it seems to me that the condition of the mission is excellent. The outlook for the future appears to be very encouraging to all of us.” Baptisms. A baptismal service was held in the Bath Lane Baths, Leicester (Nottingham conference), August 6th, 1908. Elder B. W. Clayton spoke for some time in an interesting and impressive manner on the necessity and sacredness of the holy ordinance of baptism. Four souls were then led into the water and baptized by Elders O. B. Ostler and C. E. Horsley. Two of the candidates were from the Loughboro branch and two from the Leicester branch. On August 6th last, another member was added to the Church by baptism, at Rostrevor, County Down, Ireland. The ordinance was performed in the sea by Elder T. J. Bennett. The convert is a young man who went to Salt Lake City about two years ago to see if his mother had been deceived by joining the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. After staying there for almost two years he returned to his native land, well pleased with what he had seen and heard. He expects to return to Utah, accompanied by his mother, in September. On August 5th, 1908, a baptism took place in the North Sea, Sunderland (Newcastle conference), when two converts were baptized by Elder Richard West. On Sunday last, two members were added to the Birkenhead branch and one to the Liverpool branch (Liverpool conference). The converts were baptized in the sea, at Wallasey, Elder Henry L. Bywater officiating. Elder John D. Stevenson reports the baptism of another convert in the Turkish mission on the 22nd of July last. On August 3rd, another member was added to the Church in Lancaster. The ceremony was performed in Morecambe Bay by Elder Garland Pace. Another baptism was held in the Lancaster Public Baths, Friday, August 7th. President Crockett was present and addressed the assembly on the necessity of the sacred ordinance. Four converts were then baptized by Elder Kenneth R. Woolley, who afterwards spoke briefly on salvation for the dead. A baptismal service was held at the Full Street Baths, Derby, August 8th. After a spirited discourse on the object and necessity of baptism by Elder Charles V. Dean, thirteen souls were added to the Church. The ordinance was performed by Elders David J. Sutton and Alonzo J. Gilbert, after which confirmations took place at the baths. Another baptismal service was held in the Gainsboro' Corporative Baths (Grimsby conference), August 9th. A large number of strangers had assembled to witness the ordinance, and were addressed by Elder Jas. L. Shepard from Hull, after which two candidates were baptized by Elder Jas. D. Dean. SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON FOR THEOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT. LESSON XXVII.-RENEWAL OF THE EARTH. THE MILLENNIUM. Text: We believe * * * That the earth will be renewed and receive its paradisiacal glory.-Articles of Faith, 10. I. Present condition of the earth. 1. Under the curse resulting from trangression. (a) Through Adam's transgression (Genesis 3: 17-19; Pearl of Great Price, Moses 4: 23-25). (b) Through subsequent transgression (Pearl of Great Price, Moses 5: 37; Numbers 35: 33, 34; study especially Isaiah 24: 5, 6, and Pearl of Great Price, Moses 7: 48, 49, 54-56). 2. Regeneration of the earth promised (Moses 7: 59-62; Doc. and Cov. 88:25, 26). II. The Millennium. 1. Meaning of the term-a thousand years. 2. Application-to the thousand years of peace during which the earth will be under the Savior's beneficient reign (Pearl of Great Price, Moses 7:64, 65; Doc. and Cov. 43: 30, 31; 29: 11). 3. Conditions prevailing during the Millennium (references last cited; see also Isaiah 65: 17, 20-25; Rev. 20: 2, 4, 6). Observe that the millennium is a period of regeneration or sanctification of the earth, during which it will be prepared as an abode for superior beings. This improved condition is to be followed by one of even greater glory-the celestialized state explained below. We have therefore to note three states or conditions of the earth-(1) the present imperfect condition; (2) the greatly advanced condition to be attained during the millennium; (3) the celestial condition. III. The earth to attain a Celestial State. 1. A new heaven and a new earth predicted (Rev. 21: 1, 3, 4; Book of Mormon, Ether 13: 9; note the context showing this condition to be subsequent to the millennium, and study especially Doc. and Cov. 29: 22-25; see also 130: 9). 2. Characterized by victory over sin and death (I. Cor. 15: 24-26; see also Rev. 21: 1-4). 3. To be the abode of celestial beings (Doc. and Cov. 88: 25-26; 130:9). Observe that the earth has to undergo a change analogous to physical death, and to be regenerated in a manner comparable to a resurrection. See references last cited, and observe throughout the lesson next follow ing, analogy between the regeneration of the earth and the resurrection of the human body. General reference: The Articles of Faith, Lecture XX, pp. 379383; and Lecture XXI, pp. 384-391. THERE IS A GOD. "There is a God," all Nature cries: Thy Name, great Nature's Sire divine, Rejecting god heads, at whose shrine Yon countless worlds in boundless space, Their mighty orbs as curious trace But Thou, too, made that floweret gay To glitter in the dawn; The hand that fired the lamp of day, "As falls a sparrow to the ground, Obedient to Thy will," By the same law these globes wheel round, One order to fulfil. LORD BROUGHAM. DIED. BROADBENT.