Show IN PALESTINE we are in receipt of a letter from elder P F F hantze who writes from hwa haifa palestine december 22 1888 portions of his letter which axe are of general interest to the saints are am given herewith iq arrived here two bays ago my trip has extended much further than I 1 contemplated but I 1 now look back upon my labors with much satisfaction for thousands have received more or less te testimony stimmy and a great interest is manifested in many places at marash and at the people around abound me by se scores ores and from early morning bifi till late in the evening asked questions concerning the gospel I 1 have visited twelve cities on my trip tria and have remained from one to two weeks in each of a majority of them in atias however I 1 remained a mouth month and there the greater part of the work has been done this was effected greatly through the instrumentality of brother who providentially camo cam to constantinople stantin ople about eighteen months ago while in that city he heard my teo testimony and returning straightway he sowed bowed the gospel seeds and they have borne fruit of course in my hurried trip I 1 could not expect to reap much yet I 1 have the satisfaction of knowing that my testimony has been believed at two persons demanded baptism mn but I 1 advised them to 0 wait until my return in the spring many are investigating we need more missionaries elders and locander shall be very welcome both by the saints and our friends here and of the latter we have many I 1 first met brother a little more than two and one half years ago in norway and there bore my testimony to him and now he comes to be my fellow laborer Is not that a blessing I 1 rejoice exceedingly at the prospect of meeting him the saints feel well A russian lady has been baptized and she is filled with a desire to labor in jerusalem and for her countrymen especially thousands of russians visit that city yearly and many of them she says are really honest but bat are am woefully blinded I 1 have had some rough times and have encountered dangers but god has borne me up and brought me in safety to this sacred land we need a good faithful man a native to translate for we being foreigners can scarcely do it properly I 1 am not master of the language yet though I 1 speak it quite fluently I 1 think however that we have found the man we need he isa is a teacher in one of the colleges and is investigating and I 1 hope the lord will bring him into his fold that he may be an instrument to bring the gospel to this people MUen millennial nial star |