| Show I NEW DANISH MISSION Ii R 1 The accompanying Illustration the lire new now mission house hou which will willbo willbe bo be erected this year In the tho city af of Aal Ani Aalborg borg bort Denmark In January ry lust a building lot Will wua w ae purchased In Aalborg by the tho Church through the tha aB agency ncy of or Elder Jens M It Christensen president lt of ot the tho mission Tho The premises are situated on the tho corner comer of ot Gade the tha central part of ot a 11 new now addition to the growing city of ot Aalborg The pi price Ice was kroner nearly The Tho contemplated will consist of or two stories of ot which the low or story tor will contain con lain a IL room roauL Kr r f smaller meetings rooms tar for tho the accommodation of or s n a 1 baptismal font triad n a tenement for tor a II small fam family omit ily Ih Tire Tho upper will contain a hull hall large enough to accommodate at least persons It Is Intonating interesting In to now note not I the fact that tho building lot was wan purchased from an nil estate e tate In near neRI relatives of lit Sister Julia Julin Hyde of Spring City Utah widow of the late Apostle Orson Hyde are aro financially In Interested Interested d Aalborg Ix Is In III point of ot size fifth city antI and had Inhabitant In n 1901 1001 The tour four larger larKer cities titles of ot the tho king kingdom kingdO dom doir dO 1 lire are Copenhagen l rg Aarhus awl Odense la Is I beautifully fully situated shunted on the tho south Hide tilde of ot the most t Interesting of ot all 1111 the tho fjords of or and anil Is its the tho sent lent of ot the diocese of ot which there are Ill seven In tire the country After Apostle I Snow anti and his hili ers had successfully full planted the Gospel standard Copenhagen in and amid orR organized Il u 1 flourishing V hlll branch pral nth there Eider Johl r 1 I Dykes Dyke was true sent to Aalborg to missionary la In labors labors bors In III the province of ot Jutland lie He arrived In Oct 10 lo IKO 1150 und timid loon roon found foun 1 friends among the among union whom wham he tirade made Iris hIM first t con can converts verts erl and amid baptized 1 eight of ot thorn them Oct Oel 17 1 50 as 1111 mix tho the first of ot his hIli labors In tho the city ell alt The person baptized was JInn Hans Peter Jensen who wire figured as the most mo 1 local missionary In hr Scandinavia In III an nn early day da nerd and wire who subsequently after his hit arrival In Utah tool took a 1 loading leading Ita part In Inthe Inthe the lire building up of ot Brigham City Utah One of ot his Minnie the wire wife of ot the tho late hate President Snow Straw Another one mane on of ot Eider 1 lder Dykes D kell eon con converts on verts In Aalborg was tho the late lions Hans F I h Petersen who III in 1St 1851 became the tire t Saint missionary to Nor Norway Norway way wn and who at lit the of or his death was ta as uric ono of ot tho tiro foremost citizens of ot county Utah Others having been heen baptized a branch of ot the Church was wan organized In lu Nov U 25 23 1850 1830 with Hans HilliS Pe Pc Peter Peter ter Jensen as rag and anil ever evor since III nee that time the lire branch has hilA been one on a of the tho th most nourishing and amid lively II IY In the Scandinavian mission It linn hall also iiNo had u II roost most Interesting his Ids history tory tor or which when written will 1111 rend read like 1110 romance In lu no era part of or were eo the exposed to such violent per persecutions amid s as were the tho members Ill of ot tire the branch brunch In the beginning and aul Aalborg Is also the only nil place lace In t nil all I Scandinavia c where iny Saint has hall been lleen murdered for far forthe or the testimony of ot Jesus The occasion referred to was n the boating beating ben tin If to death th In n 1875 1816 of ot a u young roan man who had recently joined tho the Church Soon Boon oon after the th organization of tin the th branch In Aalborg other branches wen raised etl up In Iu the surrounding country and thus Aalborg soon became tho the headquarters of ot a n conference from which winch more Saints have emigrated to than limn don any other part of ot the world In proportion to the P t 4 lie Vi Jew or on to tl d I lit at t Aalborg Thue Year t t 4 JOw cX at w o car yf t o X 1 tl oS ti a J i X I x 1 I i t ti o j i it ir 1 t 1 1 s il J i I z t J 1 tY i f t A r f fI I r 5 I II J re 1 t tr X I I XI r I W I 14 r I 1 ti y t PJ I I Y YI I I I IX s I II X t te t I X e e f ti tid d t 7 y yb b rv r 1 9 J V t f t lS Y r ry I y try ity X f t Z r ral 9 1 f I al R r rt rt rr y X t r i t I s t tt y Y Y t I Y t V Vj Vt Vr Y v Y Y j t X X Y r h Y t Y Y l J M number of or inhabitants dwelling In that thaI part of or the country which Is II J In ht the thc conference President Anthon II 11 Lund Lunt Is a u native of ot Aalborg embraced tl the Gospel there The Iho late lato lal President Pre C D l was one a athe the first presidents of or the Aalborg coho relence though thou h a u native of ot Copenhagen Among Amon the tho long list of conference o pres pre presidents wo we find and tho the names ninnies of ot Christl in err tie Je first Ort man ordained t tto to the Priesthood In ht sent call and und who died dle 1 recently In Mantl Utah Johannes Larson Larsen rind Larsen Lursen two brothers both of whom hom died as 1 faithful ant and prominent men In Spring City CIl Utah Hans Jon Jell Jensen SIll sea who acted for many man years earM as op Oil of ot Mantl South ward Utah mind who Is still alive Jens Jensen the present Bishop of Forest Mute rile Salt Lake county Peter 0 O h Hanson Hansen one of ot tho the pioneer missionaries ml of ot Denmark Vets Niels Peterson Petersen who sho die diet I recently its tie one of ot the foremost citi citizens zens lens of ot Utah Niels P Uns Ras musses who acted for many mail years ear as itA itAm Bishop m of Levan Lemn Utah Simon Chris i I tendon now a ri 1111 Iris ii of or I the lire Seler slake r I Him In I who Is 18 s at rat present III In her tan L fn en In III publishing the Hook Book of ot Mor mon In III th lan language Ml end many others Ainu IHO the of of ot the the hf lilies Ines H Oiled filled Ills his hi first foreign i l L boring as os a traveling Elder in III conference Fran 1 the tho very er beginning hall in IB n which to hold were here nM 1 In Aalborg and tot rOt nearly 40 years eurs ht the h conference headquarters i old mid hall Vere Mere In lu tho well 1111 known hl n ullo 6 well lell se t II ref em e bezel bele by by hy us liS lIder who then hen fn ent nt ly I found fond a n welcome though very ery lem em abode after aCler our long lon and an w arv tramps a as GO Gospel messengers lIle Ini he the surrounding country The old oh bul al was tens destroyed by lIy tire lire only a ten r e months ago but Jilt before that hapPi our brethren had moved the confer conference conference ence headquarters to where they sae ara arant at nt present In amt ami where they undoubtedly will ull remain until t ti new building shall bo 0 ready for or occupancy JE SO |
