| Show xue THE IN GERMANY HAMBURG march 14 1853 editor deseret news A few Items from germany will perhaps be read with interest by who have the and welfare of the great latter day work at heart and who are looking anxiously forward to the fulfillment 1 ot of the w ada rda of the savior saviors that the gospel 0 the kingdom should be preached pre ched for awit neet nest in all the world ard aid ai aud d to the time when the principles of truth dball grow together to the confounding of false doctrines and i laying down doin of contentions it can but be a cause of regret to the latter day saints that the liber ilber 1 ty ot of our narles in thia this empire is so BO limited and nud their opportunities of beeching leeching tes les ching the gospel so unfavorable for if they could hold open bubli i meetings thousands ft aln cere honest soul soui ww who are looking longingly forward to the tho restoration of the goepel of christ in all its original beauty simplicity and purity could then hear the glad iddings of joy joys to whom that degeis now liow denied but then it Is unpopular in this enlightened age to preach ach christ and him cruel fled fied and that all men must repent and render obed obedience feupe fenee to the rem ram i of the order to become citizens of the hing king kingdom doru dord arther ja id the fashion to teach that we anel and cur predecessors have undoubtedly been in error in believing in christ as the son of god for thal that th he ha was but a renowned and succeeds ful reformer of hla hib dge and that tbt the bible 1 only the thoughts and l ijen iben jen jea of learned men of different ages agea and the only inspiration they had bad in writing and compiling those books was wab vi as their own genius gien fien lub lus if the mormon narles would teach such doctrines iks eks a thoe thoc they would be reckoned received everywhere with open arnus for the world loes loves joes her own but because they raise ralee their voices and ad cry against such sueh damning theo riep and have the temerity to teach that ali cali all tall flesh has sinned and come short of the glory of god 12 they are denied freedom of F speech and press prees and aie ale obliged to keep shady dodging from place to place in order to escape the wary eye of the ever evar watchful gen d aymes armes despite these obstacles with which our missionaries must combat they are full of courage and hore horo and whenever a branch of the church Is organized their labors meet with gratifying success the greatest difficulty they meet with is to get a firm foothold for wherever the peo pie hear the name mormon they turn their eyes heavenward and lifts their hands bands in holy horror that they have come in contact with that stain upon the page of ot modern christianity a mormon I 1 am happy to say that there are occasional exceptions to this rue for his sheep know his voce toce vo ceana and rahe raise theli hearts in thanksgiving and praise to god that he has again set his hand to redeem his people and has hax lifted the cloud of darkness that has for fon fa r centuries enveloped the world in its ita midnight gloom as pertaining to the truths of the gospel at our last jart conference in berne beme the german mission wag was more equally divided and another added to our missionary corps making six in all thus giving all a better chance of laboring and saving much time and expense Formerly nearly halt hait of the time was spent in traveling from city to city and even now we have to do and our missionaries blo bio sion blon narles aries in north germany are stationed one in berlin one in rieti riel i and the other othen in hamburg andin and in south germany they are no less lees scattered d progress is as favorable as could coald bo be expected under existing circumstances and the gospel is gradually making headway very slowly I 1 must admit but bat all tile the brethren feel libe like pen pense evering vering for they know that the work of god mu t eventually prevail in the earth and the power of man and the devil be broken the kingdoms of earth laid waste watte and the power of tile the creator be manifest to such euch an extent that every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that jesus Is the chrict to the glory of god the he w yours truly 11 M WARD Us I 1 A JR THE IT WORK IX IN NEW KEW AUCKLAND NEW ZEALAND february 1883 D aitor editor deseret news on the lith of january haslag made ne cesary necessary arrangements embarked on OB the tho steamship Ro rotor torna na hana hand for the thames thamm in company with elder james 0 williams having been duly appointed by president wm win M bromley to present the gospel to the leopie of the district we sailed along a narrow am arm of the ocean landlocked land locked on