Show INTIEntisimin reacan iniiNalLKIL 06hanrat ot IMmects Micle11t a CorEMiACEv Denmark March 16th 1897 ro IM Editor Although these northern laod have yielded rich harvests 10 the Gospel reapers In years gone by and the present ent his been characterized l frequently as the period or gleaning we still find mocy good hanest people who are de sirou d learning the truth and l mlica I have filth sufficient lo accent the Gospel During the > ear 1896 there were laboring In Scandinavia 107 missionaries and there mere baptized 496 Pilots line I6S persons emigrated to Zion Th Ildcrs also Milled about 60000 homes 01 strangers and had more than 25000 Con < l conversations dlilnbul log some 40000 trac s and books thus ringing the Gospel lo the doors of many U is true but few accept its trulh yet much prejudice is allayed and the people are given a more correct Idea l of the conditions existing among the Latter day Saints than they formerly had Vc find many who me friendly to U s who are convinced that the Gospel b true but the positions which they occupy oc-cupy the wealth they possess and many olhte temporal concern are 01 so much aloe to them that they tire unable to hard the step which might imperil these things Rut Insomuch as they earnestly and honestly reek the truth me feel assured that in the due t me of the Lord they will receive faith and renglh sufficicnl to sacilnce all earlhly blessings for this Kingdom of God even It to accomplish this result it should be ccesury lor the hand of the Lord to braid br-aid beiily I upon them W hive such case wncto io the might 01 their own strength and l poi ion people hardened their hearts against us and spurned the message we brought them But humility humil-Ity cme with adversity When t hroujli bitter trial they were brought loa kcowledge cI their on littleness and the greatness of God their hearts sef ned ard what before was blow their dinby to notice became Iho com felt aLd solace of their souls Now and then an opportunity is given lt lrelo to py esec title Gospel tn people of Die better eI Assail Hr Jens Ut a noted ircmber of the olethnic the lower house 01 the nimsh legislature Rigs dagen which has I bln In srsloII in tbl < city since Octeber last has at ended nor meelirgs frequently ostensibly to bear our singing only but he has also reatedly kitLu 1 u J > iat the office and discussed the principles l oi the G spel lith us He 11 free lo admit that I the divine authority of tlc Church of Christ lies with either the Latter day Saints or be Catholics He rate he favors the claims of the latter I but vie arc cf the opln II on that thus Ij but a subterfuge be hand lich he seeks 10 enscoce himself him-self from the truth and IrciUent Lund ha plamlv told him that but lor his I wealth and social 1 position he wouUac aill crttbe Gospel As a rule we are courteously treated I by the people cur gatheiings are undisturbed undis-turbed save incidentally out In thor country by an iutox caled person I or a preacher of the so called personMh I ion a soil ol revivali1 branch of the Lutheran state churcb This sect is about the only religious body that we mveany difficuly with to leastherein Denmark Tnrsipecplc are very zeil ous formal and righteous resembl og very much the Pharisees of old and like them they cannot tolerate the true Gospel of Const But not being able to overcome our brethren and stay the rotressol the work ol God some of heir priests hive resorted lo a law wnlch was enicle I during the socialistic movc ncnt about lbTO72 empowering the minister of gusiice tj banish from the realm auy person who In his judgment is u or dangeroui to tne public In4urlcui i we re Upon the complatats I of fl these preachers 0 number 01 our nlunaI have from time to time been banished from Denmark Last Aujuit Elder D 1 K Drown was IHH banished from Aalborz and escorted cross the border tu Germany by the police and on the sit Inst two Elders J t Jensen 01 Pro 0 and Jlosep it Larsen Cottorm nod were treat d tn l tal snlllr rranller at Rom on he island if Bornholm They were sentloy the judge to Copenhagen lo bet st be-t out of the country l by Ihe city ol facials They arrived here on the morn log ut I the JrJ and were conducted to ho counhuuse where they were do tRind unlit III the onrnoon title Ihe jfhciils were deciding hat 10 do math them President Lund asked that they bo enl to Sweden but the police ceemed to hesitate shout asunimg the responsibility of sending sum individuals in-dividuals Into a neighboring country as It i might be consideted by that nan loa aq an Lnlrlendly acll Thy mentioned somemine cannot sending them to the United S alts but as no snip was sailing directly there for a week or more u would Ir b uecesary for the brethren to remain In durance vile in the meantime lime These projects were not very teisiuung S3 while the matter was taken under consideration we called on the American consul Mr Robert I Kirk to lay the case before him and ask his i intervention In case the Brethren should Incircerated Now v bather it vasbecaue we