| Show 0 HOME wrom FROM 11 OLLAND ITEMS lrus OF 01 experience DY BY A elder john a IV 1 volker of oden 0 den who fetui aed ged eel eil from a mission to europe I 1 ou on ieca ler ith eth called in yesterday he left here ou on the of october sandwith and ith the exception of seve bv en n wel wee s in london spent all of 0 his time tim e in the Nether netherlands lands landh lie ile accompanied elder eider P J Lai lal lahniers Lam umers who presided ded in that part and they were ere ene the only elders in that region owing to difficulties in obtaining halls they held but tn tivo 0 public meetings out iut but held private gatherings gt ather her every c ery cry blind bionday ay in the houses of men members ibers of the church the saints in hi 11 olland number about 75 or loo but are arc eight being the largest number found in one place lac e amsterdam and they tueyl the poorest r st of 0 f the poor elder volker lived for some time on a boat there being bein g canals through nearly all the streets the owner of the boat being a skipper by vocation earning his 11 livelihood V in much the same manner maliner aa a owners of job wagons do in this cou coun D try one of the commonest articles of diet is potatoes with linseed oil meat neat is very rarely used by the poor the elders met with determined deter lined op brother volker went through twenty nine cities and ulim tracts etc and was often hooted at stoned and insulted in various ways the press was very malicious in circulating falsehoods about the brethren and their religion and inciting mob violence the priests were also as might be expected foremost in this wicked work outdoor preaching I 1 g is not permitted in that country a public meeting indoors the brethren were followed lome iome home by a mob of about W I 1 who used violence towards one oue of the thy local elders knocking hla hia down twice but the missionaries were ivene protected protect by the police who escorted them home our informant baptized eight persons and warned hundreds of others and feels satisfied with his labors although regretting that he was released on account a c of im business siness affairs at home which demanded his return and his mission thus made shorter than he wished |
