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A 5 page fictional account of the journey of an anonymous Englishman, recently converted to the Mormon faith, from his prosperous seaside life in the English village of Felixstowe to a new life in Beaver, Utah. The writer discussed what both Felixstowe and Beaver were like in 1894, as well as the missionary activities of the Mormons in the nineteenth century. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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the quay, and probably presented a startling contrast to the bustling aspect of the town ("Heritage," 1997). Commercially, at the turn of the century Felixstowes most prominent industries were shipping,
fishing, and, increasingly, tourism, although slightly inland and to the north the sea breezes drove massive windmills used to grind corn flour ("Saxtead," 1997). The predominant religion was staunchly Anglican
(Church of England), and the area was moderately affluent, with most people able to make a comfortable living. The fact that Mormon missionaries came to this prosperous and yet holiday
setting is not surprising. Since the Mormon churchs move to Utah in the 1840s, missionaries had been sent out to foreign countries to evangelize; the new converts were then encouraged
to emigrate to Utah to strengthen the economy there, as well as to swell the percentage of Mormons over non-Mormon residents ("Utah!", 1996). Immigrants were recruited not only from
English-speaking countries but from as far away as Iceland. The goal in this evangelization project did not seem to be acquiring converts who were previously unchurched; rather, the missionaries seemed
to feel that they were possessed of a message that was infinitely superior to the gospel heard in any other Christian church, and they were determined to share it with
as many people as possible. In other words, they took literally the Biblical injunction to carry the Good News throughout all the earth, and they were determined not to stop
until everyone had been given the opportunity to become a Mormon. The Beaver, Utah area was prime territory for the resettlement of immigrants. It had originally been earmarked for settlement
by Mormon George A. Smith of nearby Parowan in the late winter of 1856, because Smith felt that it would be a good grazing land for cattle. He encouraged a
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