Show THE GOSPEL IN GERMANY bentora trample Trai apic on the tile teachers of truth oar readers reme remember raber that some months ago ap we mentioned the case ense of elder Lul irke now on a mission to germany being persecuted by the tile pestiferous police I power o of r prussia elder has lum returned to utah and he has brought with him no doubt a correct estimate of the tile greatness of the victorious nation that after crushing the tile empire of napoleon andert undertakes akes to crush the kingdom of god they will find it a dif different Terent task however ono one for which the fed a and d lager beer 1171 ted brain of the burly bismarck will hardly bo be adequate in the millennial star of jan oth elder gives the following account of hia his tribulations at the hands of trivial teutonic tyrants after a short visit to relatives in ill norway I went to a village called glesin in mecklenburg t schwerin where after holding a few meetings I baptized one pe person mn this man and his family have since emigrated migrated the news of this getting abroad ai abroad road indignation waa was aroused a against ginst me and aud I was forced to leave from there I went to schwerin where I was arrested and confined for forty eight hours when I was released and learning that it was intended to arrest me again should I continue my labors there I left and went to kie kiel bifi in 11 Sch schleswig leswig holstein Holst tin near which place two families belonging to the church one of them having been a member for twenty five years reside with their assistance I was enabled to rent a small room in kiel where I could sleep and then set about to pro proclaim clairn tile glad aidin 93 of great joy I succeeded in making the ac acquin tanco of quite a number of persons some of of whom seemed interested teres te fed in what I told them and invited me to their homes where some of their nei neighbors bbous would come ill in giving me inc ille the opportunity of tall talking cing with quite a number of people meeting with a family or two ono one night in one part of tile town the tile next night with others in another part and conversing quietly upon tho principles of truth where ever opportunity presented I sue suc j in baptizing about twenty j five persons this fact getting to the police authorities they sent me a notice to quit the town four days after I not havi having 11 gone w was visit I od adby odby by sin in officer ill who announced hia his wish that I should go with him which I declined doing lie left me when I ensconced myself in the cornice which is a very large one of the house where I was staying shortly after doing so the police I man returned accompanied by t three bree others they searched tho tile house j from roof to cellar even putting their swords through the cracks in the floor and reever they cou could ou d J I not pot get their bodies 13 by eats th kiino the street below waa was filled with people and every place of exit in the neighborhood was guarded by police their conversation was easily heard by me they said they thought I must have power to make myself invisible at this juncture the alarm of fire was sounded in another part of tho tile town and the police followed bythe by alie crowd left for where the conflagration waa was going ino on nest next mornin morning the tile house was again visited by po police I ice when I concluded to go with them I was taken to prison kept two days and then escorted by a emair across the line of schleswig holstein to hamburg a free town realizing ea aig uig that I had committed no nor broken any law and thinking more good could be done in kiel I returned there four days after liap pening penig to pass a I was seized and dragged in I told the man who did it that hia his house should sink to the ground shortly after he and his wife e died and his child is now in a lunatic asylum after being confined for eight days I was brought before the judge ch charged argeI with di disobeying an all order of banishment and sentenced to nine days imprisonment at the expiration of the time I was again escorted out of wig 11 holstein into hamburg av spent n t six weeks in that place using every endeavor to spread the gospel baptized bourand four and warned many manyol others hers A conference being appointed in copenhagen which I was ims desirous of attending I started for that place taking rail to kiel intending to take vessel from there for copenhagen on my way from the station to the point of embarkation I was a s again again arrested and confined for 38 days they then saw me hoeft on board a vessel bound d for copenhagen pen I spent a week there to recuperate and returned to hamburg via ria lui beck spent between it t three ace and four months visiting houses bouses conversing on the street corners corn cra in the parks park I and wherever I could get buteners lut eners and baptized eleven persons three priests learning darning this used their endeavors to get me sent away I was summoned summon etl to appear before th oChief of police and given 24 hours to leave the town I called upon tile american consul re representing rep to him that I bad had done no wrong and broken no law that would bring upon me we the penalty of expulsion but he could or would not do anything about it thib day I left my place was filled by elder P E B hammer I then went to the free town of lubeck the authorities ties the there having re read ad of my expulsion from Hamburg summoned me to appear before them which I did lid they wished MO to leave the to town n I appealed att alie american consul who came t b ann M and the they y p desiro into e act I er t bout three month months baptized four parsons and made tho acquaintance of kev eral othra who were viere favorably inclined to the truth these four alethe are the only saints now in lubeck let me here state that I ind written both from kiel and hamburg to the tile emperor of germany representing my ease lu in lubeck I re an answer from the governor of prusia pru sia stating that nothing could be done ili in my case also received a letter from president aider stating that brother gothe who had taken my place in kiel had been arrested and empra imprisoned and requesting me to learn the particulars about it wrote a letter to the S saints in kiel calling a meeting in the woods near kiel the meeting vas was held and was a very enjoyable one brother gothe being in prison I wished to appoint some one to fill his place in taking charge of the and for this purpose went into kiel the next day appointed brother cr and that evening while meeting with hh his family amily the police poli ice came ili in and arrested me was imprisoned for sixty day days and again sent to copenhagen returned to lubeck to continue my labors where I received my illy release to return home with the Company sailing from Liver liverpool fool it w was as to pas pass through hamburg at that point in company with elder hammer I went vent on n board the tile vessel leardi le arning ig t that hat one of ortho the saint saints who intended anten ed going at alie same time had been b en arrested elder hammer left the ship to sec see about it shortly arter the th c police j I c came on board having dearlo heard t that I lic a t we were there but fortunately brother hammer had gone and they only got me inc after eight days I waa was brought before the judge who sentenced me inc to six weeks imprisonment I appealed to the highest council in hamburg but they totally refused to adinie the sentence sentence aitho espira tion of the time allowed for an answer the six weeks terni commenced at the expiration of which I wa again apin released barid having C been in prison sixty days all the money I had with the exception of five fl ve shillings was taken from iron me and I told them then that a ls I had been plundered by tile government of hamburg aur so should hamburg bo ile PIA plundered fear and trembling I would come upon the inhabitants and it should be dest oved wed i soon after I ww anva relA re lewd qed I waa was me met by elder er A i H cainnon inn ii at tic lie efstation ee es it wag was indeed a pleasant meeting for me from there I went to bremen a free town elder cannon going ing oil to kiel in ill bremen u acro acro I vas as joined by I elder cannon we ft were received well the rhe police gave ga us the privilege V of holding meeting and a n my ili y I I stay of two weeks in that place wad was ir very pleasant one elder cannen bavin having 11 received n letter from you yu i to the effect that it would be advis j able for me to come to liverpool I I left bremen on dec and arrived I here on the the branch in kiel numbers 72 adults and is in a flourishing condition ho holding liling one meeting during the week with one meeting and ind a sunday on the sabbath the meetings being advertised in the daily papers and considerable inquiry is manifested in hamburg wo we number about 20 much aluch inquiry is is manifested in bremen and I feel that many will yet bo be brought into the truth at that place I in re regard a r d to my prediction concerning ce aning I hamburg lam burg I understand that measures are now being taken by bismarck to take away the freedom d om of tho the city aud lay her under tribute to Pru prussia esia and tho the people are in great fear in regard to this dreading reading the proposed tax which will be oppressive upon all classes |