Show UTAH TO GERMANY DRESDEN germany oct 1896 we are always interested in the letters from the elders in the various parts of the world so I 1 thought bought a few words word from this oart cart might be of inter set cat to your readers I 1 left my home in provo city on the of way may 1896 and in company with elder menasseh smith of granger and solomon E smith of draper started lor loir the he old world to preach the gospel the other two brethren were ware bound fur england and the writer for germany our journey journey across the continent was very interesting indeed especial ly to two of us who had bad never befort before i i been from beneath the shadows of those g peaks in our own dear mountain home but I 1 will not burden the reader with a full description others other have done that before me we spent a 8 few hours hour to in chicag two days in new bosk and ane one day in philadelphia visiting the principal places of interest on the ath of june we bo boarded boarde ardd the steamship pentland Penn land and the next morning left the pennsylvania docks and steamed down the delaware Da laware that evening at 9 we saw the last of our native shore alters alter a pleasant passage of eleven days w landed land ed in liverpool sod and were kindly received by the brethren brothers lucid ilund booths booth parry and burrows burrowe I 1 spent one week weak with relatives in the city of manchester visiting among other places the place of my mothers morhet s birth aud and also of my grandparents by this time another company ot of elders had bad arrived and ad in company with one N of them brother of salt lake city I 1 journey on to the continent by way ot of hull arrivi arriving Dg to in antwerp on the of june I 1 the following in my journal at 7 0 we landed at antwerp docks in a frizz log ing rain we hired a porter to carry our luggage he prete prole Esau foad to know the whereabouts of a cheap lodging house bouse and a knowledge of the english language at the same time tue latter was very doubtful what a time we had bad changing gonei I 1 trance centimes cen times cente cent crowns crowne dimet shillings shi llinge florins florans flor ins tennies pennies etc till one was fairly bewildered they could speak a tow lew words in english but we could nt muster a word ot of dutch finally however it was all unraveled rave led 0 for the language of a dickens rot riot a dickens of a languages language however to fitly describe the many curious sights we behold beheld during that hat even dinkl As we ente entered rec we were con coil fronted by the inevitable drinking bar without which no dutch swiss or germao german lodging house bouse could possibly they are a necessary bartot dally daily life patronized alike by old rind and yi y ung rich and poor male and tamale female A dutch matron would no sooner think of darting with ith her jug of beer than W with iab her rye bread and flemish choose cheese I 1 sit near the window and take observations from the street soldiers ersIn in their blue uniforms with red stripes pass by gome dome shouting to in drunken glee bu hsuch a commonplace event is scarcely noticed by the people children too march along the be street singing dutch I 1 songs in concert then comes a group of young boys boye singing flinging lustily wearing in their hat bands small mall belgian flags across the street to is a group of children playing games unlike anything I 1 have ever seen been before consisting of singing ir and strange though graceful march ing in ID the evening after supper we went for a walk through the tawn ris tte tre sabbath evening at home in our own garden city there la is at least a comparative peace toa atella into the soul directing ones thoughts beyond the cares barea sod and foibles of mortality or at least a quiet enjoyment within the scrod sacred precincts of the hom but here one would think it were a holiday instead ot 9 holy day on ovary every hand band are beer tables surrounded by every i class age and aex fitful blasts of music irom from all directions direction mingled with shouts and laughter strike discordantly cor dantly upon the ear there to is one place which seems to have special attract attractions ious as many people are passing in and cut under the bright lights we pause for a moment and as the door is ie opened at the other end of the loog long bal hall we see to our astonishment that it a ball is in session further on we found a group of young men and women dancing upon the pavement to t be time of music within indeed they seem to be a people who believe in enjoying life eats eat drink and be merry marry for tomorrow we die so bo it was in the days of noah nod and so BO will it be when the son of man comes in his glory the next day at noon we resumed our journey and reached bern on the evening of the of june we were welcomed most mosi royally by president and wife together with the brethren in the office brothers rogers nd ad clos cloe the two days we spent in bern were very busy buoy ones and even then we were unable to visit all the places of interest it is a very interesting city not alone on account of its peculiarly happy location on the river aar but being the capital of one of the oldest republics in the world it pos poe many historical reminiscences dating back several centuries a veritable paradise for the student of f history we received our appointments july mid 2 nd and started for our fields fit ida of labor brother Schult bess fur for in northern switzerland sod and I 1 for dresdon dresden the capital ot of saxony it was a day long to be remembered wolent by way oi 01 