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100 years ago
The experiences of missionaries in Scotland, as reported in the Hamilton (Lanarkshire) Herald on Sept. 4, 1896, was reprinted in the Deseret Evening News on Sept. 22, 1896.
The article reported on challenges met by the missionaries taking part in a street meeting in the Garrion Bridge neighborhood on the banks of the River Clyde. It said there was some contention when a previous speaker failed to give way to the LDS missionaries.
"The younger portion of the audience howled with delight at the prospects of a free fight, but the majority of those present seemed to feel sorry that such scenes could be possible at a religious meeting," the article said.
It continued: "The opponents of the Mormons were anxious to have a chairman appointed to time their addresses, but the followers of Prophet Smith gently but firmly declined any such undue interference, and in this the meeting was with them."
Finally, the article stated, "The Mormons had a very attentive hearing so far as the meeting was concerned, but as soon as they finished, there was pandemonium for some time."
Quote from the past
"We are full of weaknesses and imperfections, every one of us; but we want to learn the word, the will, and the law of God, and to conform to that word and will and law. Let that law be written upon our hearts." - President John Taylor, from an address given in the Salt Lake Assembly Hall, Oct. 6, 1883.