either elther side on the right by the mainland of rew wow zealand which was divers diversified idled by small elevations gentle E lopes slopes and villages in which maybe feen peen occasional habitations of the europeans and maori while on the lert jert there are a group of lalanda Rang 1 toto and be ing the principal principal ones four hoa hoz hours sail sall to au an open sea the thames gulf so named by captain cook when he explored these re mote parts of the globe in making his circumnavigation of the earth at 9 p in we pulled along side the grahamstown Grahams town wharf where we were met by brother thomas H locke the only latter day saint at the thames he received us very hospitably hosp bably tably by conducting us to hib his residence and caring for t ur necessities 0 r sojourn in that pi ice was two weeks during which time presented the gospel to the dihab itania by tract tr acting inq the principal portion r of the city and held one pub pub iio ilo meeting at which the attendance was salm however the beat 0 of order and earnest attention was manifested in distributing and gathering tracts an opportunity of discussing the principles of mormonism with wit h two of the most moat prominent ministers minister bof of tho the place was afforded of course they leveled their artillery on the structure of the gospel gopal go pel pei especially polygamy and pretense of the performance of mira miracles cles eles and aud poured a volley of abuse and slander blander but after firing their green peas of error and false doctrine against the adamantine fortifications of truth and investigating the tenets of the persuasion percussion adhered to by the latter day saints and comp comparing arin the same with the word of god goda they were compelled to hoist the white feather one ef cf these learned individual individuals thought though that I 1 was uncharitable and unchristian like to express my convictions of the necessity of baptism for salvation also for arguing that the gospel with all its power authority to officiate in the ordinances thereof and blemings blessings had taken its ascension from the earth years ago he said if power and authority of the gospel is not in vogue among the christian denomination extant estani on the earth how do you account for fol the great transformation bromain from sin bin and dark nebs nets to light and a high standard of cf morality again he continued eee bee fite what christianity has done for the development of science and learning leaming 11 I 1 challenged him to point out his boasted morality I 1 baid sald cast your eyes of reflection over the present state of affairs of the whole world religious and moral bemoll if you please the hundreds deeds of contending and conflicting conflicting doctrines and theories among the numerous sects and creeds again the drunken drun kennes kennea neep intemperance and prostitution which are eating and diseasing millions mui mUl lons ions of the human race mentally and physically murder nils fills the hearts of thousands ol of this generation this fact being demonstrated beyond tho the possibility of a doubt by the glaring ac count of foul and atrocious murder and R nd assassinations assassination with which the daily and weekly periodicals teem the old world is embroiled by rest leas international jealousies and conflicting interests the great powers nations are brightening their guns for war the crowned heads stand in great peril of the assassins knife This siris your boasted prodigious transformation from fromann bin sin to a high standing standi nc of morally morality raily leold him as for christianity aiding alding in the advancement of art and science it had little to gloat over as many of the most moat eminent scientific men were genuine juni dels he lie Int interrogated arrogated me respecting utah her people and the edmunds nills bills bill finally inquired of my birth etc I 1 rc readily adly informed him that I 1 was brought up in utah and was a thorough thoroughbred bred anda auda natural born mormon when he stood aghast with wonder and amazement bay fay ing you are no dir disgrace grace in iii general appearance and intelligence to 1 0 y your r ancestors you nuwt mm have b hd f id on co con sid ild erable experience in the tain nain lj try ry wo we i 1 arted on good terray terras the principal recourse of obtain ing ng a livelihood in the city of th thames Is the gold fields in the chalm lix mediate vicinity however theo mines are not yielding as great 4 amount of vold gold as they did sont sobi years ago on the 26 lh h of january being satisfied that the peon of that city had been tuft clentry warned earned I 1 took leal leav leai of brother lecke and coia cot coi fenced our pilgrimage into the thel terion of the