Show u President Smith And Ad Party y S In The Netherlands I Ii 1 i are arc willing Ira concede to ih fact that thai we are art but it a anil nil over here and ancS leVall lon a AI aa the land of or and Ad wood o shoes hoM hut but we e feel teel M IbO be present mo quite laWt a d 1 could uW Urt our aloft aloU nd shout with Joy Jor u aa loud 1 te believe llen b a u even tb the l ut of ot them ever er t betor for in the th history hillory of ot the theof I of ur J us Christ of or h hii f with willi a visit from the th L Jf t j the tM Church during durlin his hll hi presidency ind tid therefore It t II Is not trIne strange that t S hs Netherlands tb Including th Ib t nd of at Holland Bud and Belgium el should houll ea i Jubilant m In n being to tl I boM H a l of been with the vii via viar r It U S President Alex Me Sible accompanied bv W Laurence Y Thatcher went well S 10 Q 1 Antwerp rp to await t HIP th t arrival of ot the Ule theS UleS theS S S from Irom the tb Red ned Stilt tar ter Ine President ir Nibley I bier expecting IX hU hla hisS S father i and nud mother and two listeN to on that boat It II waa wag morning about hout I on Aug UI 7 JW wc that the tb grist great boat hoat to near noar S port or anti and as is she ehe daw dw nearer and ancl nd the party on board boAN was wall larole as all a to whom the l nan man who ho to 10 ua le so eQ friendly with L hn could b II but they were ft not lo lot t Held In for tM as al the tile boat an anchored r It revealed the nil fuel ficI that not only President parent and anI tw two C W V and arid wife rind two daughters ts Annie and nd Alice t me ere on board but hut also niso President Jo P F Smith and party we were c mem S leu dera ers of ot the tho party It Jt was wa indeed a surprise but a very ery happy one After a 11 Jort t time spent In III Antwerp to recruit the ho i continued It IUt journey journo direct i 10 to arriving About noon A I S1 it was made to the old Pilgrim f l hurch church In In III the tho outskirts J of ot and then the party part re returned returned 0 turned visiting tho thu office Here Url r they found elders anxiously awaiting their thIr arrival although tho Iho coming of r the president was wai wa not nut a tI surprise to t them they having received word by b 5 mall tho the same came day clar that he lie was Wit on his wa way to Europe The Tho meeting how however bo 5 ever cr was as a n very nory happy huppy ono one A telegram telo was nes sent to 10 President Ho He k i tier r J 3 hunt at Liverpool as ne the boot r ra Dover Doer fo I o that tha t the following morning Wednesday the he also arrived l In erd II In nad joined the Olt th happy PartY The rue journey was then continued to 10 Amsterdam Am where whre tho the Ia day was spent In visiting places of It r In terest tm sl the museum being among amon them u herein Is III kept famous masterpiece The Tho SIght Night Watch Vatch ns nil alto also many other paintings of ot note At l S 8 In III th the evening a meeting was va held In the hall bali In Do De It 1 11 The elders hud hid lost no time limo during the day In notify ing n oil ull till the saints and friends of ur tho the special meeting to be to held and the thA th re reo wit sult was as that the hell hall was vae well tilled i and everybody eVet body anxiously awaited ll tho the of ot President Smith and party There were also aleo Mints and elders ciders from surrounding places present nt and It would be Le to endeavor to rot por tray Iray tra the tho expression that beamed in every cery try countenance when the petty party ar nr and again oK ln at tim the clow cloe of ot tho the meeting when It was wae announce that thai the vIsiting brethren and Bisters would stand tand at tho the dour door and that Ihal all nil desiring to Clasp Clup their hands hande would Mould be granted that privilege Thursday morning Aug Au 9 the left for tor The Hague and upon their ar rival there President Smith was wae made happy by b the arrival of ot his hl hi son eon on Al AI via In F who iho had robe conic over ocr from from Lon Ion don d n and wn thero ns all tho the train pulled Into Inlo the illation Mallon Among the places liace visited In The Hague v wai a the Hou Houte In L Iho tho th Woods where the worlds ramous famous peace leMO congress was wac held and tho the queens palace and an an nn old prison on where urn lire kept of ot torture used In torturing to death thoo who Ilo de ile parted from the tho orthodox belief hellet these there