Show blouio ahe connal Jon Jo arnal nal correspondent Correspond eDt in Dulc Duld Mand land HARD TIMES ABOSS THE rond do republicans charge abo panic in europe to grover ol evelond and Dm democracy EDITOR JOURN JOURNAL thinking a few lires from a far away reader of your most ill ost valuable paper would be i little interesting to your numerous subscribers I 1 send the following I 1 I 1 ag one the first day of december 1892 elder james H hadfield ali myself left our peaceful homes in the valleys of tile mountains to to ier perform form a mission iris sion in tho the N netherlands where we arrived in good health on the of same came month and were escorted from our boat to hoti i by bv your esteemed town townsmen krnell A L F farrall a rrell and J L will ill hyde brother farrell faund he be was to be our future president and brother 11 lie wax a pie presiding pies siding idin over a branch of the church at amsterdam after being set apart to our different field k nf labor we c begin beg in to form our first acquaintance with ie 1 I aal and alo aho the babits liali iti and clig loins of this people with whom we were to tile the following two or three years 0 of our life wo we fouad the ca condition id ion of this people like that of all other nations iu rebellion with biti the work of god but notwithstanding L tile the opposition which the elder rs 11 nave ave had to meet the work rork basalone has V gone steadily forward until at the present ti time die we have a largo large and thriving branch established here in ill tills this land numbering somewhere in the neighborhood of souls auls all st striving riv manful manfully lv to work out their salvation af as paul says with will fear I 1 nil ind trembling our greatest drawback at present is scarcity of elders elder there being but seven in the whole mission si situated as follows rotterdam L president edwin bennion jou 13 and it N hill at amsterdam A W judd and james 11 IIII iladio adfield beld at arnhem B jans danien en and il II de bry four being american had the langtange ian lan guange to learn tile the others allers being 11 native at t lac were able to start immediately mediately edia tely tv to work the D dutch u teri ai as a rule are a very religious people and some of theme them accept the gospel as soon its as it becomes explained to them while others do all in their power to oppose it our reports report ending dec 31 1893 showed bowell 95 sims during that year but as none but tile the poor ii will ill accept ace clit the glad tio tidings lings very very few are able to emi deml I 1 arate and gather galiber with the faints in i in the mountains we vc are having winter now in all her glory but not such a winter as you aie abc having we never hear the jingle of the ibe merry sleigh bells or seethe see the sports out trying bryin their fast horsey horses hitched to some fancy cutter yet we have had ice in abundance up tip to one week ao ago when we reci relieved eved a thaw which broke it up while the ice lasted it was made good uso use ot of by I 1 those who could skate and as that number is not small here in holland la large I 1 go numbers of all sizes aud and classes could be seen going to and in d from the ice and if one visited the ice lie would be surprised it at the sigl I 1 t that would merit meet his gaze aze old men and women young men a and a n d women and children of all sizes and ranks would be found at these resorts I 1 name them resorts because upon the ice you can call fi find nil bee rhalls saloons gain el gambling bling tables cottee coffee houses restaurants music in fact all kinds of business 1 being bein carried on in t tents upon the ice these thee people as a rule are very good skaters they jo do not skate fast but very cry graceful and it is a 1 very beautiful sight eight to see the young men and ladies 0 going goin g arm in arm across the ice keeping keepin 0 in motion with each other with nith th the e regularity reau larity of a clock ive seen hundreds iund reds of people on oil tile the ice it at the same time and yet they aar rarely el y fall or run against one another r the young man will invite his young lady and escort her to and from froll the ice as the young men at home invite their ladies lid L id ies aud and escort thern them to and from the balls last oct we received a visit from apostle A 11 II lund and while he be was here lie he established a conference in our midst and so ar matters that we are allowed to meet with each other every three months mon abs tbs lull and enjoy each others society and m give a report of work performed in the three months which have pas past 6 our conference was held at am st eidam dee dec abol u and was attended by hundreds of people our rr regular 0 ular liall hall not being large ario crio enough ty 11 we ve were obliged to hire another imp iri for the occasion and hail the satisfaction or of kerilla seeing it well occupied and a I 1 large a rge number whoa who had never heart heard the before had tile the ledge e of hearing bearing it then TI alio 0 1 people eople 1 as a rule are very hospitable and are willing to make almost any sacrifice in helping the riders elders roll the good work forth wo we hear bear the cry of hard times here on oil every ever y side ant and hundreds of men are walkin walking the streets without work not knowing where or how to earn a cent to buy their f t tar arving ving children a piece of bread will our republican friends say that grover cleveland is the cause of hard times here also tun makes its appearance quite regularly twice a week and we imagine ourselves in your mist while perusing its valuable columns and lo arning I 1 how things thinas L are progressing 0 in in your section while we at aie e alj absent ent declaring unto the children of men that the anc an aipel c has flown which john saw wh while i le lie he was on the isle of pelmus and hafs established the kingdom of god for the last time and as dow says never more 0 0 be taken away avay my ily time is too short to write any more inore this tim so hoping coping these few lines might 0 find place in in your valuable paper I 1 be beg to remain your brother in christa Chri christ R N HILT HILL ROTTERDAM 11 holland olland jan 29 20 94 04 |