lakes I 1 bon si ai d briend to get a view ot of the abe celebrated alpine scenery the morning was lovely our route was through some of the he most ul scenery my eyes ever beheld A ride of an hour brought us to thun where we went oo on board the small steamboat in waiting and with the exception of a briet brief change at inter luken lateen we had bad a most delightful ride of live five hours the abe smooth water of cl the lake sparkled in the sunlight aud spread out to the very verj base of the lofty scow capped mountains that towered on either side with the exception of the glacial peaks the whole was one mass of green dense forests covered the woun mountain tain side dotted here and there with grassy pit to tc where the swiss peasant has built I 1 is alpine cottage water waterfall falle and cascades from far up ap the heights rushing and roaring came into the lake below the mighty peaks of Switzer switzerland landt they are truly all that poets post ibave have ever said bald of them seated heated la in a sequestered spot I 1 feasted my soul on the passing grandeur so aa the boat glided on to the harbor at meiringen Mei ringen I 1 parted company with bro and lor for the rest of my journey traveled alone for two hours I 1 rode on a cogwheel railroad tar far up the mountain side aides over great ledges and ra viDee through tun neja and dense denee forests till it seemed we were almost to the clouds the afternoon had bad been stormy but though great banks of clouds were rolling over the summits from our lofty position one saw a vast enchanting pie pic lure spread out in the valley below words cannot reproduce it though it remain in memory a lifetime A arrived at lubern about 10 barkand dark and stormy though it 16 was I 1 started out to find boa a family of salute sainte whom the brethren at bern had directed me it was a long walk through a very crooked after trudging about fifteen minutes through the darkness and bairt rain I 1 concluded I 1 must be somewhere within the neighborhood of nay my destination ti I 1 ascended a bill before me and found myself in the suburbs it was nearly midnight there were no lightb and no one was about I 1 know knew bot which way to go and after wandering about almost aimlessly for some time I 1 asked the lord to guide me to the place I 1 wag waa seeking or of to a place where I 1 might rest for the night A few rods further un on I 1 met a ouan man who could understand my broken german he took me directly to the house and in fifteen minutes I 1 was enjoying a warm sup eup per the next morning I 1 parted with this kind family and went on to zurich where I 1 met four of the brethren brothers buhler probst and bendly by whom I 1 was kindly enter mined and shown the sights of the city brother casper sod I 1 visited the museum which would be a veritable varl vari lable table paradise for our primary school teachers it contains material tor for object lessons on nearly every known subject all sr ar ranged in a very attractive form we also visited the house where that great teacher Is said to have been burn born we were entertained by a relative of brother Na egles living jiving la in grisbach on the shore ebore ol oi zurich lake enough not members of our church they treated U us 13 very kindly the he next morning I 1 resumed my jo journey bourley urLey at I 1 tok t ok boac and enjoyed a most delightful ride over laue lae constance Conet anoe to lindau Li where we entered bavaria I 1 reached munich its capital ct pital AL ai 10 p m on the ibe atu of july where I 1 was welcomed by elders albert B S erickson and frank oisen I 1 ebent two most deng duys days there the wee was the aaD sati bath bith on account of ii catholic influence predominates in this a kingdom our piu peat pie are liot allowed to 10 hulti hold public meetings and the ac a of ane elbers are closely watched ned the priests haves have w oat they attack especially uste principle of gathering gath erini but in reality they are opposed to our whole religion in comparison with which their man made system to ie plainly revealed la in all its ita imperfections we succeeded in secretly eeor etly holding a meeting at the home of one of the saino sal old and had bad a most moat glorious gl orloue time it was waa fast day find the spirit of mony was waa poured out oat udon all present tears teara of joy were streaming down many a face here I 1 was able with the blessing ble saing of god to bear my testimony in the germau german language the saino were extremely kind and hospitable I 1 it t to ie a characteristic of the german people the next day was spent in on july ath I 1 went to where I 1 met elders john and isaac bartoo barton I 1 lapent spent two days daye in that old and interesting city gathering considerable information it Is ie the great toy city of the world I 1 visited the fair which was then being hold held and learned earned to my surprise in how many things the old oid world can profitably take lessons from the new I 1 found the brethren there as at munich doing a rood good work even under the disadvantage of religious loua on the evening of the of july I 1 arrived in Lel where brothers 0 W andelin and E N naele are laboring As the former was waa to make a trip to sweden to visit his relatives I 1 had been appointed to labor in hla his place for a few weke weaks there I 1 remained rema inea until the of september when I 1 camy to dresden the field of my future labom jabore at some future time I 1 may be able to write more of the manners and cus cue tome todis of the people and of the pi ogress of the work part of the lords vineyard H M |