| Show IS l Y of Work Reported lum Cli rit I n It C Ii Nora norway Aug 10 1900 To the At our list lut conference held In Trond May fay and th w we were ap appointed pointed to labor In the branch ot of time the conference Our field or of la labor embrace the city of oC and a Ire large 81 area ot of surrounding country This ell city has haa abut about 10 inhabItants It t is II hult built on n th three small ml islands which ar are hut but time the summIts ot of t three pr pro out ot of the Ha s In the place ot of street treet CAr cars WI we liars two small mal steamers that rn run continuously from island Illand to island I If We want to take lake I a stroll Main street tet We have to take one of these thele bt boats Te The tare lare I is A little less lea than one cent but Ilen then you must reo ye member that lint People are compelled to travel I hi this means because Ih they cant walk even It if timey have lore more Um tIme than mane money Time The In Industry ot of Ihl the people here is II drying codfish Every dl day YOl en can I see hundreds ot of men woo wo ren inca and children distributed over the dry rk rocks lOiI some carrying lh fish out to dry other others turning them over on the rocks while others are filing up and carrying iu in th thee that Ir are dry I It lak takes meveral days dYM to dry a tish and erb each nl night hl or In cl case of rin rain you wi will Iud sud find the hills hl covered with cir ruin ot of th fish about six IJ feet In height and nd the same lima In dIameter Ov Over r each h pile I 11 Is hail a ron conical 11 I shaped hapl wooden cover which all as a pro from moisture There ar are many poor people ole here The Th w wage paid ala a Ia boring man Is III front 5 to 10 4 40 cents per dRY ilay There I is a man sitting Just out nut pr Id of our door pounding imp rocks for far the highway lie HI tells 11 us that II when hn hI he n has hal r good luk luck lie he cal can make lout about J 1 pr per or a JI I 2 lr per hour Thee laboring lt tiara to 10 rent their Id and bu buy very every article thA that thatis is II y to ft feed ald and clothe theta selves and children and amid py pay fur for It al all out ot of the these scanty wages ae It is II about years since Ine the 00 pl pel was wa first introduced In this city and w we lavt have at t preen presen lut but four meat liei bore ot of the Church lUl hut time the I ot of the te Lord we ha have quite a Il lot ot of friends Ind and aiming ore are a number who know that Ihal the ol pl II true trul but bitt who not as yet et had COl courage rage to count forward anti amI embrace it II The Me people II in the sur surrounding UI rounding country have neer never hi the ad and nearlY our whole tm since teaching her here has hal been ep nt In li Ia aon among them distributing our literature and nd conversing with Ihm whenever atm an opportunity I is I it itis Is impossible to get 10 t hold meetings In the country Q as all thc IwO pit pi blon helen to the Lutheran or State Iatt church and time the priest hu has almost um toni control over them Ir 0 of other an nt not given a public hearn hearing among them It if the priest ra con prevent It It the WR way w was opened up for Cor forus U us and last Sun llY we were permitted to tn hold a In the country at a place abut about miles from this riY city W We were received very favorably anti we 0 trust that this wi will no not hI b the Ihl op opportunity opportunity of the kind afforded p Til This ot of Norway is II ri n pretty an any other art In the aal urn degree those rind rn con trusts In Ih the scenery Here r may 0 hI he round found soft smiling landscapes Ilon along the shores ot of the deep fjords well 11 cultivated n l web land ant anti alpine mountain ranges ot of great beauty Here tourists l while away y hunting and fish 1 lag Inc The rot cost of 1111 living IJ Ii fI er high U as the country people through wih with the tourist have len learned to 10 charge hul two prices for tor everything this we e rant cant resist Ih time beauties an and pleasure n f the How we lov love everlasting hi and crystal streams anti nets arl Te There is III something homelIke anti and familiar In these rugged scenes Irenes comae ole thing suggestive of I a Ipar dear spot far faraway away We I are enjoying our labors very vry nn and WI We that Ihal th the protecting hand of 01 the TAirI lies been over u us anti tending that Ills U us are It at attending J 1 I J lm N NT T A F No 29 C Nor Norway WR way |
