Show home again 1 elder jolin john volker of this city as returned from hia his mission iu the tile netherlands where he hei b has hew been laboring in the ministry of the tile gospel foi for fourteen months he ile enjoyed himself in the homo bome of ha hi fathera fathers and in the tile society of his relatives relative i and friends making it fa voluble voi uble upon a some though not upon any any of his kindred during his travels travel iu in holland d he lie visited 29 towns and villages dis t ri buting tracts boldi holding nr me meetings tings 11 and n d doing the fireside mission woric at among n ong illyn beeren a if 0 of f course cours lie met with his share of if opposition on oil the part of the populace incited by tile the priests of baal on one occasion he lie was taken home by a mob of who however did not prove a very friendly or enthusiastic escort scort so that elder volker had to call on the assistance oft of the lie police nevertheless th eless liis his labors did not all prove unavailing the seed of the gospel falling upon some good ground ho he baptized eight during hid his tion in nil fill the holland mission mission numbers about one hundred saints saint who belong to the poorer classes who as in the times of jesus contti tute the great bulk of f the honest in heart in the netherlands Nethera aa as among other nations elder volker returns in good health and excellent spirits having realized the power of god and find received many new and incontrovertible evidences of the truth of the gospel of the latter days had it not been for famila famil reasons he lie would still be laboring belaboring among the dutch people As it is is ho feels he lie has dono the best bost he lie could and hia his friends are pleased to a see him back in the mountain home elder P J J lammers Lai umers is still in holland presiding over the chu church ach in the laid landof of the tile dunes and dykes he ile wua was in the enjoyment of good health when E elder ider volker left him |