were Morn on Elders or net w e cannot say but the uislncllna lion 01 the consul tn render us any aida aid-a CO apparent that we illicitly left We next sought the highest represents live of Ihe United butts m tin c un ry the American Minister John L R slty whose sumptuous opartments 01 royal splendor are a credit lo the nition thy represent And we are proud alas lhat Mr Rule is truly a representative cfthe grand Ktpublic cf the Wejl Our reception was entirely ditfm front Ii at ab ve named anti < when e told Ih i mlnI wait we were he said our religion mall 10 difference to hml lit vvas alA a plead to Sc his countrymen country-men lie promised i uron heanrc I lu cwt totendtrus whateter I aid lay nI In power and lhiojkhout the interview trated us ith a kindness and cocrtey that we lhall ever hold in graltful ri meallornc UIOO our recrn to the the courlhuuie we loun I that 111 polic oniclaU lull c lostn tlc mplest way out of the lemma They eave the Elder their liberty bat told them that cemk banished they mutt gel out of tie land as qu ckl > possible thus Ilirjum toe lesjunsib lily a well as the expo UD on oar Irtliien Well hole Elders are 101 preacriiK the Gospt In lu1 Igor a few Miles lrem her acrcsi Ih Sound In bweden 1 ne itiJge at Ronii give them a few hours for preparallon Before sending them here to Copenhagen Copen-hagen and the time was caved la tood dvallage the urethren ller Iakln the r few belonyngJ found opporlunil lob p Ize I three parities before leaving the island Suite then lie have had an audience 01 I is excellency khn mini tel cf justice on tile mattitrof banlihing out brtthrcii 1 ctU he ptoinlord i to fo Ova bnvestiltatiors still ascertain II there had ben ground sufficient lor the action The mark of the Lord Is prospering in this city Our meting nre well alton al-ton < ld On Sunday evening the hall It I crowded to Ii Utmost opacity there being present from 200 to 333 person There are in the branch a number of auxiliary organic ations I good 1 working order vix a Iemol Ihhd Socety a Y M Ali I Aocla ion and a Suo day school The Saints are or the moil part t earnest In Ihe work of the Lord and render Cleat aid in spreading the ttuths ol the Gospel among their nelth bors and friend Quite a number of slrangcrs ultend the meetings and alt Invite our Hide lo their I homes and good results am follominig On the evening of March loth seven persons received baptism Elder Enoch Jorgensen Jorgen-sen ot I Ipluaim I performing the or11 l rr pnao0ther lnd ri Dance We havo another date l let for baptism next week when we expect to add a few more souls to the fold Thus the lord is blessing the labors of HU I servants and crowning their ellorts with success There is one tiling however that we meet wherever we go and 11 would like to call the attention ol the returned ml lonatles and emigrated Saints to this ubject In visiting among the people boto Saints and straultersthe genetal complaint U I that their relflves and friend who hive gone to Zion have ailed lo keep Ililr promises to write end nothing has been heard of hem except ex-cept In an indirect wav po osibly now and then Wrong impressions are created by this neglect borne act the Idea that their friend I are unhappy and in a poor state hence do nut wr te Some strangers even 10 so far os 10 Inter in-ter that there must be some truth in the old charges mad aitn nsl us that letters were Intercepted II the contemn were not tall fictory to a committee ol censors cen-sors It causes the Elders mild labor to remove the cflects of these Ihinfs and the tendency Is I to lessen the faith and confidence in our eople and hamper ham-per the progress 01 file work 01 God In Ihoe land Therefore dear trelhren and sisters II ho have Ioc to Zion U ou Lnew how andoul lour letters ae Iou lot her how much good they could do if urittn In the piojer spirit and how much harm your silence Is dong do-ng among bunts and strangers you would keep sacredly evry promise you have made In this regard Tills applies with even greater force Ie the returned missionaries who have Tailed to keep their promises to write Much ol the good work they accom pluued is being undone and the high esteem In which they were held Is t Its end by this course and ilthough It may require some sacrifice of ll lie mid means these promises should bo kept Some care should be exercised also In what 1s written for Utters have been received here that It would have ben better lo have left unwritten 1 he I ultrs in these parts tie feeling well and laboring u nil zeal 1 and energy for the rpread of the truth Their health In Ihe main has been good not withstand nj that a rumbcr ol them have suffered during the winter from attacks at-tacks if la gtlppc Micn of an Intresting nature might be said ol the large and beautiful city of Copenhagen but as I have already trespassed too far upon your valuable space I lhall not attempt to add anything any-thing upon lhat subject The NEWS is regularly leceived ands It and-s perusal Is I one ol our treat pleasures GEORGE CIIRISTENSCN |