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Show It'IHOM GERMANY. j Coalville n-, 1,1.,.. gm y Ilia Ea. I In That Land 1i.aiiij, March 5, 100:1. EDnoS T; ' The': 'as year's abaenc Irom home rrn i ( a pleaaure I m mling a.n'i foty 1 am neglecting by j not wrilii ' k ionr paper, for I leel that nearly all I iM.era of The Tiiiim ar Intereetrd ii ionary work and will be pleare I it'.J enmelhlngof th wotk i in "ri'itin-," Although I ml trangn 'i'H uper, it I by no mean irnv-" . for lta weekly appear-m appear-m I "."Hrtatched lor and lb con-lent con-lent rein ., treat lnleret. My ) ner land aadacawaa very p' "' noand after being on th way' laei ; ,a days we arrived in Berlin, l ' hcnlthand aplril and thanklul t1 ee had bad uch an enjoy en-joy sb ,. . In the J.,l this empire w met tb pretit1 Mil lb German mleaionj andll wai-n- iinted by him to labor In thellireiiin aMilerence, therelor my traellng '. ,r,l st an end. Tl.iea days slievarri', .ra Berlin I a put on to lhVaril' atlnue my Journey to bit fle-tiH ol 1 ' Mud during th Rv hour whi' hinti nd between Berlin and Dret .ten I mry much cuncerned, be-caur be-caur f 1 1' "t fW word In German Ger-man n.l ill alone. Several time I fer d I a 'ing carried paat my p- poln led el" il wss utterly helpW, snd ould r nothing to batl my conditio con-ditio ii. . -,- riding about five hour I thoobt 1 r.,rd th conductor cry: "Prd J-n. ! I reaolvd I would try it, by gi-Umy 4 th car and seeing II I eoold ? oi e to meet m. Th two or three ei rtes apent In the big depot without a nd In eight wer very long, aoltri-d unto mrik lh eoodnctor , i . (, I wantiid, and upon '' a.i.uw id ii. y te.Vel wai p)a 1 in tb car asin, Not leeliag qui I at bore witb ray aoiaiondlnga, I stood by lh open window so no cbawc of aeaing or being wen by tbe elder who waa lo meet m would pa. Jolt a lew aecond before be-fore tha train atarled, Elder Levi Edgar Young of Kali Lak City recognised snd reac ued ui Irom a great experlenc which would bar followed bad I bee a carried ow. . Tb oilelak waa that than ar tw depots in Dreadeo. In Preen 1 aaaignad lo labor in Schwanenlierg and Jahanngeorgenitadt. K,.ur aarka later I waa aent to Cbeutnilx where four niontha wer apent. In this city I bad tbe pleasure ol baptizing three people into th church of Chriit, Z.wlcka Is slao on ol my Held ol labor. With all th field I hr-v. been dll;h'.cd with th remit obtained andvJil-'- vorably iiupraaaed with th outlook lor th tutor, although we haven't anocb freedom. The lavs against ua aro .ery etrict and aa s reiol; aol a many are added lo the church ol Christ a would he bad we all lb" lieedom u want, but ihoee who ar made multipara ar much airung er than tbey would be other in, be-sauae be-sauae they are put in tb crucible nd th hotte.1 beat of nger the pator hav control ol la concentrated uKn them. Belor a person can b baptised into th Mormon church he or ihe must j be unreglatered, according to the law of . th laud, from hi or htr church, and ven lima th elders ar not allowed to baulbs in son, of th citiee, Cheionlia iaontol lh cltie where lb law ar ao very strict. Tb companion I labored wllb In Chemuitswaa caught baptiiing in that lty In eonaeqneoc of which he served ten daya in Jail and thereby suffered soma little Incoovetiicnc. At Ihe and ol bis term b waa taken belor lb Judge where wa read his banUlimeut papers snd he was given eight days to get out of th coin try. We not llowd lo have children in our meeting, pan tb acrameut, etc., and in aoni places sr not ven permitted tu lng and pray, Inn wa may preach all wa are capable of doing. Inthliland ar 150 Biiaslonarle ol thechor h of Chrlit, proclaiming the goapel. The German million Is divided into eight conference nd ba large branch of the church with orga.nlta-tiona orga.nlta-tiona In all the lariier cltiea of thla empire. em-pire. By certain people w are received kindly, but by olheis a-e not lecelvwl aa a Moraiou wllh cien arma, though as an American citlien w tan pais suy-wbar. suy-wbar. I In Ibis) city much lice is msd snd th gioaur dart ol It is sent to Amerira. Th city is located in lb Errgeblrg mnuutsilia, and is solely supported Iron th- lad ' dustry. It Is a beautllul city audlal' V wuall over Germany lot lu t ' J Lomunrclal trail with lh V. B, As a class, th Germane ar a vary honest, hotpllabl peop'. and hav lo work bard for a livelihood. Th poorer clas la ia axtremely hard circumstances snd when big trong man reclve M rent a day fur hi labur he think h I bleaaed becauae h I able tn aecur work. All I well with m and I hav been exceedingly bleaaed In that I hav not tillered on day's slcknes sine leaving borne. I wish yon a snccriilulsnd proeparona yar. G. Howard Bsaan, Annsberg tl Sa. Karl Plats S, Germany. |