor any word to express | disrespect to the Giver of life. * * * The Florida Indian not | only believes in the Great Spirit but he believes in God's Son, who | | came on earth and lived with the Indians a long time ago, etc. | | I A This article came to the notice of one of the - " 1&& t f | classes in Book of Mormon theology who voted to as- § sess each of their members one penny, purchase a copy | 2 I of the Book of Mormon and send it to Mrs. Wilson. | Accordingly, a copy was secured, certain passages I marked, directions for finding them written on the | | blank leaf in the front of the book, and it was duly | mailed. One marked passage was the introduction to f 1 JII Nephi: "Jesus Christ showeth himself to the 1 | people of Nephi," etc. Other marked verses tend to | show that the Indians are of Israelitish descent. A "letter of introduction" was also sent asking | | the lady to write her opinion and whatever criticism | she may wish to make. In hopes that she or some of her relatives c 1 friends may be led to investigate the gospel, this Book | | of Mormon was sent on a mission. | Provo, Utah ~.iiMHiHHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimininiiiiiiiiiiiNiHniHiiMiiHiiuiuiniiiuiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!iiiiniiiiii!tiiiiiiiuii!iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii?