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A Missionary’s Story

The Letters and Journals of Adolf Haag, Mormon Missionary to Switzerland and Palestine

Larry W. Draper and Kent P. Jackson, Editors
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Table of Contents

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  • Introduction
  • Transcriptions and Annotations
  • I. Adolf Haag
  • Adolf Haag before His Mission
  • II. Mission Journals
  • February 18–June 18, 1892
  • August 17–September 13, 1892
  • III. Mission Letters
  • Adolf Haag Mission Letters
  • Adolf Haag to Wilford Woodruff, February 6, 1890
  • Adolf Haag to Wilford Woodruff, August 26, 1890
  • Adolf Haag to Elise Haag, December 26, 1890
  • Adolf Haag to George Reynolds, January 6, 1892
  • Adolf Haag to Elise Haag, February 28, 1892
  • Adolf Haag to Elise Haag, March 15, 1892
  • Adolf Haag to Elise Haag, March 16, 1892
  • Adolf Haag to Elise Haag, April 5, 1892
  • Adolf Haag to Elise Haag, April 16, 1892
  • Adolf Haag to Elise Haag, May 7, 1892
  • Adolf Haag to Louise Abegg, May 9, 1892
  • Adolf Haag to Elise Haag, May 21, 1892
  • Adolf Haag to Elise Haag, June 2, 1892
  • Adolf Haag to Elise Haag, June 28, 1892
  • Adolf Haag to Arnold Abegg, July 2, 1892
  • Adolf Haag to Elise Haag, July 8, 1892
  • Adolf Haag to Elise Haag, July 22, 1892
  • Adolf Haag to Louise Abegg, July 26, 1892
  • Adolf Haag to Elise Haag, July 27, 1892
  • Adolf Haag to Elise Haag, August 11, 1892
  • Adolf Haag to Louise Abegg, August 14, 1892
  • Adolf Haag to Elise Haag, August 21, 1892
  • Adolf Haag to Elise Haag, September 13, 1892
  • Adolf Haag to unknown recipient, September 16, 1892
  • IV. Announcements, Obituaries, and Funerals
  • Brigham Young Jr. to Wilford Woodruff, October 4, 1892
  • “A Missionary Dead,” Millennial Star
  • “Obituary of Elder Adolf Haag,” Stern
  • “Elder Haag’s Death,” Deseret Weekly
  • “Memorial Service in Honor of Departed Elder Adolf Haag,” Stern
  • V. Appendixes
  • A. Biographical Directory
  • B. Mission Conference Address
  • C. Letters Received
  • D. Letters Sent
  • Index
  • VI. Additional Content (online-only)
  • Haag Family Pictures
  • Haifa German Cemetery
  • The Haifa German Cemetery and the Brigham Young University Jerusalem Center
  • Adolf Haag Journals
  • Other Images
  • List of Expenditures

About the Book

This personal narrative of missionary Adolf Haag is a compelling story of one missionary who sacrificed everything to travel to a foreign land and faithfully share his beliefs with others.

In January 1890, Haag, a German immigrant living in the small community of Payson, Utah, was called to be a missionary in Switzerland and Germany. This book contains the journals Haag kept during his mission, letters he sent in preparation for it, and all the known letters he sent home while he was serving. These documents chronicle the willingness of a young man to accept a call to serve the cause of a religion he fervently believed in. They record the challenges he faced leaving behind his home, his business, and his wife and two young children. His letters in response to problems at home may show him at his missionary best. They read, in large part, like sermons, extolling the virtues of trusting in God, exercising patience and forbearance, and staying true to the faith.

See additional information: rsc.byu.edu/adolf-haag

ISBN 978-0-8425-2959-4

Published in 2015

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