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Show RErDRXED ELDERS. .UIsulouariM Arrite Tram Seteral Enropcan ConntriM. Klter Jchn Hayes, of the Sixth Ward, this city, started on a raiwion to England, April 9, 1SSS, and returned re-turned i tstcniay. He first labored about seven months in Edinburgh, and spent nearly all the rtt of the time of his altenco Iu tl.eXewtastle conference, Englind. iicepting some week? Jevoted to visiting rela-ives rela-ives IU Ireland. His labors in Edinburgh did net meet with marked rucce&s. UuaIIy his audi-dience audi-dience at Sunday meetings In that city consisted oi two M-tcr aud Dtle brother, oil asred, and the only members if '.le Church there. Some.r'v,i two or Uirte Grangers would attend. llccircuiaUd many tracts Iu villages near Ilinburgh. At Newcastle he enjoyed lilliLcelf very much, hut a great lortion f his tim was given to the business adairs of the conference, kee)ing accounU, etc. Here also he did a great deal of trading, which forms a great -art of the labors of the Elders in Cireat Ilritaln. Elder Hayes returns iu good htfllth and Il:rlts. EiJer William U. Hansen, ot Sugar Houh) Ward, left on Jils mission mis-sion to Switieriind October 17th, ISS7. Upon his arrival at Heme, era November Sth, he was sent to Geneva to learn the German language, lan-guage, there resided sr Jimiut four montlis, was fkcu called to the Ea-t Sniss 'Jouference, and mit with cenldirable success. A large number num-ber of persons were found ready to iuvestignte the truths of the Gospel, and the Eldirs received great kindness kind-ness from tlie Saints and others. Occasionally some little opposition uastncountcied, but as a rale, this res-ulte-i in good rather thn otherwise. other-wise. rrom Hast Ptrltzerland he was called to euth Germany, and lab-I lab-I ored ftr a brief tiaia In Stuttgart, : rJlerwanls going to Mannheim aud Its vicinity. Here he remained doling do-ling a useful work for over six months, and was next called to take charge of the Xortli Ginuan Conference, Con-ference, where he continued until his return home. HU first ex-Iierience ex-Iierience in the latter conference was a IFttle hard, but cventi-aily I roved to iu the most enjoyable nuu successful fait -at his mission. The branches of the Xortii German Comeretlce are doing excellent service. The Swiss aud German Miaslon.as 3. whole, ays Elui-r Hansen, is now ina most ssfefattory and encouraging encour-aging cs Jltion, and he looks for-wart for-wart to even a brighter future. During his labors he agisted iu quite a number of bartisms. Elder Henry Wlnlth, of JIanti, Sauitc ("om'y, lelt on his mission Octstcr 13tli, 1SS7, and accompanied accom-panied Elder Hansen and other brethren to Herue. He was tiri appointed to labcr in the East Su iss Conference, aud was there for tome seven mouth.-. He was then called to take charge of the Jura Conference, Confer-ence, where he taboreii eschisiWIy uutil the close of his mission, a largo portion of thu Ucielieing occupied occu-pied in tract disllijuti in, which resulted re-sulted iu ihulIi good. Elder Wititch i of Wlniou that the extension of tract dUtribution will prolebly do moretoaard agisting the missionaries mission-aries in their iflorts then anything that can at present I undertaken. under-taken. Th meetings were well at tended, by the SaiuLs although seme of them had to walk long dl-taiKvs, and there were slany baptisms. The EId', in goiu; froui place to i4ece, were hospitably treated fcy Xue'people, who generally evinced a disposition to li;ten to their teaching. Elder Erastus Willardseu had cliarge of the comjiany. Hi node is in Ephraim, tienpete County. He started on his mission Octfbcr JOth.tSi. and labored first In ar-hus ar-hus Conference abo-it 'iih-e montlis. He wa next ashtued ta riarnHolra distiid, !n the Copenhagen Cou-fe!t:nce, Cou-fe!t:nce, lit remained only eleven day, on account of beiug banished from that region. He next went back to Aarhus, but iu a few days was arrested and given nine days in whit h to leave tlie country, on pain of a term of Imprisonment at IiarJ labor. The cliarge nraln.-t him was Milytanlially similar to that of vagrancy in tlia country. EJder Willardseu took his depifture for Xorway. in which country lie fptnt tlie remainder of the liml or Iiis mission. His success in mi-Ionary Jalor was moderate. He leaves this city lor his home to-morrow morning. morn-ing. Elder Angus J. Cannon, ot this city, also returned yesterday from a mission to Snitscerlnd and Germany. Ger-many. He left home on tlie 7th of October, 1S57, and after laboring In the EastSaiss Conference forabout three montlis uent to the North German Conference, and there remained re-mained a little over a year. His next "-tcp was to the: South German Conference. He labored the greater !rt of the time iu Wurtcmburg, where ho stayed until his release. Elder Cannon states that the prospects pros-pects In thec jerls in which lie his leen engaged are far better now tlian for some years jest, and the work of the Elders is bearing much good fruit. Elder Cannon was w ell received ij- the people whtrcver he went, though in Wurtemburg some opjio-sitiou opjio-sitiou w as met with. |
