1911-03-Improvement Era-A report of the work accomplished

Improvement Era, v14 n5, March 1911, pp. 458-459.

A report of the work accomplished

A report of the work accomplished by the elders of the New York Conference during the year ending December 31, 1910, as given by President H. D. Winger to the Era, shows Books of Mormon distributed, 783; other standard Church works, 49; other books, 5,184; tracts, 80,689; Liahonas, 7,157; Liahona subscriptions, 24; families visited, 74,202; revisited, 8,395; hours spent tracting, 13,109; hours in gospel conversation, 5,404; with Saints, 4,965; in study, 21,177; number of gospel conversations, 24,413; meetings, 942; children blessed, 19; baptisms, 28; Book of Mormon lectures, 414. ' 'A conservative estimate upon the number of souls who have been warned of the restored gospel in the New York Conference during the year 1910, we place at 300,000. The results have been most gratifying. The report bears evidence that the elders have been faithful, diligent and obedient. The many articles published by newspapers and magazines in this state against us, so far have had a tendency to help our cause, making honest people curious to hear our side of the story, and thus we have had many chances to explain our doctrine. We have opened up new territory the past season, not traversed by our elders since the early apostles labored here many years ago. Th3 state which gave "Mormonism" birth will yet produce many Sauls of Tarsus. We are indeed proud of Sisters Eva Noyes and Laura Cutler, at present laboring in Albany. The energy and zeal which they manifest in spreading the gospel is inspiring. The Saints, as a rule, are firm in the faith, are living their religion, and rejoice in the testimony of the restored gospel."