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Show IX SCAXDIXAV1.4. Lctler From Elder E. II. .Udrrson, President or the 3Ilii.jn. B courtesy or Ajiostle Kranklln I). IUchards, we are enabled to publish pub-lish the following letter addressed to him: rrcHtlailF. 1). Itid.anh, Salt Laic tVfy.- Dear Brother I left Ogden on September 3rd last, and arrived here after a plea-ant Ji urney, on Sunday afternoon, beptemUr ibtli. On Monday morning, President KJeldted turned over to me the affairs af-fairs or this elllce. ami on the- icnie evening lelt lor his home in Zion. The conferences In till mission I ad been a.ututed by him, and altera stay ol live dais, in which I familiarized famil-iarized iiij self with theullairsof tiie office, I se t out to attend the various coufercui-cs. I have already sent President Brigham Vnuug an nc count of my trip, and thought tr-haps tr-haps you might also bo interested in that uccouut. aud fur that reason I write you. On October 4th I left Copenhagen and proceeded via Helsiogor and Hel-lngl.org to Cnitt'wrg, in riwe den,wheru we held meeting on the same evening. AH the travellm- Elders or the Couferei.ee, tight in number, two vi-iting Elders and President A. P Beu-eroni and m-seir m-seir were proeut. TrTrough the- la-bora la-bora or the brelbren,w ho weregladH a-sisted by the resident iSaluts. the hall was beautifully and tastefulh decorated with flowers, pictures and evergreens, maklug it attract! veaud comfuitable. The rejotts, which were given on Saturday evening by the uils-Ii.uaries, were ot iiu encouraging en-couraging nature. Three meetings were held on -undaj, the 5th, at which there was a large attendance. An excellent reeling prevailml iu all the meetings, so that a free How or thu Holy Spirit was experieuced by those who spoke, and it was Imu red out aliundantlyutun the congregation. con-gregation. The many strangers who came were attentive listeners to the testimony of the speakers. The Elders are united aud energetic fsith fully endeavoring to perform the nurk assigned theni in their various Dclus. Ou Monday we held a Priesthokd meeting at which iu structiousto thu Elders aud local Priesthood were given. I On Tuesday wo all visited the grave of tho late President John Qulst, who died while in this land. A lulishedgraulte monument marks the restiug-place or our faithful brother, in a new graveyard reached after a long walk through the woods and glens oT theromauUc Slotleskogen. .e.rJr.on w"lnday morning, the 6th, Incomtany with President Benstrom and three ether Elders we took one or the Gota Itiver stesm-rs to Trolihattan. In the evening we held a meeting at that place to a crowded house or people most or whom were strangers. The creater numhrr nnln.r .. t,.--i;. uuuiiict reuiaineu efurinc-the efurinc-the services, listening, rrarx-ctfullr to the testimonies of the Speakeri Some, however, seemed to be nrwL ent merely as a maltez or fella hurti osi ly. Hut they heird the wn? and the responsibility rtsts ,u, them. Tho prospects lor the Kr..i ofthe Gospel it,' this nelshTioKi are somewhat better tliaii ifonauSv The young people have a d"iV and they rendered several S.ni In Iholieatliw of ? B. ren, at Iho close of mpr,!L WeweToplcd during C, through the woods, and along the river, viewing the sluices and waterfalls and canal. We were delighted de-lighted with the rich and romantic scenery along the canal to Trolihattan, Troli-hattan, no less than with tbo world-famous world-famous surroundings of tbat place, where nature stems to have culminated culmi-nated In a special outburst of thrilling thrill-ing beautyi On Thursday we. were on tiie road to Chttsliauls, or way, where we arrived the ume day at 0 p.m. aftfr a ride through the delightful alleys of t)te-!en,surrounding Lake Venern, and through the glens and around and over many a piue'dec. ed hill and wild and dc-olate fjord aud rushing torrents of Norway. Wo were greeted by President O. II. Berg, arid rftnta pleasant (easou with him and the Saints until Saturday Sat-urday evening, thellth. when (lie