Show n If i if w 11 f I t J fJ fi f t ft 11 r i 1 11 f Af Ay A INTERESTING CITY a New Now Hull Report or Work In Elder Felder m cr Petersen writes from Aol Ani Aalberg berg barll Denmark April IT Ii The Tho lh city elt of at Aalborg has ht sa a population of or about ana In one of the tha oldest towns In n Denmark We Wo were ware In a 1 lit Ill littie tie the that was erected 1671 1570 It Is ts near heal tho the old Jew Je church just JuH ju t across the th narrow street from which Is Ia located the former homo home of at President Anthon Anthem H IL Lund Other were pointed out to us dating buck back to IMS 1 8 It Is Interesting to walk through the Older portion of ot tho city lIh Its narrow narrate streets streeta A tow few of ot them are so BO not narrow row TV h load 1011 of ot hay can call cannot rot not nasa through tl One of ot thoin can Clot properly ba be called a n On pausing l through It I could touch the houses on both bout sides with my m wanting walking cAn AM at the tho seine Mine time one ono of oC our El EI Ellain dera the remark when first firs he saw lain this thina hl that tha t It looked look d years ears be behind behind hind the times time Jn In IJ the th portion of ot the city It Is U quite qUIt to u n 1 here Heio wo we 0 can see ce aa as tine brood broad paved streets lit reels and tine line sidewalks as wo 0 can find rind any an Whore here However llo never thore there are arc no sky 1111 sappers how From Flom four tour to six elx stories Is le the average height hc ht Aalborg alb Ig has hall the tho finest IInes union un 1011 railroad station In Denmark erected during the list hIM few rew years ears and finished In the tho fall tall fallor of or 1902 at an Immense cost over 60 trains pass paIS through here every 24 21 hours h Urs Aalborg Is Ia quite a 11 InK Ing town towa has hila nn tin Ill excellent harbor and thin of ot nit all kinds come corne in ht hero here through fjorden outside of ot the city la is a 0 large larg glass Class factory but hut no admittance was the tM won wont a 0 few tew days dRS ago when hIm a I num lJ b fr r of ot the tho Skiers FAders went there A lit 11 beyond that Is a Q veritable moun mountain kiln tain of chalk which Is being dug dU out outa and a hauled on small hor horse e cars on onboard onboard board bO ships In tho the harbor huber Today na as we passed p they were ere loading 2400 2190 24 0 tons Into a steamer hooked booked for tor Russia Passing this little mountain about aboul Milt hilt n a mile wo WI come to the Portland Cement C Works and If IC It was not from tram the tI facts that notices are posted everywhere you ou might Imagine yourself transform transferred to toI toI might I Me 1111 where we wore were Informed the tho promoters of ot this great bleat enterprise e eh h their headquarters rs Though the courtesy of at the he m the Elder Elders were shown nil all through the establish establishment ment About men are employed The company lion haa erected houses and cottages mound the factories where many of Dt the live A number of wiling sailing vessels were loading and anil while we were amongst t those busy bus bees b es a n large steamer came for tor a n load of at this widely known Portland cement booked bonked for England Our semiannual conference was held In hi our OUI new quarters 13 Aalborg on the and ot of March The day da before conference Mis Mission sloe lion President Anthon L 1 ac ne accompanied companied by President C D Fjeldsted and the Elders Eldera laboring In title this part of at tho the gentry country went down to Fred ored 3 dedicate the newhall there Two 10 J wo meetings meetings were held theta there on oa that day President C D offered up the dedicatory prayer This build building buildIng building ing has been erected by b a local Elder Rider by the namo name of pt Niels Sophus Petersen a 1 man who Is le a 1 Saint and one who Is a n credit to the work of God Cod In this part of ot the vine Ine Our p r conference was as well attended by Saints Sainte and strangers a 11 good spirit pre prevailed We Wo all enjoyed and appreciated ed tho thin good and Instructions given us by President Anthon I L L chy clay and C 0 D Fjeldsted as well as at other visiting brethren Our choir under tho the direction of ot Elder El er wlnfred A Fjeldsted l I la Is also aho a drawing card A number ot of rood good singers are nonmembers ot of tho the Church Ch r h two of ot them have been bap lied lately and others are investigating tag ing At present there are arc but 13 Elders Eldora laboring In this conference The harv hare harvest fit est Is la great but th laborers are few 11 TIll The report by Elders Eldera since alnee last lait conference 0 over four Cour months shows show tracts distributed ed to m books given away awny WI 11 61 1 loaned and and D sold dole after nut first Invitation and m 1690 Gospel O conversations 2 held heldo 0 S persons baptized b 5 confirmed and 8 6 ordained S t bI ed and M 22 pert per pcr tons tans excommunicated ted We have hao h i Sunday Sil dllY school herein here hereIn hereIn In alberg The Tile parents nr ts of or many of ot the children are ore During Durin tho th conference tho the Sunday schools school from rein Brond Unit and td were also represented te r Our oar headquarters Headquarter In Aalborg has hns been changed tram