Show interesting FROM DENMARK coax copenhagen denmark march irth 1897 although these northern lands naver nave yielded rich harvests to the gospel reapers readers in years gone baand the pros ent has been characterized frequently a received baptism elder enoch jorgens jorgen s sen ot of ephraim performing the ordinance we have another date set for baptism next week when we expect to add a few more souls to the fold thus the lord is blessing the labors of his ser servants and crowning their efforts with success there is one thing however that we meet wherever we go and I 1 would like to call the attention ot of the returned missionaries sion aries and emigrated saints to this subject in visiting among the people botti both saints and strangers the gener general 11 complaint is that their relatives and friends who have gone to zion haver have failed to keep their promises to write and nothing has been heard of them except in an indirect way possibly nowr now and then wrong impressions arem are created by this neglect some ret get the idea that their friends friend ii are unhappy andl in a poor state hence do not writer write some strangers sira even go so far as Ls to inter that there must be some truth in the old charges made aga ast us that letters were intercepted if the contents were ere not sati factory to a committee of censors it causes the elders much labor to remove the effects of these things and the tendency is to lessen the faith and confidence in in our eople and hamper the progress ot of the work of god in ia these lands therefore dear breth brethren rep and sisters who have gone to zion it ir you knew how anxiously your letters abw looked for here how much good they could do if written in the proper spi spirit rif and how much harm barm your silence is doling doft among saints and strangers you would keep sacredly every promise you have made in this regard this applies with even greater force to ie the returned missionaries who have baided ailed to keep their promises to write much alach ol of the good work they accod swished is being undone and the high oe in which they were held is les by this course and although it i nay imay require some sacrifice of time and deans these promises should be kept some care should be exercised also in what is written for letters have been received ived here that it would have been better to have left unwritten the elders in these parts are feeling well and laboring with zeal and energy for br the spread of the truth their health in the main has been good notwithstanding that a number of them lucve suffered during the winter from ai attacks i of la grippe much of an interesting nature might be said of the large and beautiful city of copenhagen but as I 1 have already trespassed Irea pasSed too far upon your valuable dipace ace I 1 shall not attempt to add any ding ing upon that subject the maws is regularly received and its ats perusal is one of our great pleasures GEORGE groage christensen |