Show 0 PRIEST persecution A A mormon eiders treatment by a lutheran priest in ili si sweden reden r A A ta r jub so oni l aa aw iw I 1 jr I 1 erml 1 caeran lA erAn 1 A z m A der son sol 0 a t sill e utah who for the past twenty months hag has L been een serving a as a at missionary to sweden and who is is returning io to his home with the company which sailed from eliere shercon on mhd lh I 1 obtained the p particulars art of a case of m mobbing abbing 0 I 1 of which he be was the victim an in his yali native ve land ladd 1 U F A V in the early part of the past gritis spring the head lutheran priest of t the e district or parish of socked near Norr koping where he lie was as laboring sent him a warning to cease holding meetings aad ht tempting to proselyte in that region and leave there if he lie wanted to save himself from trouble instead of accepting this advice elder anderson sent th the P priest riest an in invitation to attend a litt little e meeting which lie proposed to hold in a private house on the evening of april 14 that he lie might bs be the better able to j judge of the correctness of the chef 1 doctrines doctrine li ha taught palt q 1 ri es berof ber of his followers attended the meeting and listened to a gospel sermon in which elder anderso spoke in high terms of luther as I 1 1 reformer but showed that ho he never claimed to have received authority from god to establish tho the church of christ he explained how lu ther and various other reformers bad had gradually prepared the minds I 1 of the people for receiving the true gospel when etwas revealed and testified to its having been rea restored to joseph smiths I 1 I 1 the priest was then asked t to speak anda ho he did tempting to rebut by argument a any thin thing me the elder had adv advanced a ri C A but jou sought gilt to 1 intimidate by threatening 16 bri bring brig g down tipon u pon him the vena geande of the law any other than the state religion however E elder ader anderson was not to be frightened but gave him to understand th tahe he understood the law and was in in no fear of it after the meeting had been dismissed the priest t knowing tile road the elders would have to pursue to reach Ts I 1 detained him himi talking outride the hostad while hi 0 follow ers went on oil as if they were going going home 1 but really to waylay elder And anderson in a secluded place which they Aid by assaulting him and a fe few of the local sainta who were with him first with stones and then with sticks those who accompanied compa nied elder And anderson etson ran an and saved aved but he lie turned and faced his assailants who numbered ten or twelve and tried to reason with them though in vain he was beaten very badly and partially disa disabled pled for walking by the blows lowd from the flubs i 1 A M J the affair however caused a je revulsion sion in the public feeling towards thiede rl 1 and ji it is probable that icci agoo gAo dwork will be done in that region in the near future |