| Show treated iy ay the people ELDER HAFEN TELLS 0 HIS JOURNEY anil speaks AT out being arrested of the on the of november last I 1 left my homo in springville Spring ville for a mission to my native country and to germany the trip across the nent in company wl live mothr elders was a very pleasant one we saw a groat many things of interest on the wo set bail from new york in the steamer alaska for liverpool where wo arrived on thy stith making the trip in seven days we encountered but little storm and had a very pleasant sea voyage excepting the unavoidable sea sickness which only those that have experienced cau describe in part we all arrived well and found apostle leiis dalu at his office in liverpool with some more of the brethren we enjoyed ourselves in their company and received many valuable instructions from them after seeing the sight the city we left on the second day of december for london A pen is not capable of describing the miserable condition some of the por of liverpool are in brother and myself went to the street where the poor of the cita gather themselves to trade and barter with each other I 1 had no idea to what low conditions people are capable of falling they are so degraded that it seems beyond human power to elevate them in the least they are lost to all respectability not only poor but wicked if any one would give them means they would put it to bal use the proprietor of the hotel where we stayed said the city kept over thousand in the poor house cannot enlightened find some remedy for such a condition after we walked a short distance we were content and returned ditl sorrowful feelings in our hearts 0 utah children thank your god for the blessings yon are in possession of end that you are privileged to live in the beautiful mountains of utah if you could see the misery of the poor people of england wo left liverpool for londen where we had the pleasure of meeting some of the brethren by courtesy of brother teasdale we attended a conference held there by the saints and enjoyed ourselves exceedingly after seeing the beautiful city or at least a small part of it we took train and steamer via new haven and deepe for paris paris is a beautiful city indeed we spent ton days there seeing all we could in that length of time we went on top of the tower of notre dame feet high from which we obtained a fine view of the city we also went inside one thing we noticed inside on the right of the door and that was the image of st peter every worshipper wor shipper that enters there kisses the images toe which is finely polished m consequence it shines like gold imagine the worshipping shipping wor of images what a folly we left paris for berne where two of us were soon set apart for our fields of labor brothed going to palestine and your humble servant going to his native home churgan Th alda switzerland the swiss people are very friendly and a person traveling about is greeted by every one young and old they seem to be kedly disposed the people are soluble and very conservative serva tive they treat anyone with the greatest of respect the country is indeed most beautiful more so than any other we passed through on our trip at present it is dotted with winter garb the roads and highways aro in tine condition and the farms are worked in a most excellent manner the whole country is made productive duc tive with the many large and stately trees and ino yards but on the other hand the condition of the poor is not of a nature to boast of talk about slavery in utah in re gard to women you that howl so much come hero and see the women here work out doors as hard as men ever worked drawing small wagons loaded very heavy for miles to procure a scanty subsistence men very often will bit here for hours at the inns talking on politics and other subjects while their wives are at home to make a living both for them their husbands and children women hero are not held in the same estimation as they are in utah tho girls in the rural districts haro to work out doors the same as the men and yet the utah reformers howl about utah I 1 have had the privilege of bearing testimony to many of my relatives and friends and hope it may bear fruit in ais season many would receive the gospel but are afraid of the slander and persecution that would be heaped upon them was m a missionary brother mertz and my pelf were arrested on a charge the nature of which we did not know we answered in a bold and straightforward manner all questions put to UP and were released to appear again before a higher court we had tho privilege ot bearing our testimony to them they treated us in every respect to tho in ziba Z would say thank god for boar lot bo grateful listen to your parents and teach ers for yu are blessed above all young people may the ENQUIRES ever defend the truth and be a champion of liberty gr HAFEN switzerland february Feb |
