Show home affail after two years hard missionary work in norway elder abram johnson of mount pleasant counte has returned home to his family he left and went direct to h labored whole term of his absence the first year and a half he labored in amendala Aren dala branch on the eastern coast many saints have been converted in and have emigrated from that section in years gone by but in recent years the work has been rather dull there it is now livening ap somewhat of the condition of the work in general in that country elder johnson says it is favorable in or about february 1887 elder john eori and companion elder H C peter son of logran visited a place called Stando fjord eliere the gospel had never before been preached the people turned out en masse to biear the elders which so enraged the priest that he announced that lie would sanction any measure that might be taken to rid the place of the elders in consequence a mob assembled broke up a meeting which was being held by the elders and compelled them to leave the leader of the mob was the captain of a vessel and immediately after driving the mi aaion aries from the place ho and a number of the mob who were selected as a crew started on a whaling voyage within three days from the time of alie riot alie captain and crew were all lost at sea in a place called bergen on the west coast elder Jo linson met with excellent success there is thriving branch elder johnson had charge of alie company of emigrants which left liverpool on the ast 1st arst |