Show AM JOSEPH lk Oo sweden march 17 ISM 1898 at mordche mord the angel of death has t t son of zion while laboring cause known to the of men teaching his fellow a itoi ft c ta attain eternal life TV thill meant a a yodogi man la ia the prime MA ad who was aled to 40 wet att ut itt ft a forsten lank tb chii of our beloved brother and fel low laborer joseph H K jenson of union onion salt lake county occurred in this city a week ago brother jenson left his dear mouA mountain tain home may 23 1896 for a mission to scandinavia arriving at copenhagen he was assigned by elder C N lund to labor in the gottenburg Got enburg conference at the fall conference he was appointed appoint td to halmstad branch in company with elder nephi anderson of vernon and here they labored together nearly a year at our last conference held here october 19 1897 elder jenson was appointed to labor in branch with elder aug E rose of morgan november he was called to take charge of the West erviks branch here he labored in company with elder aaron lundberg of logan until christmas when they were reinforced by elder adolph T elggren of hooper and chas M olson of park valley A new location for headquarters was selected arid abid missionary work prosecuted with vigor elder bensons Jen sons enthusiasm for the spread of the gospel was continually increasing and he was not satisfied unless he was out among the people spreading tracts and bearing his testimony on the ninth of february he was out tr acting and while very warm drank a glass of ice water waiter he afterwards declared that he immediately felt evil effects from it but although he occasionally vomited he kept at work for another week on the and he walked thirteen miles per day to attend meetings after the second meeting he felt very tired and concluded to stay star at headquarters awhile in spite of repeated warnings he kept on drinking immense quantities of cold water at his request he was wac administered to and got so much better that on the he was left with brother lundberg attending him while his two other companions went off for a weeks trip on their return they were dismayed to find him worse and his lungs affected march and 2nd elder olson proposed taking him to gottenburg Oot Got enburg and as he got no better they left Wlm merby on the fourth and on the fifth arrived here having spent a night with elders rose and anderson in at the station brother and I 1 met him with a carriage and he was taken direct to the formers comfortable home where he received the best possible care and two skilled physicians attended him the oth was past fast day and many earnest prayers were sent to the throne of ace in brother bensons Jen sons behalf in se sace e evening we administered to him again he had been nearly blind but now received his sight and brightened up to such an extent that we fondly believed he would re recover coyer monday night he was taken with pains in the left side in meeting that evening the saints according to my proposition decided to fast and pray on tuesday in his behalf about midnight he prayed several times and asked the by stand ers to pray for or him shortly afterwards the pain ceased but it had entirely exhausted his vitality and at he peacefully passed away retaining consciousness to the very last the doctor sald said it was bleeding Diee aing or the lungs and inflammation of the bowels that caused hla his death I 1 immediately telegraphed elder lund and began making arrangements for the funeral u we desired to bury him by fh the uee side J d of elder johna quist who adjo in this conference eight years ago but on account of the grave lot belonging longing to eldr quilts brother only relatives could be there then we tried to purchase a lot but a foreigner cannot do 0 this in however with the assistance of brother who cheerfully placed his time at my we finally a will located corn contina tot lot tn sanna cemetery and also the privilege of moving brother ars remains to the same lot so BO no now these two faithful servants of god repose side by side brother jenson was buried on the alth elder C N lund from copenhagen was present and grave gave valuable instructions in regard to the the funeral was largely atte attend fidi the saints in copenhagen sent a cau beautiful wreath and the remains wem carried from the hearse to their last resting place by six elders from zion we buried him with the usual asdal ceremonies and no sectarian priest officiated elder jenson was twenty seven yeara yearn of age he leaves parents three brothers and a sister to mourn the loss lose he dreaded the thoughts of going to a hospital and brother and sister deserve great praise fat making his last hours so comfortably in their home brother joseph was waa a good faithful elder and performed an honorable mission yours truly 6 H M PEARSON |