| Show Sm mw X WEEKS IN THE A AWL W iss MISSION A 4 there was a ship becalmed at sea on board of which the idle sails were flapping against the scarcely rocking masts the spirits of the crew flagged and master and matet looked sorrowful when the first indication of a springing breeze began to ripple the surface surf ce and all hands bands were called upon to prepare the sails and the rigging and get things ready generally for catching the coming breeze then the breeze came the sails filled up the ship put out and hurrah on she goes godspeed god speed the noble ship but bub stop now I 1 will descend from the sublime altitudes of allegory to the terra firma of plain talk taik and tell things just as they have happened things had been dull here and alpar antly unpromising along tim eback in spite of the faithful endeavors of the brethren immediately preceding me many had fallen off the branches hai had had gone down or become disorganized and a few only being baptized once in a while As I 1 am not going however to give a history of days gone by babut but only of those glorious three weeks that have been the grand turning point of affairs I 1 forego entering into the causes of that condition of the mission only stating the above as a testimony in regard to my predecessor and his faithful co labo who by their integrity have earnestly endeavored to mend a state of things for which they were not responsible and turn the downward course of the mission mIs slon sion which they had not caused many things throughout the mission had indicated for soine some bome time a coming change like the rippling of the surface before the coming breeze braze and it was apparent that another spirit was being ushered in this was done however so simultaneously in many places and almost without the instrumentality of any man th that at nobody could have the audacity of claiming the credit for himself but the god of israel was moving the hearts of men like liko water many of the brethren came forward again that had been idling or standing aloof from the lords lorda service being willing to help us by taking hold of the new op cities presenting themselves all feeling feell 9 that it only wanted one great effort with united faith energy and heart to have the mission started again afresh everywhere the priesthood was called together and made aa as complete as po possible sible sibie put pub in readiness a conference appointed for the second day of august at zurich for the whole mission and finally president franklin D richards invited to come over and gi give ve us the needed grand lift at the occasion accordingly on saturday august 1 president richards elders 0 ursenbach heber young willard B richards robert ruth buth and christian willi besides many branch presidents from various parts of the mission together with many saints some from great dist distances inces arrived and were hospitably disposed of for the time being conversations with president rich bich ards and the elders preparatory to the opening of the conference gave us already the key for the course that thin things gs were expected to take and when the conference really opened on sund sunday august 2 at the latter day saini saints hall at diesbach esbach Ki Ri near zurich at 10 am before a large congregation of saints and strangers a spirit spi of expectation ta joy and great faith did not only all fill the hearts of the people but seemed to hover in the very hall itself to state how each of the branch presidents reported their saints field of labor their condition wants and hopes how every one of the missionaries manifested by his energy and fire hl his true conception of the work before us all how bow the sweet strains of songs of zion from so many voices represented truthfully the thet unity of heart of the whole congregation would require the recital of the dhe coni complete piete minutes of all three meetings of that memorable conference in order to convey in an approximate degree some idea of those animated scenes As this however cannot be the purport of the present article it may suffice so say that of all the addresses delivered on that day of which every one on ordinary occasions would have been considered powerful enough to give to any con eon congregation re gation gatlon of saints the testimony of unceasing inspiration J from on high the discourse dis coure of or president dent denV F D richards was the focus the mission was waa then divided into four conferences containing a total of 19 branches the most of which had been newly organized A priesthood meeting in on mi monday enlightened the brethren about the counse course to be pursued in orden order to petain those blessings previously spoken of and to carry out those measures considered essential for the prosperity of the mission the traveling elders having all departed a few days after the conference for their new nev fields of labor president richards richarda rich Eich ards arda observing beneficial the results of the fint first concluded to hold two more conferences in the two other otheir german districts of this m mission and ac accordingly cordin oly gly started with the undersigned undersigner under signed to berne brne bro willard B D richards conference after the necessary arrangements by letter had been made on sunday aug oth a very large audience almost one fourth of whom was composed of strangers attended both meetings in the last named city and five persons gave in their names publicly in the evenin evening for baptism which holy ordinance was accordingly administered the next day by president richards himself there is not a branch just now throughout the mission where the work of G god od is making such rapid strides as for some somei month months in the city of B bern ern the intervening ter week bein being lied filled fi out by ili iii instructing ting the saints an and d especially the priesthood in their dut duties I 1 es and attending meeting at bern oster Mun lundigen digen lall Lari carignan gnan and zirl zurich ehi efi we next proceeded to herisau Her isau canton of appenzell appenzelle Ap where another conference had been appointed for sunday aug 16 for the saints of the district of eastern switzerland presided over by elder heber young never before had bad one of the twelve apostles visited that part of the mlis migs mission 1 ion lon and the saints therefore fully appreciated the importance of the hour and although compelled to meet in a place where it was deemed advisable on account of the hostility of lof the neighborhood to forego the cheering influence of singing and where the speakers had bad to speak with rather subdued voices not to attract the notice of the passers by the power of the spirit of god prevailed nevertheless to a great extent and testimonies were given long iong on to be remembered several new brae brai branches obes