Show missionary LETTER copenhagen Den roark april 20 thinking perhaps a few iii lines bics from an old friend arid and bub subscriber scriber to your valuable paper would not bo be amiss it at this time will write to tell you that I 1 am well and have enjoyed my labors here in denmark very ver much it is now a little more inore than 18 months that I 1 have been here I 1 first labored in aalborg for tour four months while there my health was not very good but made many friends and acquaintances visited the old home come in norre sunday where I 1 was born march 20 1830 1850 my parents joined the church there in the same year and my father became the first man to receive the gospel in jylland and for four years traveled thru Denni denmark ark sweden and norway preaching the gospel to the people of this land and passed through much persecution se cution in bornholm and other places for the gospel sake in 1854 we emi grated to utah my experiences haye been very pleasant and asa as a rule I 1 have been well ec received elved ece ived wherever I 1 havo have been for the last year I 1 have labored to in copenhagen conference mostly v among the saints the last six months I 1 have visited all the outside branches during the past two weeks I 1 have been over in gylland attending conference in aarhus and aalborg and also to farewell to my friends there here for I 1 expect to return home soon after our conference here which will be held slay may 4 and 5 we had a very nice conference in aarhus peter sorensen is presiding there and sends his kindest regards to all friends and the saints in brigham city elder C INI jensen is presiding in aalborg ile he alos sends his kind regards to all the saints at home aalborg is a nice town ranks third in size in denmark we have a good meeting house and a branch of about members there I 1 also took a trip thru norway and sweden last summer which was very interesting to me the work here is going on steadily and a few honest souls soul sare are being added to the fold every week although it seems very slow in a city the size of copenhagen we only get about two to three hundred out to our meetings and sometimes some sometimes tiles not that many we ale have a good many elders ciders laboring here but not nearly enough tor for quite a number are going to leave soon now I 1 want to thank the box eldir elder news that has come so regularly and has always been a welcome visitor since I 1 have been here and has been read with much interest by us all I 1 am the only eldey elder in this conference from brigham city I 1 expect to return to my home about the first week in june with best wishes and kindest regards to you and all enquiring friends your friend and brother in the gospel JACOB JENSEN |