Show correspondence Ir lITTERS aint tint the eiders eldern are doing in h 7 sweden and ami winland finiana the ithe follo is an extract from a letter ietter ratten written by elder C A ek pre sidings sidi ngn stockholm conference to E F an fn B ranting branting of this city the communication muni cation catlon is dated february ath 1884 OF TIIE THE cox cov flere FiERE cp ao 60 amb ar 1883 03 teetotal the tho total number of members in the church in stockholm conference was 1159 1150 divided into eight branches viz iz stockholm 2 upsala kupsala Eskel stuna 1330 wisby 88 avesta 86 sundsvall Sund 84 finland W J baptized during the year 2 18 emigrated 97 there are 28 elders constantly constanti engaged in missionary labor 13 from at utah ah and 15 local elders ail all ali ail xoung young men they travel from house to house bearing testimony and preaching the gospel wherever opportunist tunit y is given we all observe the word of Wis domand are arc trying to keep the of god we practise 11 a 1 0 preach and try to show a g gom d aft p C to saints a ts and sinners I 1 r go we I 1 a haye especially 0 t A visit I 1 place places where the git bt b beel beci preached before INTO PLACES lat may a youn natie native eldr elder elden 1 wao was s t to the north morth parta part af pf in the northerly tap tanti vil vii li lag go of the III lir ura lira a short r time one lu ile sold ichu chu I 1 r mostly lc s to th tha i algo 10 tive five hundred kronor in october lasta last a young elder was sent to labor in the remote parts of the provinces of strickland Ge westman land and dalanna Da larna ile he is doing a good work in january two elders were sent to Werm land the spirit of opposition has always been manifested in that part of the country but we are trusting in the lord and will try to do our duty in warning the people elder L F of gundson annison un nison is laboring in finland where priest craft and tradition is prevailing to a great extent still he has been able to obtain houses to hold meetings in and few haw been ba baptized p sized of late FORMS or OF opposition occasionally in some places the priests and ecclesiastical councils have hindered us f from rom having public meet in enss s in Eskel stuna proprietors of houses are prohibited by a fifty kronor kroner tine fine fleeto to rent a hall to the mormons cormons Mor mons but it has had no effect to hinder the spread of the gospel when we are forbidden in one place we go to another and when we cannot speak in public we do so in private the them saints saint s ga p together in private houses and ioviti inviting ag isair their friends LIBERTY TO PREACH in the city of stockholm we enjoy perfect liberty to preach the gospel dur bur dur meeting mccuing mee mec ting hall is filled with attentive peaceable pe people ople opie every sunday who listen to what we have to say and occasionally some few join the church the people who embrace the gospel are as a general rule of the working class anaheim and their income is very scalf small smail but they are good and liberal and do all in their power to promote the advancement van cement of the kingdom of god and spread the gospel amons among their fellow men we have llave paid kronor kroner for rents of meeting nails halls for the last year and the saints have willingly donated to defray the expenses SIX si hundred and ninety one meetings were held in private houses books pamphlets and periodical publications were sold and distributed to the amount of kronor kroner we are arc preparing the ground and sowing the seed we we llave have had a mild winter and nothing has hindered the elders from traveling W the country I 1 have all lean ican I 1 can do to perform the duties dutie 4 which I 1 I 1 am called tiled upon to do they tiley 11 keep beep me ine busy all the time MY sly 11 health beaith athis is good and I 1 am thankful to god for ilis uis goodness and blessing towards me my desire desirer is ig to work for the cause of truth and reach preach the gospel until dutil I 1 am relea released by the servants of god SPRING AKE march editor Deseret News this place has been in iii rather a cold and confused state for so some ml e time past but it seems at last that 11 light has nas begun to shine upon us and annel the tha e lord has hasset basset set his hand to bles blet blesse sus s we wc have had no church organization for tor t time past bu boutwe kle klc tac nse vye have recently been organized by the very kind and effiel ent eja labor of bishop shop joseph of ward oard under whose auspices auspice we are now in a working condition we are greatly blessed with the facilities of nature we have more and better water than most sections it being so plentiful that we can water once a week our gardens and tender plants there is any amount of stone nearby near by and a fine sand bed at hand also a fine g gravel ra vel vei bed the theand land is rich and especially ally noted for its production in garden vegetables etc with abt abl of the above advantages there are some people here who want to go south natural of course so sol soi I 1 would say to good saints i hi i quest of homes to call this way we have just now a kind of epidemic which I 1 would term mining fever as quite a number of our townsfolk have been pros prospecting pectin up in the hills bills near here and irom from the reports they have found the atuf stuff ely ell rich rich aird aira and plentiful sam peery pecry tap wap dotson and others have located a rich blaim that is said to abound in in gold and silver and the said parties expect to begin shipping ore in a short time yours etc A B T |