Show SWISS AND hufton y ler let ier 1 I report of E ring wislon antto eta etU Sw arand Usand and pdt germany ahry ibry I 1 was called clied by hy president 11 young IT august 1 1874 to the a massion aaion io fo switzerland august SO 90 1874 1 I lefe I 1 Gw grimy home alela Td of labouf i 9 1 left salt lake lahe olty oay city ouy in coMp coD eod anany puy of or elders wm greenwood lohn woodhouse hacob tacob zi ded del jaxk bockholt V L hallway hallda uart anez 11 haury naury harry Varry sept pt ia 16 T vy I 1 fodi foni now york per steamship for glasgow in scotland wiera we safely landed hept sept 2 n i after apen din a few days in liverpool haild aud I 1 started for the continent ived iri ini f grer ger many oct 6 1871 1 I spent the renial rider of the month among in germany who received me very kindly although owing to their belonging to good society ty and having plenty of this wo worlds id a goods they cared but little littie about the gospel oct octal 31 1 I arrived jn in tha tho city of berne in n switzerland where we have the headquarters of fhe the swiss and german mission I 1 was wab baskind kind ly received velder by Elder eider J X 17 stuck ires Eres president ident of th mission bud and elder eider J J walser who who labored at that time in the office officer after remaining about one Week in iw berne I 1 took my departure or GC germany irm a ny to visit soma somo some small branches brai bral iches wa had in Wurte and baden t asia asla BS also aiso la lo visit scatter ed members anda d to ed endeavor td make nem new dew new openings aft tar thirst went to ravensburg Ravens burg in the kingdom of where I 1 jema rema remained ined laboring among the members of a small branch and alid visiting strangers ers erb as opportunity offered ered for or about three weeks I 1 then went into another part of visiting scattered members mem bersand and holding several meetings most of which we were re well attended the interest st manifested hanif sted for forlee the gospel in that country is jery limited Imi ted in fact I 1 could scarcely fy find anybody cyb d r who would give our doctrines a fair investigation AE at christmas 1874 and new year fear 1875 we held conferences in bombich d different parts of Switzer switzerland lanch of which I 1 attena edi 1 1 peed decd ec aj 1874 I 1 returned tp germany and after visIt visiting Wk some somo of my relatives 1 I labored for it short time ume in prusia prussia with bome some little success a sub Bub subsequently etite y l ident went city rity of mannheim Mann nelm helm 1 I in n baden where I 1 baptized a few fe W persons and aud organized a branch or the church I 1 remained ma hiedl biedl in cly until ibe the ua beginning of march match 1875 then returned by way of V ur ui to berne march 15 in rin the forepart of february I 1 petitioned tito titio ned kled the court of mannheim for kr permission mission to hoid hold meetings in that that city tho the judge refused on tho the ground lour bour acour belief lna ina in a plurality oj ok wives nives I 1 saying the law forbids i awid awin doctrines and although g wt wo might have no disposition to practise polygamy in germany gormany yet if it we believed in the he righteousness of such a practice olie elie where we wa would also teach such u oh a in germany alid arid thereby 0 morais morals orthe grahe elsaid however nu bu wever that I 1 hadia hadin nad had a dight right to 10 appeal to the ministry correspond corresponding dg with the cabinet in ip the U B S which I 1 did at at once r after some delay they answered that under no consideration could I 1 be permitted to hold public le meetings ing a and nd if I 1 dare dared oto to advocate 0 our ila ill IN principles sciples even eved 10 private I 1 s b be immediately expelled from the country in the meantime the newspapers had freely advertised m me e all MI oven over the coil country and the weyd were instructed to fach aach all my movements circumstances Eit elt ances auces it was deemed i i prudent for me to return to switzerland switz e rland where my labors were needed atter after arri berne I 1 imme with we the translation book of dearine Du ArIne anine and covenants I 1 into tile tnie german language au which I 1 accomplished during anat t year y 1 ear and in the eary early part of bf 1876 we had an edition of 2000 i copies coples ready for coraler enle enie aier sale daring during the of 1875 1 did the work necess necessary aH for the publication of our third and enlarged edition of the hymnbook hymn book in the german language la in august oa oti ota l the then 1 I same year I 1 wrote a