Show correspondence NEWS THE AMSTERDAM december 1886 editor deseret news dear brother it is about seven months since I 1 began laboring as a mission missionary iry it is not very often of ten that the saints in utah hear anything from the netherlands through your columns on the dakof day of march 1886 1 received my notice from the a authorities of the church to come to this country coultry on a mission In company with elder H Kram krumperman perman I 1 left ogden city ity and on the aoth of april we arrived at new york departed on the on the arizona arisona and arrived at liverpool on the ath of may last and on the of may we arrived in the Netherlands the country of dams and dykes since that time I 1 have been been laboring in the city of amsterdam rejoicing day by day in the exercise of my calling hundreds of people eople have heard ray my testimony we gold hold three meetings every week elder N krumper krumperman man and myself are working ork together the work of the lord is prosper prospering ig in this country we have about members in this conference and aad most of them are true saints elder Krumper krumperman mau and myself have baptized 10 members since our arrival many thousands have not yet heard the gospel the ministers are very angry at us and they have a desire to th see us banished from this country T they e are afraid that they shall lose their jo job the people as a rule are very self righteous so far as religion is concerned and also very hardened and stiff necked the spirit of investigation does not pre prevail and they will not listen to the warning voice of gods servants informing them that the judgments u d ants of god are near but there shall h WB come a time when they shall know that the lord has desired torather to gather them together as a hen gat hereth her chickens under her wings but they would not and then shall V it be too late there are altogether four missionaries in this conference and room for eight or ten more for the harvest is great reat and the laborers are few our resident president Kes ident J W F volker is at present e nt laboring in groninger and and the work of th the eLord lord is growing and satans gatans powers are diminishing B |