from 26 24 where wh re It has hIlS been for Cor over ocr 40 10 years to No o 13 Herr Here we have a afine t aline fine line hall so 10 we I are tire not ashamed to In Invite vite Vito any an one aile to our meeting meetings Mgr EASTERN STATES MISSION Progress or of tho Work world In Pennsyl Pennsylvania vania Vanla renoe Elder Eicher El er Clarence Snow reports an as tel fol tows loa from tram Allegheny City Pa Po April 23 Tho The semiannual conference of at the West Pennsylvania conference cont rence of oC the Eastern l States mission was wits held lo last t Sunday Sunda April 10 in Allegheny Pa PI As a It part of ot the conference program wo we gave lave a social on Friday evening lout at Itt the conference headquarters headquarter 1305 Allegheny avenue p Allegheny Some Somo fO iiI church members and other friends gathered there and spent a very ve plean ant evening listening to songs recitations Ions Jons and music mush Not tho the least pleasant feature tent ro of at the evening was ns a luncheon provided mainly by the Saints The rhe regular conference convenes at 1045 1015 Sunday morning In the O G A It n hall on West Went Diamond street treet Elder a O aM OM M Richards presiding Elder J 0 O Mo and und Elder It R L Jones Jonen of ot the mission presidency were In attend attendance once ance We had expected to have Apos Apa tie Woodruff with us but the death of President Young had prevented his coming to us very much to our dig dis disappointment appointment After Atter the usual opening ofen In exercises and tho the administration of 1 tho the Sacra Sacrament meat ment the tho th meeting was 48 turned over to tho the Saints that they the might have the thep privilege p of at bearing their testimonies In conclusion Elder spoke spoke a short time and compared tho the testimonies monies we e had just juat heard with the un uncertainty uncertaInty uncertainty certainty of ot Christianity ot of to today toda today day da After Atler meeting had closed the congre congregation gation gatlon remained and partook of oC tho the good things that had hM been pro provided vided sided by tho the Saints and friends and all enjoyed themselves In renewing ac ae acquaintances s with old friends and In making new hew ones Tho The afternoon session culon began at 2 10 After the opening exercises the meet inert meeting ing lag was WOI addres ed by Elders Clarence Snow 0 M I Richards I and John G C 01 e I The Tho evening meeting Was addressed by Elder who dwelt dwell at length on oa the antiquity ot of the Gospel and Its lis present application to the thu th chil children children children dren of ot men Addresses were verb also nIso delivered by b El EI Elders EIder Elders ders der Richard and It n L LJones L LJones Jones Joncs This a the last lut public meet meetIng ins Ing and conference was adjourned d for six sic months Elders J plod piC along alon often orten seeing nothing resulting from their labors and ond It was W S truly Inspiring to us to see Ice the results sult of ot the labors In orl of oC many Elders for tor many years year enu brought There were In inthe tho the neighborhood of at SO 80 Saints present The character of at the people who accept the tho Gospel message in these thue parts Is very VU lurr to one who has hos never fully appreciated what Is meant by the expression The Tho honest In heart henrt These Thue people are aro truly tho the honest In heart henrt heartOn heartOn On Monday morning the tile Elders met metIn In meeting and ond sustaIned th general Church authorities and mission mills Ion and ami conference presidencies and many Inan timely were Ch given en cn by Elder A special lal Priesthood meeting me was called Wednesday morning and Elder Clarence Snow was Wall sustained lu as III con conference conference ference president our former president pr sl nl G O M 31 al Richards Richard haying having been released from further labors labora In this conference Elder Richards goes home with the love loe and esteem of Cf all the tho Elders We all thank you OU for tor your our kindness In sending lendinG us UI tho the News Ne which ve VO e ful fully full fully ly l appreciate I KIND JUND TO TUB TIIE ELfI I People In Colorado Color In to to Entertain the Missionaries ilI In a 1 letter doled dated West Vest Cliff Colo April 30 the writers Elders A R reo Jen Joa Jensen sell sen and J K 1 express theIr appreciation of at the Deseret De cret News and then continue The Tho work In this part of oC the Lords vinyard U is progressing nicely IIII ely There Therl have been ben no baptisms as Ill yet ret but there thero ore are many friends who ate are Willing filling to aid aidUK aidus UK us in hi many ways Was ami all some of or them ent am Oft Investigators find and anI a n few haw have impressed themselves as ns believing that lint we are right The Tho people In tho the Wt Mountain val vol valley Icy ley 10 arc as n It title rule kind and hospitable to the Elders and many mon of at them are nn anxious to have us u call and stop atop with them We aro are able ablo to hold n a 1 groat many IIan meetings which are very well attended The rhe are listening attentively and und am are very ory much Interested In what Is said sold The Till only ones OMS that ore are not willing to listen to the Elders and who prefer preter to fear and tremble