Show from interesting hems from elder C C A from a letter just received from elder 0 0 A dated copenhagen denmark may 19 1888 we are permitted to extract the following inter esting items 1 I have been installed in my honorable coition poi tion as editor of the star since march ast 1st elder gertsen whom I 1 succeeded in that position was then released to return home expecting the first emigration company to leave as usual earla in april but alas it will not leave here till the of may and liverpool on juna ad he has since been in jutland visiting relatives and friends we have had several missionaries sent here one came yesterday and four on the ath dinst the latter were all swedes and are now on their way to their fields of labor they were a fine set of men 1 I feel and realize the great importance of the work in which I 1 am engaged with my brethren here and at homeard home and that I 1 in reality can not well spend my time to better advantage norway which still bears the name of Kris kouf is among the best aarts of the scandinavian nand is divided into nine branches it has at present twelve elders from zion and four native missionaries cna gd but four of them were lately released two utah elders and two natives to go with the first emigration youn charles doriua is one of the number to leburn the statistical report runs thus 2 high priests 10 seventies 56 elders 31 priests 29 teachers 9 deacons members total so you see that they keep their numbers nearly up to the of years ago forty one were baptized during the winter of these seventeen were in Kris and eight in bersen the statistical report also states that more w likely have been baptized but for the lack of water all was ice for many months this has also been the case in denmark though not to the same extent as in norway and sweden elder of logan will succeed president in that conference spring is making strenuous efforts to take possession but as yet it is very cold for the time of the year and one can very well wear the full winter suit most of the time the grand exposition is of course the leading feature of interest and great preparations and arrangements are being made for the day of its opening nine days more it would interest you and many others to see for it is to be a splendid affair but even the reading of the description of it and looking at the illustrations would be a treat my health is all I 1 could desire and more than I 1 expected I 1 sympathize much with the brethren alio have to travel from place to place their lot is often very hard and their expenses con sid erable while their money must all come from home |