that in order to successfully preach the Gospel in
the orient and to do those people any marked good
that it would be nessesary to colonize there. Some
of my reasons for this wevirew are these. The Turkish
^mission^ is so far from our mountain home in Utah that
the expences to thouroughly prosecute a long and
successful mission are very heavy, hence Elders are
few who can meet that demand, and the expences toge-
ther with the strange customs and habits of the
natives tend to discourage the brethern. Then
it is far for the poor saints to emigrate, and they
are but poorly prepared to come to Zion as they are
but not at all acquainted with our customs
and mode of living. Again, it is prohibited by law
to emigrate from Turkey; and that to-gether with
the jealousy of our own nation would be against
oriental emigration to Zion. But on the other hand
could we obtain a home in that ancient land of
promise, we could there educate the saints to our
ways and prepare them to receive both temporal
and spiritual progress. The saints there are
fully imbued with the spirit of gathering,
wherefore they are anxiously looking forward
to the day they may be priveleged to gather with
the saints to Zion. That land is also the destiny of the
Jews, and inasmuch as we are destined to do a great
work ffor them, we will be there prepared to do them

that in order to successfully preach the Gospel in the orient and to do those people any marked good that it would be nessesary to colonize there. Some of my reasons for thisviiw are these. The Turkish missions is so far from our mountain home in Utah that the expences to thoroughly prosecute a long and successful mission are very heavy, hence Elders are few who can meet that demand, and the expences together with the strange customs and habits of the natives tend to discourage the brethern. Then it is far for the poor saints to emigrate, and they are but poorly prepared to come to Zion as they are not at all acquainted with our customs and mode of living. Again, it is prohibited by law to emigrate from Turkey; and that together with the jealousy of our own nation would be against oriental emigration to Zion. But on the other hand could we obtain a home in that ancient land of promise, we could there educate the saints to our ways and prepare them to receive both temporal and spiritual progress. The saints there are fully imbued with the spirit of gathering, wherefore they are anxiously looking forward to the day they may be priveleged to gather with the saints to Zion. That land is also the destiny of the Jews, and inasmuch as we are destined to do a great work ffor them, we will be there prepared to do them