at the Mormon doc cIoc doctrine doctrine trine are aro ministers and the very cell reli religious people Why should they fear tear It If they have bavo the truth 7 At a place piece called coiled Willows we ve have been requested to organize a n real Mor Moe Mormon Mormon mon men Sunday Bunda school as aa they call It Several families have hav said that U If we can not get the school house hou e for Cor Sunday Sunda school purposes purpose they were willing to Rive give a n piece leco ot of land and build bull a house bouso for that purpose The Tho weather has hns been very vel severe leVere for Cor forthe Corthe forthe the past four tour months but In spite ot of the extreme cold tho the people would at attend attend attend tend our meetings The weather has haa moderated now pow and we look forward for tor great joy and satisfaction In our labors We are th the best beet of ot health and feel teel well paid for tor our labors In tho rho European Mission Minion Millennial Star April 16 following named mis missionaries In charge of at Elder Charles ten arrived In Liverpool per lIr steamship Canada April 11 1901 1903 For or Great Oret William Preston Wes Westen Westen ten Ida William K F Maxwell Salt Lake City Luk K U Crawshaw Ogden For roe Iceland Lofter Fork Elder will visit VI lt relatives and ami search latCh for tor genealogical unto lutu The Elders EIlers who ar nr arrived rived rivel on the lith In were appointed to labor as III follows William Preston lre ton tor William E B London London Luke Jullo II H Crawshaw Manchester con COli Orson anon H U Calder b 18 honorably released from tram his hili labors In Indie inthe the die Manchester conference ou on o of Ho lie sailed Killed with wills the lie com eum comI tt m mi i any that left lert April 9 Elder Hider Edwin F P Tout rout of ot the London Landon conference Is U hon lion honorably honorably released to return home hom by New England sailing April 30 1903 First Missionary Farewell Elder Thomas W R Roe Itoe writes from free freeStone Stone Onelda Co Ida May 4 H 11 Some time ago IRO one ot of our young men Edward received a 11 salt to g gt to New Zealand Ze on n a mission and last Wednesday a 11 farewell lInnet dinner was Willi given gIven en In his hl honor hOllor by Mr und and Mrs George Wade Wado relatives of the young m rn men n Quito a number of ot the friends and reia rela hes partook of ot the repast and gaw g gay words of ot to the young youn man lawn manOn I IOn On Thursday ov evenIng a BOllI vas YM given A large lar f crowd 9 and a u puree of at 71 1 was na raised raised and d to him Those rho who are with willi willit conditions t obtaining in ht this locality lo wm realize that lint the HIP people did dill e i proud in insisting assisting this hits their first mill to te go 10 forth Corth and perform the tha UI duty assigned him Our ward was us only AUg 10 1902 The health of oC the tho people Is le good That flint hat ID Is thu Helmet From the Not Nol NotI I Cots Con England I 1 ii glaud Elder James Jamea I 1 Dunford In a 11 letter date Nottingham England April 15 lG says According to te the tho opinion ot of our oldest members resident here It has been a along along along long time since prospects pro were vore brighter for far our cause causo than they the are al at ot the present time in iii the tho Nottingham con conference conference ference terence Six months ago much difficulty was waa In securing a suitable place In which to hold bold our Our application was rejected In several Instances s This spring it was not so 80 soWe soWe We obtained a choice hall the manager volunteering the statement that hint the tho feeling towards UH us Is 18 very much modi modified lied fled lie gave ga 0 us a 1 hearty heart shake and wished us ua On the lust Insl we held our semi semiannual semiannual semiannual annual conference In III Mechanics Lei Le Leture lure ture hall en on Murton street President Francis M Lyman and 14 11 traveling Kl El Elders ders were In attendance We held three thre services during the day dart all well at IlI attended attended tended At t our evening meeting us we B had hud an exceptionally exceptionally attentive and ap appreciative audience of about people ICO Investigators and friends were pres present present present ent All AI seemed to enjoy the good sir spir spirit it II and the attention was perfect The Elders acquitted themselves with Ith honor In their talks and under the power and demonstration of oC the Holy Ghost Peas Proa Ident idem Lyman delivered many Gospel truths The work done by our choir under the direction of ot Elder Alvey Is 18 worthy of ot especial mention Inen On Friday l evening preceding our conference con conference ference we vo held seven an nn announcement meeting s and although the weather eather was wag not Ideal a Q go cIly num lum number her ber received Invitation to our meetings anti anil heard our testimony The following evening Elders I Saints and friends met mot In Ia Cobden hall bait baland and en enJoyed enjoyed enjoyed Joyed a Q social entertainment Some Bome ex excellent excellent talent latent waa manifest In song Dong music and elocution On tho the last the Elders met at atthe atthe the conference dad and in keeping with from President Ly Lyman Lyman Lyman man were assigned fields of at labor In Inthe the |