first meeting was held. Ou Sunday the lL'lh we held three sen ices at which the principles of the Gospel were explained to crow ded houses. The commodious ball will seat about 400, and it was full of people each time. About half tint number were friends and strangers who listened attentively to tliedlsco'ir-cs and testimonies. Nuregiau evergreens ever-greens Interwoven with llowets tastefully displayed formed the decorations of the room. On Monday we held a Priesthood meeting at which Instructions wire given to the- mls-lonarles and laburlug Priest hood. On the same evening the Sunday schoolchildren had a well-attended well-attended and pleasant sociable. The members of the choir who had so well assisted in the Saturday and Sunday services were again on baud with songs aud music, and pl rm itu()ous. ItefreshmenU were I sereu, the f hlMren.rect-lvlui: frtel 'cakes', cocoa and nuiK. Ua U c-dfies-1 lay evening Iho ,lrrs the I Women's .Society held a ralr.'nt whkh thev realize! .( a sum or money fortlie benefit, orthe roor. Here also refreslrneuts were served, music aud sougs ere Riven by members or the choir, and by the misioniries who, hy.ltiehye. are good mtlsli lai. We all ti Joyed ourselves raujli during cnhferenis-wcek, cnhferenis-wcek, and a good feeling was nunl-fe-steil Lotti by Saints and straugers. The proecU for tlib work of God are promising In nearly all patla of this fiel I. The brethren at re-scut Istior under the disadvantage of being alone In their dllfereiit tleids. There Is only one conference In Norway and that has ten bianchc, and uuly eleven Eldeis. Tiny are, therefore, n quired to work all lie in order to coer as much country s, itrs the few laborers at hand. Taking lehve of the good people of Chrlstianla on thursday afternoon, after-noon, I wentou thetr-du via Char-lottcnlTir, Char-lottcnlTir, passing over the mist nlcturc-sque poriloii of Central Sweden, toritoekholm, where I was metby Preslilent A. P. Anderson and ether Elders on Friday e veiling at 10 o'c'ock, Oct. 17ih. Here the Stints hire a commoiloiis hall In Ilortisguteti, No. SO. BtRutlful'.Iic7-oratious BtRutlful'.Iic7-oratious giaceii the Imllding, and at our first meeting on Saturday evening even-ing the hall was full of ix-ople. Interesting retorts of thu wurk or God in this jvirt of Sweden were given by iiie mlssIonarieSjfrom which itapsarcd that this Is the largest conferen. e in the nit-still., atil sslbly Iu the world. and that the pnss-ctsfor the spread or truth in this reglun aru vtrv flittering. There are over 1.4H0 ratmU rs iicw In the church, and during the a-t six iU'ritls9a have been addeil by hapll-m, and miny nreinvestliratlug the principles princi-ples rf Hie Ovpe, eswcially In Dalirneaud other norilicrn (arts. There are seventeen Elders in the conference, only tight of w liom aru from Zion; the others being natives. A religious wae seems to have-gone have-gone over Sweden, and many are brcT.Ung away from the darkness of the Lutriran forms of thought to the light of medern truth, the truthas taught ly the Savior, and as practically illu-trated in the teachings or the Latter day Saints. On Sunday three meetings were held. At the evening service the ball would not hold all who desired admittance. Powerful testimonies were torne, and the principle of the GosjI were explained In simplicity. sim-plicity. A special meeting or the-Saints the-Saints was held on Monday .evening .even-ing at wlilrli were heard tbereots oT the local Prlesthood,wliiclishow-cil Prlesthood,wliiclishow-cil that tin Saints were energetic iu the performance of their labors and the duties that t'evohe up-iu them. Having spent a dty cr two wltli the Saints in this 'Imen Cily of the-North, the-North, 1 took leave of the brethren on Thursday mornlng.assIin;cIown the eastern part of the country and thence to Coiwnhagen, where I arrived on Friday, helMtli. un Saturday the Silii. Iu company with Lldcr C. E.Tiiorsteusen, of this office, e continued the journey to Aalborg, Northern Denmark, wherewc were met on the same evtniug ly President