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Waldensian Valleys
could be published without A view of La Tour in the Waldensian valleys. Engraving by probably concluded that the
permission of a Catholic Edward Finden. Courtesy Michael W. Homer and Editrice
Waldensians could benefit
Claudiana.
bishop.3 from observing the
the Perpetual Emigrating Fund—that provided
made arrangements with the University of Paris to financial assistance to those who could not afford to
translate it.9 When Elder Snow received the transla- emigrate.
Mormon.’ I shall commence with the printing shortly, n. 9 bis, left staircase, at the end of the courtyard, first
and will soon be able to present it to the people of floor” to explain to the public “information concern-
Italy in their own language.”20 The translation was ing their doctrines and emigration program which
warned readers not to be surprised if the missionaries In March 1854 Elder Stenhouse reported that
began publishing a newspaper in Turin, or even because of “the many difficulties and much suffering
built a temple, because the government’s ministers attending open circulation of our publications in
Il Libro di Mormon: Anticipating Growth
beyond Italy’s Waldensian Valleys
Michael W. Homer