| Show switzerland and germany borne berne october 1674 1874 prest J F smith dear brother having just returned to berne I 1 take plea piea pleasure eure mure in communicating a few items to you w after leaving rotterdam I 1 made my way through the netherlands and rhein ia to carls rube baden Ba baden den deu where I 1 visited some home S sunta tints and held a meeting with them giving them Instruct instructions lons ions as the tho spirit dictated from thence proceeded to lux a village iu in the north of the kingdom of where brother theurer baptized a family some time in may last here I 1 preached and bore testimony ti mony to a number of people and found it wisdom to ordain brother G angerbauer an elder rider and put him in a position to administer in the tho th holy bioly ordinances of the priesthood he ia a promising young man and I 1 think may do some good in thit locality from this place I 1 went to a southern or rather central p rt of where I 1 had some addresses to people residing in that locality made the tha acquaintance of a number of good people belonging to a society called the tiie gernian german temple whose main object M 1 is to gather to jerusalem or palestine a I 1 e rine nine to prepare themselves for the second advent of our savior I 1 was well received as also my testimony tto ti ny and I 1 hope and trust that the gospel seed bown sown may take rot roi root A and grow unto perfection the na name me of bf this place As hoi Hor a village in oberamt freudenstadt Freuden stadt aNdt in ravensberg ravensburg Ravens burg near the southeastern extremity of wurtemburg Wurt emburg we round found a small branch of eleven members in this pla place ve I 1 b baptized a ati ze d one person held a meeting and organized them into a branch gave them timely instruction instructions and encouraged cou raged them to bri oneness eness and faith falth faithfulness advised them to hold hoid meetings as they had not done so hitherto I 1 learn that in wurt wurtemburg emburg amburg and badea baden they enjoy religious religious liberty that all sects are tolerated and to a certain degree sustained by law and I 1 can see nothing to hinder our elders from going to vi ork in those countries proclaiming the gopel ot christ and gathering out the blood of israel I 1 waw wai also in munich bavaria and vicinity as we have bave a few scattered members there but the laws in that country are very strict as regards religion and anything that is done one there has to be done secretly rebr sebr etly there has been a small branch of the chuich ip 41 munich some years back but some are emigrated and others have scattered abroad so that thre there in 11 but one family of saints left in that city I 1 have supplied them with books and advised them to work carefully among those that are willing to read and hear bear the words or of eternal ilfe lire and by occasional visits from elders assisted by this family L something thing may be done even under these circumstances fon for r diligence and perseverance will fcc accomplish a great deal sometimes i returning from germany I 1 visited some or of the branche in eat ea t elder elde r F theurer is lab iab laboring iring tring faithfully falth faith lully in that part 41 f the mission he tells me the meetings are well attended and slid the inquiry after truth is on the increase elder J J walser is laboring diligently in the office here visiting occasionally ne neighboring branches brother john is laboring as traveling E elder eider ider lder in wea swiss he reports success and plenty of work in a day or two I 1 intend to go to visit the branches branche in west S swiss w isa elder jacob zundel arrived here last thursday he has suffered a little from a cold but is nearly re covered and is in good spirits he will ill ili start for germany in a few days to try to labor among his kindred and old friends in tho vicinity of stud blud gart I 1 U millennial star |
