Show THE TRE FIELD anig an experience in holland el HERALD thinking a few incidents of missionary labor would be read with interest by my friends and those interested in ahe work of god I 1 take the liberty to send you tou an account of my labors for a year past I 1 wee was callejon cal called ledon oa my mission the of march 1880 Cand and on the of april I 1 left my home h ome in in company with wit h elder B Hee and started fur for this country we arrived in liverpool on the oth of may inlay and were kindly received by tho the bre brethren in the office we had 11 the e plea cure sure of staying two daya days in liver ool after which we loft for holland we arrived in the city of anata daira on of may at 9 pm and i thero there I 1 was appointed to b labor avd ev athing seems very st barange range to inea debut but by of the almighty mighty y I 1 soon N became acquainted with t the be people and the place I 1 I 1 labored months i in th thu ace place and then I 1 w wa S appointed 4 to labor jabor in the country there I 1 labor labored ed in company with bro bell for three month months we traveled in ina many UY pi P laces aces where elder elders have never been before we ave had the pleasure of bap baptizing two persona into the fold of christ soon after I 1 wa was called to labor in in the city of amsterdam Ameter dam again and that is my my field of labor at tho time I 1 have baptized 11 into the church and there are many who are investigating the principle of the gospel I 1 have no doubt thai that they will embrace it we hold three meetings each week and have a nice little ball hall to h bold old our meeting 9 in thousand thousands of people have heard our testimony and many thousands have been distributed and collected again 1 it seems very hard to t get the people rl of the V gospel aspel ospel of jemaa esus christ they all eny they bave have them and they eay pay they I 1 alre flowers af christ and that lib makes no dille difference rebee how voir roan kanj wava wy they ibby have to follow leml elave to labor very hard h ard i w for the kingdom M or 01 ngod nd to show the people their erran jn iii holland there th ere are many chete the chomp i erras never been preached yet thousands an A i r f st A T ir n never e v er heard tho gospel dos p tr we are fire laboring with our mind might inight and strength bength and trying to do our duty my fellow laborers and my this mis mission siou are well and enjoying the best of health and a also enjoy the assistance of the spirit of god the work is going on ou slowly but the prospect prospects are brighter I 1 remain as ever your brother in tho the gospel ofee 8 us christ H q AnSTER AMSTERDAM DAm april jtb 1887 |