1900-11-15—Juvenile Instructor—Lives of our Leaders-The Apostles Matthias F. Cowley

Lives of our Leaders-The Apostles: Matthias F. Cowley

Juvenile Instructor, 15 November, 1900, pp. 737-741

Extract from page 739:

… Within three weeks of his ordination as an Apostle, he was called to accompany Apostle F. M. Lyman to the Southern States Mission, in which, with President Elias S. Kimball, they visited every conference, giving choice instructions to the people and to the five hundred Elders from Zion then in the field. From thence, they proceeded to Brooklyn, visiting the Eastern States Mission, and visiting points of historic interest in Philadelphia, New York and Washington. While in the latter place, they were introduced by Hon. W. H. King to President McKinley, who received them very cordially and mentioned with pleasure his visit to Salt Lake City. Returning from this mission. Apostle Cowley has been constantly traveling in the interest of the Church, having visited many stakes of Zion. …