Show SUNDAY CESI there was a noticeable increase an attendance at the regular sunday services in the tabernacle last sunday and an excellent meeting was held the stake presidency and the high council were in willard attending the funeral sen ices cs of 0 the late D C hubbard so ani V m horsley of the high priests quorum presided the choir saim 10 lo the mighty god cod appearing how flow great thenia the wisdom praise to god and 0 my father and mesdames lottie cozier and A 4 R C V smith inith ang asang beautifully count your many blessings the sacrament was administered by the of ilic 2nd and ward during tho passing of which elder 0 petersen read a chapter from the dible bible tit the first speaker was miss aliss ingeborg oleson who recently returned from it i ag C months mission in denmark her field of labor had been in the city of aalborg among her former school mates and acquaintances who took delight in annoying her as much as possible sister oleson related several interesting experiences one in particular which shows the ignorance by the world of the true condition existing la utah it was as follows shortly after her arrival she be went up to the office of the stilts or lead head priest ot of that hat district for the purpose of having a conversation with him miss bliss oleson stated staled her errand to the foot footman ilian at the door to be a besiie to have her name stricken from the lie lecorps of the ho chuich ch ilich as that had never been done she was admitted into the presence of the ilie divine and when asked the reason lor for her action reported that site she ex soon to leave for utah the minister beg began gan to protest and plead f for her to lo remain telling herall the horrible stories which one olie lias has to go away from home to hear one ot of which was that women are forced into martlage nia mar niage ilage and ire are made to pull it a plow and can never escape from the state after he had finished mf miss 59 oleson asked him if he really believed belaev 4 1 I all what lie he had told old lier her and all the t minister said he not only believed beli bell eed eNed it but knew it ii to be true our lady missionary then proceeded to brand his stories as the worst kind hind of ru rubbish and falsehoods at the same time lime informing lir hr auditor that she had ila ched in utah four years and was at that very time laboring as a missionary in aalborg the poor man w was as stunned and to get out of a bad scrape excused himself on oil the pretext of business R miss ole con had an enjoyable le while absent ani and bore a strong testimony to tile the gospel elder win jeppson was the next speaker esi eaker and his theme was why we dont appreciate the blessings we enjoy thought that we did not see enough of tile the leverse side of life to notice the contrast and by getting one thing all the time we ave are unable to fully appreciate it we are prone to Q disbelieve the things which we do not see the speaker bore a powerful testimony to the divine calling of tile the men who have presided over this church and all the servants of god coll who have lived upon the earth elder eider jonah mathias was the concluding speaker lie he referred to the condition of the latter day saints comparing them with the people of nepal of old the speaker could never remember of a time when the latter day saints were so blessed nor could he ever a time when tile the saints mints were so full of the spirit of pleasure plea Alea suie seeking forgetting and neglecting their duties in tile the mad desire to get pleasure wondered if the lord would have to deal with ills his people today as he had bad done anciently scourge and punish them for their haid and wickedness we have hava not lot conic come unto possession |