C. M. Jensen A meeting was held that evening, and on Sunday three other mestings wire held, ail fairly well attended. The brethren here are blaring under the disadvantage cf restrictions restric-tions which are general in Den-mark, Den-mark, but which are nqt experienced experi-enced ln the conferences before named. The re are four Elders from home and two natives in this confer con-fer ncc. Early on the morning of the Sth wo left fur Aarhus, Ccktral Jylland, where we spent the time with President Presi-dent N. Kic-drlckseu and the Saints until saturdav evening, Ni v. 1st, when the first meeting was held. Ve hell three meetii.e.s on Smida, at which theSalnUwcrcciiti.uniged in their duller, and at which many Bliangers were nude acquainted with the first rrincib!e of the Go. pel A choir has been orgamzrd and an organ rented; sn that good music Is given during the service, under the direction it President Kredrlcksen. On Monday morning, Nov. 3rd, we held a Priesthood meeting, and ou the afternoon of the same day took leave of the brethieu and atrived at Copehagcn that evening at 10 o'clock, having spent a pleasant month in the mission. Taken altogether, the cnue or God is prospering In this rubslou, and atlalrs aru Ic a sati-rctory condition. con-dition. I did not have the prleilege r vi.ltlng the Malmo anil Copenhagen Copen-hagen conferences as they were held before my arrival, but matters am In good con lltiou there ni-o, although little progress Is made Iu southern Sweden. During the last six months 312 liptlnu have taken plice.aud while I was In the various vari-ous conferences I attended two baitl-m. We administered to many sick, aud blessed some children, chil-dren, the power of God being manifested mani-fested in our administrations. As a rule tiio SainU are energetic In their duties, cheerfully living up to the requirements made of tnem, practlclLg also the principles of the Gos,el utilcli have been taught to th in, realizing that practice ami excellent works, more thn words, are characteristics of tliurchgiuii ot Jesus Christ, and, therefore, of tliose who believe in it. The Elders are Well ln health and spirits, full of the Gosiwlot life, energetic and united in the cause of God. in Norway and some parts of Sweden the newspapers gave us very fair notices, aud there Is a disposition to let us hive a fair hearing. I never met a more polite and kinder people than I liavecomelu contact Willi In these countries. There are more Intelligent, Intelli-gent, well claJ. and noble jvople here than I had given the countries credit Tor. Of course the poorer classes aru In a statu of servitude, and there Is much lice; and the darkness of Babylon Is no brighter (but pro! ably darker in some respects) re-spects) tHati In our own land; but with all that,there are et thousands of honest Israel in these lands that 1 think will welcome aud embrace (the Gospel of Christ, I have been pleased to make the acquaintance of the Elders and the Saints, and erjoyed my travels ery much. Tho Saints treated us welt. I and the missionaries w ere often In-vltcd In-vltcd to dinners which tbey, not I w Ithout jut cause, consider practical practi-cal testimonies of good reeling aud with. In a number of instances strangers also treated thctn to meal and beds. , A I Wherever I went the peofOo sppR witb the highest pake anJ "ndest frtllngj of Ui MBiiiif Ul toth erly care displayed towards thin, by Apostle A. ii. Lund. Elders IS. 0. Fiygare, and C. D. Fjeldsed,whoin tho people love as children do their parents. They all wished to be remembered re-membered to these brethren. I pray God to bless you and the servants of Gcd everywhere, that we may continue to grow In the knowledge of truth and all gocd works. I am sure If you could find time to write) au epistle of encouragement encour-agement for chr Slur, the Elders and S dnts In this mission would be greatly delighted to hear from you. With kind regards to ail, I renal re-nal n. i ohf brother in the Gospel, Edw II. Aniieksos. Cow-Sll.lGBN, Denmark, November Novem-ber 7th, 1S9J. |