| Show mUm copenhagen march aad 1872 president A carrington dear brother I 1 have just received the quarterly report from the conferences by which I 1 am happy to leara that the work of god is progressing slowly but surely during the last three months there have been baptized while the papers were making so much stir con corning president youngs Young fl trial it seemed as if the people were waiting to see the issue the excitement has partially died away now and there have been nearly as many baptized during the last month as in the preceding two there seems seema to be a spirit of persecution making itself manifest among tho the people in rie bie kinge kingo sweden some of our brethren have been severely beaten the mob bragged that they were not afraid of the coD cou sequences consequence a as they had men who would back them up and were able to shield them from the law they were armed with knives aud nud other weapons and our brethren were forced to run for their lives in denmark also mobs have bave fried to disturb our meetings so that in a good many cities the elders have been obliged to call in the assistance of the police A few arrests of some of the erata crata b have a ve had a good effect on the rest reat but if they dared they would not let us ua live in peace bro lund has been on a tour to jylland Jyll and aad he says tha the people there are very anxious to hear the elders in some places they walked so veral several miles to attend meetings and listened with great interest oar our opponents are doing what they can by forming inner mission associations and holding meetings to warn the people against us but where they aro are most active there appears to be more inquiry among the people so that they are only helping us to make them think aalborg conference where so much preaching has been done and whence so BO many have emigrated has the largest number of baptisms nearly forty during the quarter aai mil edli edil A the conference presidents are doing splendidly I 1 hardly think a better set of men could be found they have gained the confidence of the saints and the priesthood are united some of the presidents have been here now three ye years yesra arsand and some two I 1 think they ought to be released there are a good many native eldora eldera who make good missionaries during the winter the eiders elders havo have sold a good many pamphlets and held a large number of meetings among strangers I 1 hope the seed thus sown will bear fruit by and by K missionaries MISSION arles aries RETURNED elder edson whipple whippie of provo got back from his bis mission to the eastern states about a week weak ago in the course courso of his hla travels he visited the states of massachusetts connecticut new york and vermont although at nes kes times he met with considerable opposition he was generally well received and on oa many occasions was invited to visit the houses of strangers and public places kindly provided for him to ti preach in which gave him excellent opportunities of beblar declaring the gospel of which lie he was vas not slow to take advantage he was very successful in obtaining tho genealogy of his forefathers having been able to trace it as far back as 1638 if ho 0 was much aided in his researches in that di ionly by getting a pamphlet giving a genealogical genea ea sketch of the whipple family and having a sketch of his own he be was en bled bied to link it on to the one given glyen in the pamphlet in a direct line elder georger george hancock of payson has also arrived from a mission no he visited michigan indiana illinois missouri and iowa he met with many friends frienda and relatives some of whom are now bel bei believers levers ievers in the gostol and have expressed a desiro to como come to utah brother hancock enjoyed hini binl himself seif gelf on his mission very much and returns in good health elder richard bird of Spring springville ville returned at the same time as brother hancock cocky and his hig ni exper experience ienco lence was somewhat similar he visited new now york pennsyl vania now jersey sersey michigan and missouri lie he visited many of his bis relatives and old pincos among whom he found much prejudice emitting against tho mor mot mons mong but after atter kingto tal tai them he invariably succeeded in leaving a more truthful and consistent Impress impression lori lorf than ho he found with regard to the pomplo oletah ol 01 utah |
