Show scandinavian conference two spirited meetings were held in the tabernacle last sunday at which the scandinavian tongue was spoken ind and the sons and daughters ot of nordland who have accepted the gospel as taught by the latter day saints were refreshed in their faith and encouraged cou raged in their lives it was the occasion ot of tha annual scandinavian conference and a number of prominent visitors from various parts of 0 the state were to participate in the meetings and enjoy the good spirit which prevailed the meetings were presided over by president it C who also made remarks of a welcoming nature and briefly reviewed the labors of the scandinavians in this state during the past year tear the visitors included church historian andrew jenson of salt lake C A krantz of utah posten salt lake city adam peterson and wife of huntsville P S and wife recently from arbus denmark and man prominent scandinavians from various parts of the county each of the visiting churchmen made addresses during the day as did a number of the local members the tabernacle was beautified on the stand and organ with great bo of lowers flowers and the spirit of the meetings was one of reunion a return for the time being to the experiences of olden days iven those present were in their fatherland members of the various brailes bran les of the church in the three scandinavian countries it was truly an occasion of joyous reflection and also of renewing that determination to in all that is good and necessary to become citizens in the kingdom of god presidents oleen N stohl and W C horsley attended the conference as representatives of the state presidency though pres horsley was unable to understand that which was said bald many of the high council and bishops of the various wards were present also and the saints turned out fairly well A feature of the gathering was the excellent singing of f the scandinavian choir under the able leadership of julius bruun the choir rendered a splendid musical program at each session and extra numbers were supplied ty by elder jacob jensen victor E madsen and edward larsen vol violinist inist with john brook organ accompanist at the conclusion of the conference elder andrew jenson met with all the missionaries who have done service in scandinavia ft f T the purpose of getting data on their missionary labors to go in a historical write up of 0 the scandinavian and swedish Missi Aliss loins the conference will go on record as being one odthe best ever held by the scandinavians and a similar occasion next year will be eager eagerly ly I 1 looked forward to by the sons and daughters of the north |