-At Bradford (Leeds conference), on Thursday, August 6th, 1908, Mrs. Flora Broadbent, aged 28 years. She was a faithful Latter-day Saint. EDITED, PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY CHARLES W. PENROSE, 295 EDGE LANE, LIVERPOOL: FOR SALE IN ALL THE CONFERENCES OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS IN GREAT BRITAIN. THE LATTER-DAY SAINTS' MILLENNIAL STAR. [ESTABLISHED 1840.] "That which we acquire with "most difficulty we retain the longest."-COLTON. No. 34, Vol. LXX. Thursday, August 20, 1908. Price One Penny. THE EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL. THERE is no food in alcohol (Europe spends twice as much money for alcohol as for meat). Alcohol stimulates muscles and organs to do more work than nature allows. A weakened condition follows. It enlarges and weakens the heart muscle. It swells the blood vessels; they become hard and often form abscesses. It is common for blood vessels to break in the head and cause instant death. It creates an ugly and unhealthy fat around abdominal organs and muscles. It inflames the mouth, oesophagus and stomach, interfering with digestion. Through its use the liver suffers and becomes fat, while the kidneys often get in a pitiable condition. The whole nervous system is undermined and the mind becomes clouded, leading to disregard of moral law and absolute loss of judgment. Crimes and insanity follow. The functions of the sexual organs are weakened and the offspring is always more or less injured. It creates an unhealthy, sexual craving, and at the same time decreases the sexual power. This leads to fiendish crimes. It decreases the body's reserve power to combat disease, and weakens the determination to overcome sickness. Every part of the body, every organ, muscle, nerve and cell is directly injured by the stimulant. Statistics show that an alarming per cent of deaths are due directly or indirectly to its use. It is the direct cause of many murders and crimes of all sorts. Weakmindedness, idiocy, insanity, are found all along its destructive path, and more especially among the children of drinkers. This thirst for drink is an epidemic, a social disease that has destroyed and is destroying whole communities. Thousands of consciousless individuals are protecting and scattering it merely for pecuniary reasons. All merchants and manufacturers are aware of its bad results. Alcohol plays a prominent part in most entertainments, social gatherings, theatres, concerts, excursions, holidays, political conventions, etc., of the day. The promoters of these various amusements bring the people together so that they can sell them drink and reap an enormous profit. People must have joy, they love amusement and to get it they must "join the bunch" and drink. Thousands of pecple who had a natural distaste for alcoholic drinks, have considered it proper to indulge to please the entertainment promoters and their friends. In this way they have became enslaved. Friendship between people has become so weak that they must keep it alive with alcohol. When friends call upon friends at their houses the first question is, "what can I give you to drink?" Pure sociability and intercourse are rare; they must be adulterated with alcohol. The test of true friendship is congeniality without stimulation. Alcohol dulls the sense of real joy and deadens every noble feeling in man. The drinker soon reaches a point where he is incapable of real enjoyment. He wonders how other people can find so much pleasure in this and that simple thing. To him it is senseless. His only joys are wine and women, and he is soon helpless to enjoy even these. If the youth of Europe are to be kept sexually pure, alcohol in all its forms must be kept away from them. How can we keep it from the youth? Example is the best means. Ministers with bloated faces and diseased noses can do little good in their sermons. School teachers whose polluted breath reaches the farthest pupil can't give successful lessons on the bad effects of drink. Parents who "soak" cannot convince their children that drink is not good for them. Children think alcohol is like the pie in mother's cupboard, i.e., good for mamma, papa and everybody else but for them. Lessons on alcohol for children are good, but example is the most effective. Thousands and thousands can practice this example without denying themselves rational pleasure if they could have courage to do what is right among their friends and associates. Social conditions must be improved, nobler pleasures for the working classes must be created, opportunities for entertainment and amusement free from the drinking features must be given to the people in opposition to those created for pecuniary purposes by the alcohol-promoters. Thanks to the efforts of thousands who dared to do right in the face of ridicule, many of these good features have been inaugurated during the last few years, and great numbers are enjoying the good results, but they are still the |