Show IN scandinavia ma many ny readers of the deseret are interested in the present condi aton alon of the scandinavian countries and the progress of the work of the C church bur ch of jesus christ of latter day balents there our special represents tave at the exposition and coronation ia Ju jubilee fIlee at stockholm sweden whose Y have been published IM 4 time to time and who has now returned turned states state IS that his impression is bat at the three northern countries have y essed remarkably during the last both temporally and spir ritually everow everywhere here evidences of this t were visible visia e peaking of sweden particularly it as noticeable all along the railroad hies that stat stations ions formerly consist scattered scat ered huts had bg 4 of df a few grown nto to large towns with stores and WS ness iness h ouss houses ous s everywhere farms V wre e provided with nicely painted and large barns and grani tf iles ea the population seemed to be frell ell off as a 9 general beneral rule thousands of e class that formerly hardly ever left e native eod except for short trips as r as a a horse would take them would ewd d the trains train a and steamers for the altal ital and spend money freely too ile there stockholm tock holM has about doubled in and population them the last twenty e years and the new additions all al mist of palace like buildings and de modern streets parks and large an n squares this activity in build r has of course acted as a stimulant trade and business in other diree Bs and very little was heard about ta 1 times the condition in the atal is a fair indication of the con of the country in general and it lie no surprise to hear that gra aaion alon ig ia almost nothing to what t eted to be and that more are actual turning than leaving the old coun fc as an one of the anchor line officials ased himself ie missionaries Ja boring in scan scandia di are unanimous in the belief that ireat eat work is yet to be done there reports given at recent confer cb indicate that prejudices are fad like the shadows of night before rising sun the scandinavians are able e of deep deel religious convictions haaf of them get tired of the political s and turn disappointed away WW the uncertain light the various fcc sanni nations offer upon the im stant ant questions of life and salvation hey liay am ay as yet be timid as to the L because ignorant of its real moe e but as knowledge increases ugh the faithful work of the ts odthe of the lord the truth will be this conviction is general g the missionaries in the field and AJ based upon their experience there e saints in scandinavia feel that ia and gracious reception given he king to the representative from 1 at the coronation jubilee will be benefit to the cause they rep as public opinion in countries to a very large W extent takes its cue from the throne particularly when the monarch is a favorite among the people they look upon the event as a memorable one in the history of the scandinavian and the european mission they noted as a remarkable coincidence that the day of the presentation at court of the jubilee gift from utah was the seventieth anniversary of that ever memorable day when the original of the book was delivered to the prophet joseph by the angel they also noted the fact that although the messenger from utah was well supplied with letters of introduction to the american minister at stockholm nothing that this official may have dene towards securing an au audience d bence availed while the presentation at the proper place of the letter from the first presidency of the church at once had the desired effect they could not but feel whether with or without sufficient cause that the in fluence of that document was greater than that of our diplomatic representative in stockholm it may not be ne cesary to go to distant lands in order to become impressed with the fact that the church is performing a great work among the nations of the earth but the impression is certainly made deeper by observations abroad the truths first proclaimed to the world through joseph smith are being adopted gradually by other denominations until the honest in heart among lutherans Luth erans baptists baptista methodists and others are more or less mormons cormons Mor mons if signs fail not a time is approaching when the faithful 1 servants of god will have much to do for the salvation of the world they will turn to zion and jerusalem for a reply ta the many questions which the prevalent religious and social systems have failed to answer satisfactorily |