pamphlet entitle d A word of defence of which we ed an edition of terr teri thousand bojil copies 1 es nor for gratuitous distribution besides besim these publics ions I 1 also did the work nee necessary emiry for the editing and of our monthly paper the sirri and aud attended to tb the e keepin the thu ilal minion kion slon accounts and othen other office bult buit bunness iness 1 thus my time was pretty well occupied n u the city eily of berne although I 1 visited frequently some of the branches in thes the vicinity and especially to contribute my mite in building up the branch at berne in june 1875 we were honored with a visit from prest joseph JP smith and elders F 31 lyman joun john henry smith 1 I in truman an d dm MH H hardy hards liard in may 1870 prest preat A barring f on a and n a r harfy of brigham MJ FX young james JamesS sharp baro A D vung mung yung sister carrington and calvin carrington caidus paid us a agort visit at which time we ve held heid be best attended meeting at bern eunich I 1 have seen been duning during ay labors in larid ff the pam phet above alluded to containing pomp omo ome remarks ks in regard t taj 0 polygamy poy gamy backed up I 1 with a numbered scripture passa passages geb I 1 gave to a pious country judge e I 1 in ala all the cailton pt berne who stina sum monea vida elsec r f T kar to ap P goh dok mahx rg 4 ing hm wit with thi th 9 I f spreading immoral i writing writings arg rp S eade eude endeavored v red to show shob that the pamphlet was simply pl reflecting the spirit Q of r the blip ibe and if one were immoral the abe other ong one aiso also would have to be consid e ere re dy a p nhe the judge however ruled otherwise fined bros bro broh S nifty fifty francs francq and decreed the confiscation of the entire edition of the pamphlets A this judgment of the court being entirely unwar unwarranted Tinted by the tha laws ef of switzerland 8 we to toofe ot an appeal to toaia alig ra appelgate Ap ap pp elate court of the janton canton tb n af pf berne which under tinder date of february 2 1876 confirmed the judgment of the ahe lower court bya majority vote there therb being no other remedy left we pealed appealed ip to the federal supreme CoUrt which after mature reversed the decision of tha thee lower courts on oil the ground that a p to bijan bb an ifft lift immoral morar one must contain fuh huh anif language Jan guage abitt that the pamphlet iri ill question contained ao and although cw phird lity wives the of fsr far to ve reri imer et the liberty TO the press guarantees to everybody thel ther right to erp refea their views and everi everl even to oppose existing laws they further stated that the duly remedy those have who are opposed views expressed in our pamphlet dg tg is 19 to use the presa fora reply but they have to prosecute bylaw by law this decision is laut bf great importance anceto to tb the swiss mission alid and I 1 trust thac marny mariy good gool results may 1 l the present resent condition of the zoi zol mission aslon is st very veny encouraging one about 1451 were baptized during 1874 stand anu and 1875 and up ullo july 1 1836 1876 and there is a reasonable treasonable nabie pi for a d steady increase ahe abe ahead 1 ad in germany E elder eider fred theurer succeeded in jn the fore part of ahls year in making iv a considerable ope ore opening which we trust will result I inthe llah e spreading of lii I 1 in that country to a more iiii 1113 liberal era 1 extent thai j xiv og been relea released j edby edgy by the preside nicy ricy of the european ils 11 lis slav blob J conclude concluded a my labors in W on june juner 18 1876 1476 paid pid a ejze gwi T alt iia to toome 9 nie or omy ela eia in 14 Gern gorn fany an joined pur pui en emigrant ilgra jib jit 6 c iti any of 19 log ouis souls ol 01 Q zhe the b rhetie and ind pursued 1 with weini tue the mou our bur journey jourvey to vi via vla rotterdam otter tiam 1 arief I 1 grimsby elders J V brocki 6 fred 1 theurer and 3 J X walser also returned in this company on june we sailed irom from from liv liverpool per steamer idaho idabo our company consisted of scandinavians english scotch and welsh welsy swiss and germans and twenty returning missionaries after a prosperous jour journey we reached salt lake C eity gily ity in stife safely y on july 18 1876 I 1 reached my at st george july aist in inc company with W itha ltha a tew ew of fihe ahe av swiss rist saitta who loht loat j lithe south bouth L your u bro brother therin in the gospel HENRY henny E YR to elder oraon orson pratt church M historian to ria st Clig geprge rge sept |