Show agthe the european mission athe arke following are from the mil dennial len nial snit shir nottingham nov 2 27 1874 my visit to the north anel ancl and brother squires to the thu south of lincoln shire have been a pleasing and encouraging cou con raging experience ear the saints are brightening up and rind are more firm in their efforts to serve servo the lord and keep his commandments the sick are healed through the layl laying 0 on n or of hands and the saints are V I 1 blest biest let iet they not frequently ask for blessings at the hands bands or of the priesthood we oud jad the spirit of inquiry moving among our out oat side acquaintances and I 1 do not doubt but bat there will be quite a number of baptisms during the coming winter we feel just as well in the werk woric as men can unless they tiley aro better men the lord is blessing us in our labors and clears the way for us the saints being imbued with the spi spirit of the gospel in advance of our visits in consideration of the circumstances of the saint saints we find tind it unwise for two to travel in company and we have concluded that oil oll one can accomplish as much and I 1 sometimes sometime s think more good than two would toge together ber her and by gol goi going ug singly we visit the saints or rather they receive our visits twice fa in lieu of once were we to go in company elder squires meets mein me ip Nottingham Notting ham haw every two weeks when n we spend about two days davs together and then separate again for another fortnight and extend our visiting among the saints in different directions encouraging and strengthening them and extending our acquaintances among the people of the world andle and le let jet them learn some things from bufor 4 ifor they have been buan hearing abott about us from our enemies too long iong i already K eiders bithe the greatest difficulty the E elders I 1 shive have to is the lamentable indifference of the people towards any anything thing beliki ey seem to have become dis disgusted duste or dissatisfied at which I 1 am arm not surprised sun sur when I 1 take in con eon consideration the tho thousand and ue lne forms forma of godliness in the world all without the power enough to t co confuse ieuse or craze a philosopher I 1 am surprised that t the whole of christendom is not driven to infidelity the simple plain lain iain truths of the gospel of jesus rave eave have havo been ignored and the pre pro cents and commandments of men been abben introduced instead F aa M LYMAN copenhagen nov 19 1874 I 1 have myself attended the conferences held in aalborg aarhuus copenhagen and malmo behave ve have had reports from ch aristia nia stock helm and gote Gota Go borg conferences and I 1 am very thankful to bay say that according to the im formation obtained from the presiding elders and my own observations in toy loy travels the work of god is still progressing and the L gospel gaining its way to the honest in heart our meetings as a general thing are well attended and many seem desirous of investigating invest Pl yating rating our doctrine at our conference con cen ference held heid in copenhagen on the in insl was the largest congregation of both saints and strangers I 1 ever witnessed in this country peace and good order prevailed throughout and the spirit and power of god was richly poured out upon hisser hissen e 1 ilu hiu duning during rin nin this lastau last i amera mer oer a good jy number have rendered obedience to the gospel in have been baptised baptized sed in copenhagen 71 aarhuus 65 and to t o 0 in proportion in the aber ther other conferences the present prospect for preaching the gospel is quite promising many good and fai fal faizul hui hul thul misi miss lon ion arles aries have bave been called into luto the nield field to labor through the winter season beason and with the additional force expected from utah dehope we hope tobe tobo able to accomplish a good werk work wo have been forbidden by the city oty authorities in vari varl various places to hold meetings but our dair case was brought brough tup up before on the loth lust on which occasion we had bad the privilege to bo present A warm and lively but very interesting debate ensued which lasted till 6 in the evening when the left party came off triumphant with an overwhelming majority who were wern in favor or of the mormons cormons having rights right other people for which we as a matter matte of course felt and do feel very thank ful fui fula bulc durina during the discussion one oue of ofa tha members while de fending rending our muse cause went even so far as to say th atthe thattie that the mormon elders had done doue ten times more to eulah erlih ten the people in a religious point of view than all their priests together had done and another said sald he deemed it unwise and improper for the honorable representatives in 0 to trouble themselves a great gre at deal about religious reli rell glou matters that he considered more move particularly devolved upon the priests to look after and who ought to be able to prove to the people which wai right and which was wrong we have now a small branch in iceland numbering ten members with one of their native brethren as president and latest news from there is quite favorable 0 G LARSEN lausen |