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Show were provided by iProvo ' aitizens. President John Johnson and counselors coun-selors of the; Provo Scandinavian organization or-ganization desire to express their appreciation ap-preciation of the , general and generous gener-ous assistance by the people of Prov. in making toe reunion a success. To members of the several committees, the citizens who furnished automobiles automo-biles and all who In any way assisted assist-ed in entertaining the visitors. SCANOmAVJANfiEUNION HELD IN PROVO MSI SM! ,J . . : , ,,r Tie annual Scandinavian conference confer-ence held here yesterday, was attended attend-ed by, many Scandinavians from the central part of the slate. September IE was the 6Sth anniversary of the organization or-ganization of thio first branch' of the church In : Copenhagen, The first baptism was August 12, although a short time previous to that some converts con-verts in Sweden had been baptized by John B. Forsgren who with P. O. Hansen and , John f . Dykes had accompanied ac-companied Elder Erastus Snow of the Apostles, to Scandinavia for the purpose pur-pose of introducing Moraionismi. The services began at 10 o'clock in the Stake 'Tabernacle with , iiiahop John Johnson, president of the Scan dinavian organization ?n Provo, presiding. pre-siding. On the speaker's stand were seated President A. H. Lund, Elder Andrew Jenson, ' Soren , Rasmusaen and A. p. Nelson or Draper; 1. C Thoresen:. O. P. Folkerson, file Gul-brandsen. Gul-brandsen. Col. H. M. . iLund, Bishop Hyrum Olsen, 'Bishop Joseph Chris-tenson, Chris-tenson, Olit Larsen P. tS. Christian-Ben1 Christian-Ben1 and John Lawrence of Salt Lake; President Joseph B. Keeler and Counselors Coun-selors J. Wm. Knight, and A. N. 'Merrill 'Mer-rill of the Utah Stake Presidency and many others. V The services opened by the Norwegian Norwe-gian choir, conducted by Carl Samuel-sen, Samuel-sen, Miss lLavon Johnson, organist, Blnging, "The Morning Breaks." Prayer Pray-er was offered by Elder Martin Nelson. Nel-son. The choir sang, "Zlon Stands With Hills Surrounded.". Bishop Johnson welcomed the congregation, con-gregation, expressed gratitude for the blessings enjoyed by the Balnts and compared present conditions with thosj when he and his parents came to Utah in 1864. President Keeler speaking in English Eng-lish welcomed the people and spoke of the influence of the spirit of the Lord, which he had felt in the meet-In meet-In (?, and the bless 'ngs always received from its manifestations. "A Poor Wayfaring Man of Grief." Reidar Waring, soloist, was rendered by the choir. President ILund spoke of the first fifteen who became members of the church by baptism, August 12 1860 and the organization of the' first Jf&nch In Copenhagen, September 15, 1860, under the presidency of Elder Erastus Snow, and referred to the experiences of the church in Scandinavia Scandi-navia in the early days of the introduction intro-duction of Mormonism there He spoke of the labors or Elder Snow and the comparatively rapid growth of Mormonism, in spit of the not very encouraging report brought to Elder Snow. by Elder P. O. Hansen, who had preceded Elder iSnow by a few months. When he received Elder Snow he told him that the Danes would not receive the gospel and that the church could not be established there. But this did not discourage Elder El-der Snow, and this gathering was an evidence of the progress made by Mormonism in the Scandinavian countries. coun-tries. - . -. . Hyrnm Christensen rendered a vocal vo-cal solo in English. Brief rominisclent addresses were made by A. P. Nelson, Mrs. Augusta Dorius Stevens and iMrs. Johanna Hanberg Nicol of Salt Lake, two of the early converts and members of the first company of emigrants from Scandinavia and by Bishop Christen-son. Christen-son. Elder Andrew Jenson of the church historians office referred brietly to the ..history of the church with special spe-cial reference to its m:sBionary activities. activi-ties. -He reviewed the lives and labors lab-ors of many early Scandinavia members mem-bers of the church, and of the good work they have done. Elder Jenson urged the people to keep records of their most important labors in the church The benediction waa pronounced pro-nounced by Elder IB. c Henricksen During the noon hour luncheon was served by the committee on refreshments, refresh-ments, Mrs. L. E. Eggertsen. chairman. chair-man. The afternoon meeting opened by the choir singing, and prayer by Elder Andrew Xnuden. m The speakers were Elders I. c. Thoresen, Hugo Peterson, O. P. Folk-ersen, Folk-ersen, John Jawrence, H. ,M. H iLund Soren Rasmussen, Martin Chrintoph-erson Chrintoph-erson and O. H. Berg. President Lund was' tho last speaker. speak-er. He expressed pleasure and satisfaction satis-faction with the nddrPRKPa onrt tu music of the meetings, and urged faithful earnest lives on the part of t he latterday saints, compliance with the provisions of the gospel and devotion de-votion to its principles. The benediction wan pronounced by Elder Ole Gulbrandsen. . During the meeting vocal selections selec-tions were rendered by the choir, the National Guard quartet of Provo, and solos by Carl Samuelson, Hyrum Olson Ol-son end Reidar Waring. Following the meeting the visitors were taken on an auto trip to Olmsted Olm-sted at the mouth of S'rovo canyon and across the Bench to Bishop Otto J. Pouhon's fruit orchnrd where all were treated to fruit The autos |