Show LETTER FJIOM SWITZERLAND I An Explanation Krgardln Oder Drl rich 1onncrly of Ilohrmlii IOSTOASSK 36 Bern Switzerland Xov HI 1SSO Correspondence of the UtSEnnr > svsjThio Dt > E IHT SoilWianctY Sms of November No-vember hat reached us In due lime and contains an article which m > pears under that heading I of ItO Jr uiarkable Kxpcrlcncc regarding 1 the conversion and labors of Brother J W IMclrich late of Bohemia Several inaccurate statement arc made therein One of them I of I such nature as to cast a shadow upon tho character judgment of our esteemed PrcsIdentJ0StuckI and wo therefore ask you to kindly permit us to correct I The statement state-ment reads thus Hef Brother Dietrich was sent l to Bohemia as a mlwlonary and ther preached the Gospel most earn estly As a result of his labors itt een jieTsons wcro baptized into the hurch within the space of two mouths On April 1st Brother mtrlch van visited by Elder Heck by whom he was ordained an Elder At tills time In Stuttgart Elder Beck fully organised n branch of tlie Church which at present numbers upwards of thirty persons By the secession of Brother Dletrldi from the Catholic Church which took place twenty years before1 and his subsequent work in behalf of the Church of Jesus Christ of Jitter I I I day Saints qiltea stir was created j I among the people 310 a I ten iI j persecution began In this the Bo1 i nernian government played an active i i ac-tive part There exists a law in Bohemia prohibiting luptlsni except i 1 ex-cept by authorized 1 itrsons belong i ing to the Itonian Catholic faith orally I or-ally other recognized by the govern j melt and it is likewise provided j i that no oilier religious doctrine I shall l be publicly taught besides that appertaining to the Catholic i j Church Hence no fewer than j sixtylwo charges were brought I I against Brother Diclilch He was arrested but afterwards released tf j i I appear on a subsequent dateandau i cr Inc uluons 111 I ILt him At this time ho took light to Switzerland and there remained for about a mouth at the expiration of which period he was sent back to Bohemia by PrceldentStucki he rejoined his family VhIIu absent ab-sent from his wife and children they had all been alllicted with tmall pox and one of the children died from the disease ACer his run Jiohcniia Jlrother Dietrich eluded the vigilance of the authorities for upwards of tleou weeks 1 be con1 lionel there He sought shelter in the woods where he was almost t dui visited 1 by his wife Iosv It must certainly appear from tlic ibovc that to tend a man cnl who had become an exile for the GospePs sake and against whom 62 j j charges were preferred after lajise of four weeks back again t the place from whence lie lied was au 1 unwl 1 or cruel act on the < ut of j I i President Stuchi Hut here arc the facts in the case After Brother I Dietrich was baptized into the 1 lhe tfot Church he expicsMd a dt > ire I to re I j turn home to his family and in or1 tier to do some good he wbhetl 1 to re celve a jwrtion of the Holy Prkstj hood At the nqnot of Elder Heck President Sluckl gave permission per-mission lo ordaIn lirother Dietrich to the tllice of a Priest Ths was accordingly done and Brother Dietrich I roturiied to < liohemia I baptized the members of his family i uoUen len Iler I He was asked to go to KeicheubcrR so r vhcreBrother Dietrich resided nail 1 confirm the oItrod believers look after the labors of Brother 1 ctrlch and deemed win ordain him rn 1 Elder This also was lIJ done but no i branch was organized Another man was ordained n Teacher Matters Mat-ters seemed to go on all right Presi I dent Stucki paid them a vIsit and I called Elder Lewis M 1 Cannon to I labor there and supervise the work sUleCi in Bohemia A few day after the S man who had been ordained a rcnnicr ixxumo a traitor aIIv 1r vealed the work eI which hal been I i done b Elder by Dietrich to the jos > tor of the Protestant church at IMchcuberg and from these two i originated N we ss cn aid by Urothcr Dietrieli tho Brther jersecution i ou the par of Ihc government Hearing of what 1lrl was going on wt at MIr telegrajihcd Itrolhcr Dietrich to come to Berne for fey which he did as stated While Brother Dietrich was at this oilice olc President Htucki the Elders and Saints did all in their power to nile viatc tlie wants null Ulownnt sulleringof the distressed family and knowing that I they would have to soBer greatly if r allowed Ito remain in Bohemia Johcmla where every avenue of eel Ienlo making a t livelihood had been closwl against t I them to some extent Nme eteut cven before they joined the Church President Stuck and myself issued a call fat l help upon all the German sjicaking Saints at home and in this mission for the deliverance of Brother DleI i trich and family from theIr distress j i lug circumstances In Babylon In ties meantime Brother Dietrich menltme Uetrch a 1 i had been here for about a month iI i anti not having any irijtrs monl t came necessary for pal t change I his location In a conversation t which he and President Stucki hal I I upon tho matter of his going to work and the choice of hU field of r i labor I I Brolher n Dietrich stated L that I I I hernia j whom he would l like to visit S and bear testimony he i himself safe for a few week There upon President btuiki concluded ta let him go aiidscewhathccoulddo He was act apart and leI to be care ful A safe return iras promhet him and the meamfor the journey furnished by this oilice About olc Aout three weeks after Brolher Dcfrich wrote PrcsIdcntStiicki that he was onhlswnytoXorth Bohemia where his family residedniid was penniless President lucki sent t him ad vising him to t retum to safe quar Icraaud also necessary funds 10 do soj 7 but during tint time Brother Dietrich hail gone into the neigh < gno borhood of Iteichcnberg and made arrangements for one meeting with mettg his family in an adjoining forest As soon as that was over he started on his return trip and arrived safely in Berne The Saints had by this time respondent l cheerfully and lib lb orally t our rail one sister Anna Kuehui who is in service in the city of Par1 France Enll giving f ticrmissiou for the use of all her hardearned savings for the family lg famiy of Brother Dietrich Jrother Iereh They were wcr supplied with fUpllod Wil everything need ed to make tho le e t Ilk Journey to Zion where according to nil accounts they arrIves sfe though We iiave lint her frm Um n n We were not avaru that sixty two charges had len preferred againstBrotlicl Dietrich but were told by him that quite few could bopreerred under the Jaw lul Ious to Brother Dietrich and faitH ly and five other souls leaving the mission in Bohemia numbered twentyfour adult members nUD ro eight children A few have r turned away ant two have been added by baptism Ve submit this t your judgment but feel that this statement of facts a we know them is necessary III order to do justice t our President We do not bleu tho Inaccurate statements tovthich utemeut hlh we have r ferret were made VII that Inten tu tion of injuring anyone but they might have done Injustice to the tole ll kindly disposition and character of President Stuck We also embrace this opportunity of thanking the Swiss and German Saints for their liberal response t our call With kind regards TJIDO BnANULnv |