the Is U found Among n a large lart iron table which was ns made mado rod red rl 1 hot and the tho prisoner was tras forced to walk same name 1 If It guilty his feet t t would be t burned If It innocent his hie foot fete would not be b burned and ns n the Iho guide told us who ho could talk a little English This Thu all 1111 ll happened happen hIlPI In the ROOd good old summer times he v enIng the Ibo beautiful b set resort wee nan alan aiM I II Id after atter which the party J returned i to 10 where meeting was wae wa held nt III S p tn In In hall hail St Jan 15 Here wan a congregation of ot about Ito and friends friende Including many Inan from neighboring brunches branch There wore vote also alan 31 Jl older olden from in 11 attendance and three from root tho the mission olfiN After Afler the close clote of 01 the dent mif ling Preal Grant Orant returned to l I gland while IhU the tho remainder of the i arl party remained In until the following morn moni ing when they left to visit further on nit the tho continent President Alex Alu ly lit ur loll accompanying tham Ih i It Is If h dle to 10 mention the Ih happa i 1 of our president Alex AIx and S Elder Alvin K F 1 Smith at belli 1 stile n to me meet T t their Mi i in thie I h It land ml t t lind lint U It did Mm th that thI i all the i elders cr participants f of VI c f II pleas S ure nrc for all see nd greatly S i nl iI being able to men meet m friends from tm their n I home hoin hc m s eu i d ar The Th 11 lt I 5 elders cider 5 was not nol only greatly lied by the 7 r but ft from far fir and 11 near to l he be e able bk to nee Me Mud mid hoar hear h r the nil l Ulan whom the th Ird hm h ht a a 1 nPr arr lit III n rk upon thIs Ihl earth and to tu t he th fbi Of tr hi his Is I i that our Rood good people flOP In III ii I lit 11 Ii I 1141 I of f the Ih vineyard ill Iii n ii for rr Cr n WP w feel that toe I tIn good gool dmu Ion b h Hi I n II will be felt throughout the Ihl i L President dent Smith rr pr iU it Ills III visit and was nut U u 11 t to so o many mall Mints In Ii this thu Ihl country uA 11 1 an fl 5 J tIlI children o Tin rUI or ni rho lit nary art 11 coined C well II II l I it the I ns R ci ell a SW Lh l f IN N of oC mating in m Ain ui ni held Aug S S 10 lM UI A t S to order by b l idem VII I fond find wax wat M 4 by IJ b w V S thank Tilt Tune 0 O iid d rr fr a prophet PI 5 Prayer wits was 1111 l b tI Ly KMer laurence V 1 Prest Preat Alex Iu MM th the presence of ur Pr t ih P V Smith J tir aej M Elder r I W V Perot n 1 ir nt then Ihen i M hU his hi lIh the wiri i rh rk bring beIng done In this and luid lOA Id chico he ht last had d the Ihl ih iler of mei lag Ini with ua un u the bat hr he II h IH I tta cv era Im I m In part arts r f the tho country countr He lie W bo boi III m his hll usual strong tron r of t the Ity It of ot the l 1 or of f I as al a tau taught ht by b the till letter r po 1 south Smith mith i lid ld u 11 up of nf lt II acquaintance I with It 10 the th with hi his fait fatt fr e t hi II i iS S hud known Ion in ill hn hii h wt x i S had hd knon them th to In be IH mm inc r f I MI 4 n IliSt t t S he h had tn t l lr lIrI tor br loCht t hime Mil that he h linw nw th h hai haf l ri i J their It n trash He JI Il h hs I al alI v I S been lly l ej U Ia with ith r horn ham TaT M Will wn I andrenio brow noe lild a I Ime these merl l le b be p parc rt nM Jinn hoMat hn tit St faithful men and 01 that 0 Lord was Willi with ih m iM al 4 gt gave t h I I S Ills ned tn In f unitt lilt I j The 1 Gospel Go ot of f Jp Christ w 11 1 nays ars rood good m MIl man n better aj aid I v I there thre life r those thOle who ho hare bar b n fc bas 1111 i who ho will h It It will wui clean IMn jn from their and bring I tat fellowship with lIh Ih the I iL g fi us II purity pUrll ef ot m il ei M nae tobe true to 10 il 1 m He P ik oV of f C a I the th II e lint s ri hail revealed through tile Hin r Joseph among which vies III th work norK for tor the Ih ut of the Ihl PUll I it Heber lieber J 1 Orant rant sang it e eoma win olo Tome oma 90 with fIlth me acro the w sea ea a Elder I W V SIbley y of or hl hi his a itu with the lb of the Church h und and Chit Ih 1 he kne them to tx he good go od honorable men and that their Ih Ii ei err tr an example to the people He III H e told lold of ot the tie Ih Indebtedness of the Am American e ri cn am people to the people i pie fur for the freedom they th y now flow en In enJoy InJO eny Joy JO y The visiting III sisters