Show A WORD FROM SWEDEN sweden march I 1 read ibe different letters letten that sp ap pr in loabe the aws every week and anait it gives chiv me much joy to hear bear of the energy by the missionaries in ID surging Pi ainE the h cause of truth ruth in the of the world and I 1 hare bays often thought of adding a few ex relating to our work in them the skade branch of f Gota borgs confer arms 00 oo as it ig might be of interest to our senior aty friends both in 10 the field aud and la in the talley of we the I 1 therefore take the liberty of div ing ina an B account of a visit from elder H M U pearson who to evidently erl dently to out our president preil dent elder bider theo Teb Tobi toB lasion who will leave for home lo in api brother pearson arrived in ID sweden in the latter jatter part of baom beirs bar from chicago where he has bai bent aft ix months sad a ad ail ailred stated Bed in organizing a branch on oa the of january brother made his hii debut at the branch in brevik and overjoyed i w hendrickson and with bis bla intention of staying laying with us u for three or four weeks some borne thirty years yean ago this particular tract wax was a region of bard oppression oppre aalon tor for the and salote saints a few of whom fled flad for their lives to in defending toe the gospe dospel now since it was organized into the branch which it was waa in 1886 1889 the work of truth troth and ad salvation ban bag progressed smoothly among among the twenty meetings mee tinga held last mouth and three so BO far thin thia mouth I 1 will cite alto the most moat interesting last sunday the alt we as ae cured the tie good Tem piara hall ball in the me city of hlo and according to advertisement ti in the paper we met together promptly at 2 p m w when the time arrived for opening meeting st the hall ball was wag filled with an intelligent audi every most eat being occupied during the hour and a half brother pearson spoke poke a noticeable interest was felt and to judge from the attention paid all seemed surprised and satisfied this was wa the first time an aa elder of our church had bad had the privilege of speaking pea klug la in hjo ajo another place that has been opened to us ui lately 18 on in yarn varn helm belm at As the be latter place there la in a spirit cirit Maul manifest fest vast that shown the people are not satisfied with what they have believed heretofore and they hey are seek ing for something they cannot explain but when the upright in heart hear bear the principles of eternal life preached under the he spirit spirits s guidance they mey then fulfill cyrint 14 words my heep sheep hear bear my voice and follow me many of then theae pou peu pie expressed the be opinion that bat they would no more attend the churches and add mission houses where at the he latter places of the malva ion army lodges and others are equally not called of god bold forth and take for their text the wisdom of man those good people wished as n to stay with sham hem longer but am a we had bad appoint mento meats ahead we could not entertain their hopf during this trip it if the weather bad been beef agreeable we would have baptized half ball a cossid but bat they say ay they hey will postpone pone it until fair wh wheater oster when we believe the number will well to a dozen and a half balf some of them cried in our meeting and hen we prepared to leave they bey felt sore ore at heart we left tracts and books among them and now trust trait that the seed eed that we re have hare bowed will bear good fruit in the due time of the lord at all the other places where we have bare hold held meetings meeting the houses have been crowded and available windows window on the out eldes have been filled up keeping good order and giving the bt beat of attention brother pearson left for a visit to another branch this morning where he to i eagerly looked for by the elders elder the work seems to go forward and new localities are being opened up and we need eldora elders by bj the domes doma here to help gather in israel and build up the kingdom of god gad during daring the he whole time since looe I 1 left my parents parent P root roof in zion ziona a valley to proclaim the message of BJ vail on I 1 have been bloomed with good health and always alway have boys had bad what I 1 stood in ila need of and the lord ball boball have be abe honor tae tue reter WILLIAM |