| Show scandinavian conference on oa the of september 1850 the th ficat branch in scandinavia of tha khz church of jesus christ of Latt latter erday daw saints baines was organized by apostle erastus snow at copenhagen mark the conference celebration or of this auspicious event was waa this Mort in ornim kint commenced in this city hundreds of scandinavian from various parts of the Terri territory torr ai rived arrived lost last night and this thi morning via the railroads railroad those who mornine came this mornings morning lo trains train were welco welcomed or died 6 at t the depot by the military baud at 10 a m the scandinavian g saints iuta assembled at the tabernacle which I 1 had been neatly neally decorated with flowers and evergreens ever greens in honor of the th occasion on the stand were seata president fjeldsted of the first seven seve presidents of seventies P patriarch f N liljenquist I 1 bicho P J p R joisil j son of this city elder C C G A A christensen of mt pleasant eld elder andrew jensen ol of salt lake tat elder 0 H berg and others aulty bishop J P B R johnson by virtue virtu of a letter received from apostle A IT 11 lund presided all the veteran of the church in the congre congregation gAtior wort were invited to take seats seat tha on the stand the invitation wag wa ouk with quite w generally complied A letter regretting his absence received from apostle lund this th i ter wow was dated at tt ft t t george and chiv bet as an a reason for his inability to alvs attie att i d coute conference the fact that he be in co oon u pany with apostle lyman tin still dmd several of the southern stakes to viris VI before returning g vai A brief historical sketch of th ahk church special attention belair pa nijer to the scandinavian mission given by elder andrew jones waa 40 WA gave as the date of the first baptism jn scandinavia july irth atso I 1 sweden and on august fifteen 1 0 persons were baptized at copenhaven Copen haKen hagg denmark the speaker gave man other jtb r interesting church histel many ica data elder Fj olster of a veteran 0 seventy seven tv seven seen years and one of the fifteen baptized at copenhagen bore a strong testimony to the truth of the goabel and felt to thank god for having bavine b ben been 1 permitted to embrace it the meeting closed with singing by the scandinavian glee of lokan logan and benediction by eldr jens han haki son A of interesting speecher echea were made inthe in the afternoon elder N Is issacson isaroon Isaa oon of laati fide elder jr martin Chri of salt laka lak I 1 city and elder 0 H berg of broyn provi who had sd received the gospel many years since in norway spoke briefly all hearing bearing firm testimonies monire elders lovendahl and johnson ot of salt lake county gave interesting ing accounts of their conversion to the truth trual patriarch 0 N liljenquist related the incident of his fi first ra t with tle goa gospel el m message in copen hagen he spoke of the great real cespon sivility sibl lity resting on OB the saints in doina a I 1 work in the To temples naples for their xa deab kindred and admonished all to faith fully perform their portion of this important tent work the choir sang and benediction wa wa pronounced by bishop peter madsen madsea of lake view |
