Show from the millennial star january 1 pid spread of the gospel in scandinavia di diu BY ELDER SNOW EXTRACTS dearly beloved brother richards ance S nce tint that time august conference we have been endeavoring to extend our operations into all the principal i islands and provinces of this little state as also igo to norway and in most places where we have undertaken wi we hav leave e pained gained a footing although the difficulties we have to enco unter cannot be realized by those who have only labored in england those who have been through the he persecutions in america and are acquainted with all the early earby history of df the saints can in some measure appreciate app them but they must be experienced to be fully realia realized d in many places here to embrace the fhe gospel is almost equal to the sacrifice of ones life and to t travel ra v and preach it a man earris carries hi his a lif life e in hi his s hands the danish constitution guarantees the r ight i ht I 1 but it it is not sustained by collateral laws nor amil backed up by the moral fame of the country aw and when you Kl except except copenhagen gen and the principal merchant I 1 bowns za it is barely known that such a right exists it is me the interest of the priests to keep them ignorant of the fact and their influence in the country towns via ana settlements is almost boundless the masses are not a reading people we havear preach the constitution to prepare the way for th WEible and the bible to prepare the way for the book of mormon and in many places they care and know as little about either as of ad D akens household word 0 P P and the latter would make far the most impression tawn sometimes I 1 preach one a and nd sometimes the other and in the absence of dakens Dc kens household words I 1 have hav recourse to mv own and find them gene gen endly rAly the most effectual kind of scripture crip ture especially when backed up by the spirit the more I 1 become acquainted with the danish people the better I 1 kaw t them they are the true descendants and living representatives of the ancient goths goehs and vandals they are jealous and excitable deadly enem es but warm frienda fri endi we set not onfre aid e witness scenes like that in ephesus when the most part of the people were come to together 1 11 1 1 without knowing why or wh theodore eodore and both nothing could be heard for two hours but the cry of is 13 diana dana of Ephe ephesius sits at such times indoors doors windows benches and the like suffer horribly harri bly and the elders elberg and saints not get more or less flog flowing ving and their clothes tore tom oft off wit B it thanks be to G god 2 who ho has watched over them and provided ft a way for their e escape cape in most instances wi without thoat sustaining serious serious injury ar an account of the scenes in aalborg last summer has already been published in the ibe SW star many sinal si mt lar far scenes but generally on a smaller scale have tat of owed in other places we have resorted to the law sometime v when hen we C could find an officer honest and bold e noa t to U undertake to do his airty la ira one instance recently here in copenhagen to thew their praise be it said the offenders er were punished ai elder alder and bl his fellow laborer run the P gauntlet for some weeks weeds upon the island of or folster and ana made some nan narrow escape but they area vrea weathered thew th the e stormy adorm in made ad e ma many ir aua WW haw hare a lod IMA prospect before them upon the island of bornholm Bora bolm there seems seem to havo har bo been UM the most moat regular and cowerd war waged I 1 I 1 5 I 1 I 1 1 I 1 0 4 a 0 he jtb of any y part of pe the 1 kingdom ing dom it be a tp anin inthe th c chief d t town ov and s spread P re d t aliro I 1 roi agh lr h the island t is is some months since the seed was fir F t sown on the i land and five fire different brethren have labored more r less among the people until after baptizing baat ang be vreen thirty and forty they have been entire entirely lv dm sn en from the island the last two arrived armed here on the tap th instant after being watched and waylaid waylan hunte I 1 and driven from place to place and con de rable personal injury their friends began to rally to la defend them but their enemies armed with various weapons ne apons and in large bodies began the destruction of so ro perty and the work of vengeance upon their t fiends bends with such threats that to save the effusion efi of alood their friends sent them away by my last teller from iceland I 1 learn that the ir re ethren thren have met with similar upon it i small island near the main land where they had nade made friends and began to baptize but were ousted boin 1 om the island when I 1 was in jutland the fore part of september V er I 1 was visited by a master of a vessel from oster lasor in norway who received my testimony and I 1 sent home with him elder belei son from aalborg with books pamphlets ac at the hie last advices advises f P on om there herp the mas master ter was baptized many friends relieving el ieving and notwithstanding great op opposition 3 t 0 n the prospects were fair for establishing the kingdom i d in in norway I 1 learn leam that there is the same guaranty of religious i i ous liberty libei ty there as here heie 1 the rhe way the danish priests and editors avail them elves of the theold old lies of bennett caswell turner arid and others might well put to shame eden even bowes himself and these transatlantic wares there seems to lie he an abundant sit supply of domestic manufactures instead of altein attempting ting with my limited means and lan uga to check Es this tornado of trash that has swept au though ough the land I 1 have contented myself with pub I shing the plain simple history eaid and faith of the saints tints Bi the first quarter quarte of Sty erne is pow now out t together e er w with several pamphlets ts an and a sma small hymn dmn book an and I 1 expect to b begin i the 6 bubli publication tati of the deeb ine a and covenants this var I 1 have atso also a 9 swedish professor engaged in ti the translation of brother lorenzos voice of joseph W ith ih additions nd improvements for circulation in the swedish lan g gil aage wi e the young saints in this country have already been I 1 retty pretty well with apostasy apo stacy as well as Z cw on about sixty were reported at our last conference I 1 us as having been expelled in this country some of I 1 hese heim have manifested the old wicked apostate spirit bat lit the most are of that class who receive i the seed apon stony ground and lack strength in themselves to endure the shame and opposition of the wicked many yf of whom are resuscitated and re baptized we had bad an excellent Con conference terence on the 16 hi and ultimo most of the priesthood and a large congregation of saints assembled great gi eat union and love prevailed preva Hed the ably I 1 1 oly ghost was poured out bountifully numbed ordained and much instruction 9 given i v en the sprigs ws of the priesthood priesthood several of f these I 1 have a goon good common e education arid and knowledge of the scriptures a few only read the english but the most of them were when they embra embraced c d tile atie gospel poor loor and unlearned they have found out that the lord hears their prayers arid and they know enough to lie relieve lieve do and teach as they are told and as such atey are sent to preach repentance i epen tance and remission oi of sms sins according to our conference reports we have now 12 organized branches ia 2 native elders s with a I 1 rw suitable pui table proportion of other officers and about members nem bers including officers now remaining in fellow aap h dwor for their convenience and as a reparatory move tor for an early start home I 1 have divined divided them into three aalborg embracing the saints saint s of north Jat jutland land Fi frederica ederica embracing those of jutland and the island of ayen ayed aid copenhagen which includes the balance afew A few individuals I 1 are able and anxious to emigrate whom I 1 imay may perhaps send to join your ships company at liverpool pool I 1 expect to lo be as closely confined to my work this vinter as I 1 was to the book of mormon last iv winte inte and when the work that I 1 have now laid out is ac i shall begin to sing let me go go to the valley far off in the west to my home ome and the fi lends friends that I 1 love the best the lord godif god of joseph bless you brother ach ards and all the saints over whom you have the lionor honor to the prayer of your brother and fellow servant |