th then n occupied a 1 aw t fe w moments of or th the time expressing their th pleasure at t being belu able to meet with wI lt the people and of ot their beautiful be bete country They bore I strong testimonies te to the tb of ot th the work w ork of the th Saints Prest Alex In NIbleY then made a few tn clo remarks and sad ben d let km was pronounced pr by inder I Rich mell AId ar dL Preat IrNI I ret Alexander SIbley acted tu u in interpreter Ie for tor all the speakers kr with the exception of oC his bIB father Irest Wells Well L tir Interpreting for tor hint him IN IX Report of ot a meeting in III held he heh ld Aug 3 I 1906 19 President Clyde CIde A Hammond ammond h called the meting meeting to or order order orr der O r at S p II m and ani the congregation llon i sang nr ng One Ons Met r Quid Guilt G GP us ne u U 0 Prayer P rayer wu u Ii d by b kider L Lf Le Grind Grand It after which the Ibe choir SOUK SOUKan an Mn song IOn 11 God lie 11 Ii With You I After lter President Alex Ix Ibl had Md I made m mI ade a a few remarks of ot announcement President I Heber tuber J i Grant spoke for a it short ah ort time on the work that had been Leen accomplished ae In this mission million and of or his hi s appreciation of 01 the lice of ot the th than e elders elde in lit carrying out OUI his hi withal and an d plans Illan Rider Hider C 0 W V Nibley exhorted the as Inti to o be diligent in keeping the commandment co of ot the Lord and to follow tollow fu liow their leaden and to do all within w their power pulVer to make their neighbors n acquainted with the eternal truth tr uth mi iii that thai when hen they tilt should before be fore the judgment seat Mal of or God they th could ouid e nut not say to us UI You ou knew the tM truth tr uth and you ou failed ailed to tell me m of ot It ItI It I 1 would have hate hI gladly accepted Ht d It had hail I 1 Inow I known k now You hIV have deprived me tf if r the blessings b by 11 not nul having warned m fIll I r Alviti 1111 F then spoke v uke k ku u II few words Jr iI ment tu to the I brethren b and sisters and end bore testimony mony m op to tu the divinity of 01 the I w work ork and aad to the th of ot the Pro Iro Prophet phet Ilhet p het Pr P Joseph K V Smith e ed his hili h is pleasure at toeing seeing so 10 many Inan p po jIO o opie pie p ie mid IO an o ninny many tInn children hildren n In this coun lOun country I try lIT t ry He lie Instructed the brethren and ami d 1 eters 11 to uke car lal of their children Tench esch T them Ihm In their childhood the th principle ji nf lit if truth teach them to tu live In pure lu cre liven liva Un teach them tu to have ban faith lit iii God 00 G oil and how hon to 10 pray lira and to 10 cull ill upon the th t he lord In faith tR It h II 11 lie i poke oXe or eel requirements n made of the Ihl eld elders em that thai they the t he should lIe circumspect Kt lives pure pur i KII s unspotted UI trout from the sins of oC the world w orld He lie spoke lOke of ot till tIes love lore that I should e exist in 10 and said Ild I It Itus its et etus us u s exen that thaI love Ioe 10 and charity that f and that will bring brIne to us the affection a of ot those with lIh whom horn we are a associated a that we 1 may lie he united milled In III Inthe the he t bond of ot that greatest law of God to 10 t o love God with lIh all III our hearts hurts and like unto u tu nto It our neighbor as a He lit I to spoke of ot the work ork for the Ih dead without w which we cannot be bt made mad per Ir perfect I f Also Mso AI o exhorted the brethren anti and sisters s to keep the Ih Word WOld of 01 Wisdom He lie l Ie hoped the time would anon wion IOn come comeno no e n that they the would be 1 able to gather with w ith the Saint President rr l Smith congratulated r the tile choir on their good e and anil hoped that they I the hl would continue c ec In the good ool work ork Meeting Was wai al closed bj bt b singIng We Ve thank hank t Thee Th f 0 U God no od for tor a Prophet tI I by b Rider Rier Clyde lyde d A t Eidet Herman lerman Hell UMI ailed acted Irle as a Inter Interpreter preter u reter r for tor nil all Mi the speakers A rich outpouring of ot the lh 1 spirit of or orth the he th t a 55 manifest 1 in our oUt meetings and a nd al all II s nt were we greatly through t having attended The Th mem mein memory m n ory Of 1 o ot Of the thes meetings meeting will wi live Ih long longIn Io In l it the hearts of ot the th people tP Secretary of Hf rf I f |