OCR Text |
Show floor. We often go from houso to house conversing, giving out tracks and bearing our testimony of the restoration of the ever true gospel of Jesus and proclaim tho glad message of peace and joy received from High heavens by the grace and power of God, "whereby men may be able to again regain the presence of God from whence we came. But, ah! how little it is realized re-alized by this fallen generation; by those blind leaders of priest-craft. t AV e find 18 to 20 different sects in a city of 30,000 inhabitant". This people is in general an intelligent in-telligent people, industrious, are' at work eaily and late. Watch factories fact-ories and manufacturing isthe principal prin-cipal business here. This country is thickly populated. The main product for the f armors is milk which they sell to the city customers. custo-mers. Here there is no difference made in men or women, both labor in the helds. " W omen work out doors like men, one can see women wo-men in the fields all day hoeing, or haying or what ever happens on the farm and one can see women working on public roads with shovels and hoes, also sweeping tho streets, chopping wood for the public all day, etc. I am truly thankful to my heavenly heav-enly Father that I have been found worthy to livo in a day and dispensation dis-pensation of the restoration of the everlasting eospel. I can sav I have never felt better in spirit in my life. I would say to all my young friends and brethren to round up your shoulders, honor the Priesthood that is entrusted to you, and. magnify your duties that you are called to perform, and if an office is entrusted to you, take right hold and do your best to fill it, even if you are called to fill a mission. . It is one of the greatest privileges and blessings that a young man can obtain; but also is one of the greatest in responsibility that God has entrusted to his servants. ser-vants. I would advise all young and old, in particular heads of families to make it a rule every night at least, to gather his family , around the table and read a chapter out of the Holy Bible, and explain the same to his children, and you will thus inform yourself as well as the children in the word of God, which is very necessary among the youth of Zion, and would be of great benefit to the young and rising generation. We do not have so many converts as some branches in Germany, but we find honest souls here and we expect to add Eome to the branch Biel, Switzerland, Europe, Champagne Wag, May, 1st, 189G. Dear Editor: It is now 19 months since I left New Harmony, Washington Co., to respond to fill a mission in the Swiss and German part of Europe. I left Salt Lake City November 3rd, 1894, in company with two otner missionaries, and had a pleasent trip, all but a few days on board of the ship. Arrived in Bern the 24th of November, all safe and well, with the exception of being tired of the journey, and where I met President George C. Naegle and wife, which gave me great joy to meet them, as they were old aquaintances, as I knew them for 19 years. I visited my relations and spent four weeks then went to labor under the direction of Arch-ile Arch-ile A. Ramseyer, R. Gigy and Wm. Luthy, in the Jura Bernoi Conference, Confer-ence, and there to learn the German Ger-man and French Languages, as both languages are necessary in this part of tho country. The 1 people are one half French, the soon. A company of emigrants and elders el-ders are leaving Bern May 17, for Zion May 24 we expect to hold our yearly conference in Cafo des Alps, Lengasse Bern, where we expect to meet many of our brethren breth-ren and co-labors. May peace and prosperity ever be with you. From your humble servant and brother in the cause of truth. I remain, Gottlieb Schmutz. other German. We find the cities in this country containing from five hundred to thirty thousand inhabitants. in-habitants. In this conference, which is the largest conference in Switzerland, we have some over a hundred members. The houses are from 4 to 6 stories in height Wo find from 4 to 5 families on one |