on foot follows follow khi the ser Eer serpentine form of the rh thames coming occasionally t small email villages whose inhabit Inba bitay were laoris maoris and europeans european I 1 these we presented the gospel h tracts maori and english S J three days hard walk we arrived i a cambridge on the waikato civit in n making thit thi trip of about I 1 mies mlee the goabel was presen edt six battlement the principal i which were and fe arola in both of these places we appleq for food and shelter but in evel anven instance received almost a denial in consequence of which wl were necessitated to walk 40 mii mila in one day on a dry load lond under tb thi burning rays of a anew new zoland zeland suil suii f ull uli on that day darthe the of january we arrived at cambridge cam bridge our Q ft sore limbs aching and stoma stomach empty thanks be to bcd for pl pi viding friends jn in that place tidy tide th kind veople were brother and swei sik cox and family who received a ai very kindly their door is aldip open for the elders here we it macnea for the space of eight dsa d during which time we presented te gospel to the people by holding ca oli public meeting and tracts the he town I 1 might here observe that principal work in ep op reading ll 11 1 truth is being done among tj laoris maoris the gospel which vi va opened to the natives 0 of this landle land prest preat W M bromley bisted assisted as h wm J mcdonnel and thomasl thomaa thomai cox has taken root and many i them are coming forward and boli bo ing in obedience to the plan of I 1 and salvation during daring our we assisted in the baptism and C w fir mation matlon of seven of thebe these nathe also administered to their sick bick d blessed home bome of their children in evidence that god is wont among this people one of tin tia came two or three times everio ever eyer yi to us asking questions pertain mit mii the principles of mormonism B h could not refrain for the spirit 4 almighty god was upon his vl causing him to thirst after the tit ilg of his soul finally ea evening he demanded baptism r consented he led the way baydon don the waikato river in an and hurried manner it reminda me of an animal rushing ta 0 o tb tin stream to drink being extreme thirsty after baptism and conet na mation atlon contentment joy and peal characterized his general appear ance his once eager counte nada nana now wore an aspect of smiles al ai gratitude 1 while standing banding on the brink d 1 I that beautiful river over whid brooded blooded a solemn tranquility tranquili tj of dnn caslo casio nally disturbed by tha uhe grow of the maelstrom immediate mi der the bridge which spans thel stream musing over the apsa pre pree ent pent I 1 thought as aa my eyes eyel feb fel on the dark image bitting sitting at ul m feet waiting anxiously for imme sion that the ji light of heaven in tg dawned upon the minds of ties tieh natives who have wandered U many long years yeara in gross darker dark deo reO sin indolence and loath someno ones onda mind instantly to the annals of the history of ofte a ment dent america in which la clearl depicted the meandering VM va troubles prophecies and heaved heaven principles which existed among elt elf aborigines of america aho aleo ft wickedness and disobedience coill to to and bringing about their freselli pre selli orl ori eil state of derr degradation aUtion and baw saw bavi condition the maoris maaris rec receive elve eive tin fi gopel 1 0 sl calmly and delibera deliberately ely 1 it has hns a a a great moral effect on thet 00 conduct there are 74 with the church all of whom rhomb who mb un been added within the last W tai months we left cambridge on feb eeb 5 for te Awa mutu on thres three duji absence presented the gospel 00 to irl people of the above named plaat also aiso to alexandria 01 ohaupo then returned to cant cann bridge af after alter ter recruiting one dij dil started to ko auckland cambridge warning the peopled people hamilton tanem anlo anio an Hun huntley tiey returning to this citi alij on t tho loth dinst maung the aap ney of about roo 00 miles rac PA y ct frez prez presenting enting the gospel to 16 geb ree reb and towns held two pub meetings baptized four maori alar jar prejudice ecarma to be so ine that the people will not allow ji preach in their halls without ley ey and if a hall la is furnished r will not come out and hear us general outlook and meager in it t manifested in the gospel pro iti cates a termination of bf the r among the european of new zealand all efforts and ni being baling directed toward preach he e truth among the ind natives tives er praying that error will lurk ie dark and dee bee in the distance ra a tho the onward maich of truth c brother in the gospel of jesus jesua et at ALMA alua |
