| Show A LETTER FROM GERMANY I Preaching the Gospel In the City of Meissen Several III lave lIao peen lUen fen Per Performed Or formed Inert flirt and tinny Aro tru h Interested Elder Eller Robert I L Hurton sends tho the tot fol following lowing Interesting communication from Dresden Oct II U UOn On the thc of ot May last lut Elder Rob fob Robert fobert ert crt I Burton DImon and 11 It Herman Hoft went to Meissen MelSon according to Instructions instructions lions of DC Elder Eider John E of ot tho Dresden conference to open up Ul a u field of at labor labo there Elder floppier had hilI long been con can convinced convinced vinced of at the tho wisdom of this thia move but owing to the small number of at Elders Eldors It had been Impossible to carry catry It Into execution The Tho city of at Meissen Is small scarcely numbering mote moro than Its situation however Is delightful It lies In a little long valley snugly nestled among tho hills und nod lulled to toa ton toa a n quiet repose by the tho rippling waters of ot the tine Elbe ElbeOn ElbeOn ElbeOn On approaching the city from Cram either cither up or down the stream the tho first sight to 10 attract tho the attention of ot the stranger Is the dark outlines of ot what appears to be bo an old fortress or cantle crowning the top of It an nl elevated hill hili And nd such It Is Built In the year 1475 the AI Al must have hae been b en Impenetrable Impenetrable In those thos days of ot strife Dut But this thia la III only ani a feature Meissen claims claim our Interest mostly from the fact fi 1 Its being the th birth place of at the tho late Karl 0 O Thin This alone Is to give Mob Meis Meissen els sen Ben un an Imperishable name among th the Saints Often as ns I paced the narrow streets streeta have I thought of the boyhood days of our departed brother and wondered how ho many man times limes ho ha h played upon the selfsame streets Often Otten havo have I tried to Imagine a CI second Karl Q O among tho the children as I saw them busily engaged In to their little games and LInd prattling a strange tongue To trace the story of or our labors for tor forthe forthe the first few tew months would be only to trace the story of ot many another fled fed except In some details Our tracts were accepted and refused we were treated friendly friend I and other otherwise otherwise wise nod and our Joy jo and sorrow hope nod and discouragement rose and fell tell In direct proportion to the reception we found A number of ot meetings were held with always a poor attendance Still we felt that there were good honit st souls Boulo In Meissen waiting and watch ng for the Gospels truths And we WIC nere not disappointed A few tew good friends were found round and before the tho writer was called to his present field August 29 1901 he had the pleasure of or baptizing four souls louis And since then there thero have been several more nore baptized Prior to this however a 1 little tittle with w th the police pollee ox White While Elder Ehler Burton Durton was nb ab absent sent nent for tor u few tew days the pollee police caught Elder Hoff HaC off trading and Immediate took him In charge Not being ly I acquainted with the language to gl gla give in a satisfactory account of at himself the thi police forbade the El Uia to distribute any an more snore tracts Upon Elder Burton return It was decided best to visit tin time th police Notice II all co and explain exl ain cur yur ur purpose In being In Meissen Fortunately we were wert lei led leito to the head III nd man of ot the city to whom we ne gave tracts and made explanations Ile He treated us liB kindly and gave us per permission permission mission to distribute as ns many tracts as asIre we Ire wanted From that time limo on all went well Ite ular meetings are noV nov heln Irein every eer Monday Monday evening and the people are becoming Interested In fact tact two tWI pastors became If It apt Interested curl nut nos and visited us IS In our meeting two or three times At the close of or our second regular one of tho the pastors could coull con can contain lain tain himself no longer lon er Feeling that It ft d upon him to defend tho the price prill dales of ot the Lutheran church against what t he termed our attacks II he asked naked rather excitedly for tor the privilege of or speaking As a 11 matter of ot fact we had hadnot hadnot not Mt mentioned any an church hurch but had sim aim simply ply 11 preached the Gospel as ns we under underStood understood understood Stood It It As It tt was rather late hate It was decided 10 lO arrange a special meeting In which the pastor and anil Elder Ehler Heppler shoula have each n a halt half hour to present their theli views Brother Drother Heppler proposed that we wo procure a larger hall han but the pastor evidently thought enough people had heard of the tho deceptive Mormon doe doo trine to ao tit the same hall was secured for October C The Thu results of that meeting viewed from trona either Side aide of ot the tho controversy would have been beon startling had It not all nl been In direct fulfillment of ot prophesies prophesies sies with whIch We are all acquainted Had the tho Prophet Joseph Josph Smith not sold said that his name would be bo had for tor good tood or evil 11 among all al peoples that pastors of oc would have caused wonderment The rh way 11 In which Elder Heppler explained the principles of or the true and ing to the satisfaction lIall of at most of at those present and discomfiture of or the pastor In spite of or the Strange language and antI the learning of oC his lIla opponent might also have caused amazement did we not remember tho the words of oC Jesus Jesu to Ills m mI Apostles Take no thought of or what hat I ye shall sh speak for Cor It shall be bo given you In that tame same hour what ye e shall speak Matt 10 19 As n Ii threat direct result of the meeting the theElder Elders Elder In tn Meissen hive have a II number of ot friends and Ind a 1 full tull house hOus at nt each meet meeting inn ing The rhe work Tork In Germany generally I II Ib although we sometimes are handicapped on account of ot lack pf of If fret free tre dam dim The cad call Intelligence of at President Snows Snow death ha hn Just Juit reached us and It casts H a gloom over a I am sure t 1 the Ibe thoughts thou hh of or every Elder In Germany when I r nay nod God bless hU hI dear dentone cIa ones oneil whom he has left behind and comfort them In their t hour of ot trial tria |
