History of Utah, 1540-1886 - Brigham Young University

410 MISSIONS AND IMMIGRATION.
had an opportunity, as we shall see later, of improving
their condition. 24
In British India, 25 Ceylon, British Guiana, at the
cape of Good Hope, in the West Indies, 26 in Australia,
Tasmania, New Zealand, 27 Malta, and Gibraltar, there
were also branches of the church, though in none of
the British colonies were the missionaries received so
cordially as in the mother country.
21 On July 27, 1840, Apostle John Taylor, Elder McGaffe, and Priest Black
sailed from Liverpool for Ireland, staying about a week at Newry and Lisburn.
They were followed in Sept. by Elder Theodore Curtis. Utah Pioneers,
33d Ann., 26. On May 29, 1843, Elder Jas Sloan was appointed to Ireland.
Times and Seasons, iv. 232. Mackay, The Mormons, 24Ti, says that Mormonism
was not preached in Dublin till 1850, but this statemeut is doubtful. In
Sept. 1S40 Taylor visited the Isle of Man, accompanied by Hiram Clark and
one or two brethren from Liverpool. Utah Pioneers, 33d Ann., 26. Taylor remained
but a short time, being replaced by J. Blakeslee in Nov. A church
was organized at Douglas. Clark returned to Liverpool on Jan. 8, 1S41, and
Blakeslee on Feb. 16th, leaving a membership of 70. Times and Seasons, ii.
4S4; Millennial Star, iv. 147.
rj Win Donaldson sailed from England for Calcutta early in August 1840.
Times and Seaso?is, ii. 229. Win Willes landed in Calcutta Dec. 25, 1851,
and during his sojourn baptized some 300 natives and established a church
of about 40 Europeans. Utah Pioneers, 33d Ann. 26. Jos. Richards was also
in Calcutta in 1851. Id., 28. Elders Nathaniel V. Jones, Robert Skelton,
Samuel A. Woolley, Wm Fotheringham, Richard Ballantyne, Truman Leonard,
Amos Milton Musser, Robert Owen, and W Tm F. Carter arrived in Calcutta
and held a conference in April 1S53. Smith's Rise, Progress, and Travels,
34-5. For further items, see Deseret News, May 14, 1S53, Jan. 5, Oct. 19,
1854, March 8, 1S55; Sac. Union, May 17, 1856.
20 Elders Aaron F. Farr, Darwin Richardson, Jesse Turpin, and A. B.
Lambson landed at Jamaica Jan. 10, 1853. They called on the American
consul, who told them that the law extended toleration to all religious sects,
and soon afterward held a meeting; but a mob gathered round the hall where
service was being held and threatened to tear it down, as they had heard
that the elders were polygamists. Two of the missionaries were shot at while
making their escape from the island. Smith's Pise, Progress, and Travels, 36.
27 Wm Barrett was sent to Australia from Burslem, England, by Geo. A.
Smith in July 1840. Smith's Pise, Progress, and Travels, 34. In 1S45 Andrew
Anderson had organized a church of 9 members at Montipeer township.
Times and Seasons, vi. 9S9. In March 1852 Jno. Murdoch and Chas W.
Wandell had organized a church with a membership of 36 at Sydney. Early
in 1853 Augustus Farnham, Wm Hyde, Burr Frost, Josiah W. Fleming, and
others landed at Sydney, and afterward extended their labors to Van Dieman's
Land and New Zealand. Utah Pioneers, 33d Ann., 26. Smith's Pise,
Progress, and Travels, 34. In August of this year Farnham published the
first number of Zion's Watchman at Sydney. It was continued until Apr.
1855. Ilichards' Bibliog. of Utah, MS., 13. A brief account of the work in
the above countries is given in Utah Pion., 26, and Smith's Rise, Progress,
and Travels, 34-6. In 1S52 the Australian missions were prosperous. Des-
• ret X< ws, May 28, 1853. In later years they were less successful. On the
6th of April, 1876, Elder Croxall writes from Sidney that the brethren are
working faithfully in Australia, but meet with little encouragement. Millennial
Star, xxxviii. 381. In this year there were four Mormon missionaries at
Christ Church, and one at Wellington, N. Z. There were also two or more
at llobart Town, Tasmania. Id., 379, 509.