| Show NEWS FROM NORWAY CHRISi lANIA norway april xa 1897 7 undoubtedly the readers ot of ne the would be interested to hear something of the labor being done in the land of the northerner this mission is one oi of the oldest and largest the church has it has been the means of spreading truth to thousands of people of which a large portion is now represented in utah the norwegian mission now has a complete system of organization it is districted into ten large branches each presided over by an elder from utah and with him labors one or more utah elders the branch offices are at ammeh drammer Dr bergen Fred Aale sund arendal fredrik eidsvold and by this system every fishing hamlet along the coasts and fjords as well as inland cities and guards ga ards will be reached the president of the mission visits every branch between conferences thereby keeping in touch with the requirements of each there are now twenty energetic elders preaching the doctrines of christ and searching for the blood of israel in norway during the past seven months we have visited 1082 families distributed tracts held meetings and baptized 74 persons there are at present members of the church in Nor norway wity ot of which number are tithe payers our conference began saturday april cioth at 8 p m upon the stand were elder C V lu lund nd president of the scan din donavian avian mission and eider george christensen fron fro 11 copenhagen elder D K brown president of the norwegian mission and seventeen other oiher elders from utah the time at the meeting on saturday and the first meeting on sunday was occupied by hearing reports from the elders laboring in the various fields of the mission at 2 p m on sunday after singing 9 and prayer the general authorities of the church were presented and sustained then the elders were appointed and sustained as follows elder D K brown president ot of the norwegian Now egian conference elder N C nielsen president of branch with elder P A peterson assistant elder M E chris to pherson president of drammen dragmen branch elder hyrum hogan assistant elder john peterson president of bergen branch elders C knudson and peter olson assistants elder jacob fikstad president of fredrikstad Fred branch eldr elder ole H Pe peterson terion assistant elder C poulsen president of Trond hem branch elder lars J hailing assistant elder andrew dahlsrud president of Aale sund branch elder H C hanson assistant elder thomas gunderson president of arendal branch elder G S johnson assistant elder edward gunderson president of Fredrik shaid branch eskel eskeldson Es eskelson kellson assistant elder M Knud knudsen ser president of branch bran chElder elder C A Thom thomson sn assistant elder george christensen then addressed the meeting upon the restoration of the gospel adf and elder C N lund followed giving general instructions to the at the evening meeting elder D K brown was the first speaker toe subject of his remarks was the necessity ot of baptism elders C N lund fallowes fallowed fall fIl owed dwelling upon lipon the personality of god after singing and benediction conference adjourned for six months all agreeing that we had received a spiritual feast the headquarters of the mission is is at at which place the church owns its own building the largest and most moat commodious in the european mission saints in utah having relatives or friends in norway will conter confer a great favor upon missionaries and do a great deal for the progress of the work ot of god b by writing rit g to elders who may be laboring n in parts where their relatives and h friends ends r reside ide mail addressed to oster hans bans garden 27 will be for warded to the elders J P |