were organized and the priesthood augment po we left that part of the mission wa the conviction that here also aiso a firm foundation for the bhe successful labors of the servants of god had been laid ve we returned rd constanz Oon stanz and schaffhausen to zurich to join bro lewis grant who had ar rived from england foghis for his new field of labor with us after another meeting had been held by president richards elch Eich ards with the saints at zurich at which he gave them his parting words of counsel left us and started for basle knowing that he fi could look back with that satisfaction upon thelast three weeks which every faithful laborer is entitled to and with gratitude to the god of israel who in his infinite mercy had a assisted him so plainly in all things here bro franklin has gone home since to zion but his seed begins to come up already and we pray to heaven to give it rain and sunshine long enough to gain strength to endure the coming storms do you see those specks around the horizon the storms are brewing KARL G mae mar maeser ser sen Wallen wailen wallenstadt ballenstadt stadt sep seli 19 1868 tf 10 1 FROM wednesdays DAILY BIRTH the wife of br george A alder pre dented him last night with a laughter daughter DIED this morning mark lant infant son soa 0 mark and mary croxall died of teething aged 1 13 1 months and 2 days the rho funeral will take place tomorrow to morrow morning at 10 from bro Crox alls residence friends are invited to attend AT E ECHO cho dr durant derant gen dodge col seymour supt hupt S B reed and party ai rived at the railroad station month mouth of echo on monday evenin evening glast last they passed up the tho weber tak ing a view of the woric work en toute route and were gratified with the vigor with which the grading Is being pushed forward at points all along the line the party numbered some seventeen persons including some of the great lights of the 17 P R R and several tourists from europe among the number were government commissioners heland latham prof hayden geologist col dodge inspector general U S A and several french ladies ladles they tooh tools their departure for the terminus on tuesday morning NEWS from fron britain the cho millennial star str of september Is to hand we leam learn from it that the following appointments had been made by president V F D richards prior to his leaving liverpool elder george Teal teai teasdale sdale to labor in the star office elder henry P F smith to labor in atie warwickshire Warwick shire Cou terance terence under E elden elder ider lder edward butterfield elden elder james jamesw I 1 AV fisher to labor in kent Confere conference wee hee under finder elder james needham elder john albiston Albl albi ston stoa to labor in nottingham conference under elder eider lewis IV eldens elders albert carrington jesse N smith anci and george teasdale arrived in liverpool on the attl ull uil the two first named in IS tra velling days dass 4 from this city elder james W fisher arrived on the edth ol 01 of august angust and elder john albutra Albl aton Atoa on the ath of september elder joel grover writes that the work Is progressing gressing in glasgow and that vicinity on august noih a conference was held in the bellue belvue club loom zoom briery hill HUI ebbw ebba vale wales at which elders elias ellas morris nephi pratt Prat tJohn john S lewis william C thomas robert dye die and levi W richards richardt were present from the reports of the branch presidents and elder eider richards the conference president debt dent the worn work Is prospering in that region PERSONAL elder eider frane frank franklin frankila lia ila D richards call ed in to see us this morning ethe the busy tiina of conference being over bro franklin started from tb this thin Is city on the 11 ilith alth ith of ot august ing 1886 on ou a misi to va europe rope lie he sailed from new ca u mo wo steams steamship wp etuy city of pares parts and arrived there on the the tha lith of september hiep tiep during the latter part of that year aa and u up vu till 1 M juls july of 1867 he traveled and labored I 1 in various s parts of the european mission he made one tour through denmark and sweden i and another through scotland holslag meetings I 1 nos and preaching in tue the various conferences ili he also made a tour lour through b the welsh conferences feren ces and visited mani many of the places in england as business and the be requirements of I 1 the conferences demanded when elder bri briz brig ham young jun jan left europe elder It richards ichards took charge of the mission and arid presided over it until relieved by elder albert carrington editing the millennial scar star attending to emigration matters and the business of the mission during tho the remainder of 1867 he be visited and held conference meetings in most of the con ferencek feren ces in england during the latter half of wt last year and first half of this year there were baptized into the church in the mission souls there were vere emigrated during durin that tim time e about 3 after getting off th the emigration this year he be made a visit to the swiss mission the spirit of the lord was poured upon the people during that visit and many were added to t the e church there ten being baptized in one week that mission which has for a length of time been formed of two conferences the german and french was organized reorganized re the german portion being divided into three conferences and the french portion remaining la in one elder karl 0 maeser who la 4 in charge of the mission Is full of the zire fire of the he holy spirit and Is receiving calls irom from many nany parts of the country to visit people anc ant and baptize them elders heber young wallard richards and louis grant are working with him with much spirit and ana energy la in the short time that elapsed frona from the departure of the emigration until the time bro richards left the swiss mission there had been a as many baptized there as had emigrated this i season he started from liverpool ort on his on the ot of september two years and one day from be tho time he landed salting on the steamship auna china and arrived la in new now york in nine and a half days he remained in new york a short time and left for the monn moun mountains taink taini 4 t arriving in this city after a seven days trip on t J thursday october I 1 we are pleased to greet bro franklin frankiin on onee once more to the bosom of his family aad friends after eris ia v an g been so blessed and prospered on h his mission sa s1 0 GOOD SIZE brother drother william turpin of west vc t jordan brought in a cabbage today to day days of the windsor variety which weighed b d i stripped of all MI the olit oitt outside side leav leaves ebe m 4 absy raise eaise acrea acres of such suell abo the the tho seed camo came from froin Hemen ways |
