Show missionary letter EDITOR on that beautiful sabbath day july the 20 last year mantl manti my dear family and friends at 1 and arrived about 6 in salt lake city where I 1 spent a few happy days with my frienda friends ha ing o 0 been set apart on the 22 of july in the temple annex the morning of the 23 of july 1902 found tho the little company of elders all allo 0 K at the 0 S L depot at 6 a m the train pulled out with tho the happy little band of of peace and good will to men hailed aad blessed by our wives wires and frienda friends who had come there to bid us fo farewell rowell and off we vre went 16 in sumber number as happy as spring 0 larka larks the boxt dy dry being the of july wo we dm decorated orated our car with little flags and sang the songs of zion on we went day and night taking in all the sights wo we could especially niagara falls and acred sound and well at boston 10 a in on the 27 and on the 30 wo boarded the steamer N new A ew england fc liverpool where wo we armed at 8 p in on the ath of august we had a very pleasant trip on tho the ocean no storms at al all the next day about noon the train brought us to london saturday the ath of august being tho the coronation day of king edward the VII we were unable to havo exa fix d so we had to stay till the 13 where the train took ua us frommon from Lon don to ham hanatsch atsch and then we went on board of a steamer which took us to hamburg 0 oer er that rough north sea where feeding the fish takes up more time than eating dinners in hamburg I 1 being the only one to go to switzerland I 1 parted from the company and reached tho the old city on the rhein basel where I 1 found four elders there laborin laboring 0 in that place one of them being joseph from manti I 1 attended sunday school and other meetings on tho the 0 of f august I 1 finished my journey jouney arriving in furio the headquarters of switzerland about 11 a m all happy and well As president lovi levi young was absent on a visit to germany I 1 labored in furich for two weeks alter after his return I 1 was assigned to labor in st gall n Kon ferens and after bating baying tho the provi lige to visit my own rela tion in Ap appenzelle I 1 arrived in ebnat ebbat kappel happel where I 1 am work ing now together with my partner elder abraham NV winward inward from idaho on tho the of sept ebnat ebbat kappel lies in tho the north eastern part of Switz switzerland erLind is very mountainous with beautiful ua meadows covered with flowers almost all ear round and a very nice grade of cattle grazing therein thoro are about bight towns within about 1012 bilm for UK ud to labor in then there uro are houses scattered P over tho the billa hills just justas as if the they were som the majority of the people here aro are protestant and some catholic catholics aney aro are ery prejudice against ua some are very hateful some scared seared the people of town aro are honest bonest but ignorant most of them they cling to their old homes and to thor old religion rell gion as 04 to their lives ant anil itis it is very bard to make them m see the glorious light of the gospel as it baa has been revealed from heaven but for all thie this we have no reason to complain for god our heavenly father has blessed us in our work for we bad had the to org organize anizio a branch and also a sunday school and wo we are gaining friends who ii it they can not see the truth are friendly to us and invite us to see them but our out pride is our blessed sunday school every sunday morning promptly at 10 they are all seated in their places shino or rain with their sparkling eye eyes full of joy eager to receive re ceile instruction and L especially specially to leam learn pur gur nace aco songs in ia our sunday school song book and it would be hard to tell who enjoys sunday school the most ho the teachers or the students these are a few of my exper ex perien iea cea ces of my missionary life and I 1 feel thankful every day that I 1 have the lige to labor in my native land that gave mo me birth if I 1 can not have as much joy with the peo plo pleas as I 1 would like I 1 do enjoy myself indeed this beautiful latare and scenery which lays before ray eyes almost every day I 1 also extend my very best wishes and regards to the good peo ale of adanti whose kindness towards me shall never be forgotten your humble brother in the gospel john bahler |