Show FORMER PRESIDENT Or OF NETHERlANDS MISSION TEllS OF WORK SNORK THERE Declares One Hundred Years of Peace Has Meant Much to Nation Roscoe ROSCO W W W. who recently re returned ro turned from tram Europe whore he served Netherlands Netherlands Nether sether two years as ns president of ot the lands mission for tor the Mormon ormon church was tho principal speaker at nt the Tabernacle Tabernacle Tabernacle Tab Tab- services yesterday esterday afternoon He spoke Interestingly of ot the work beEn beIn be- be In En Inc done by tho the missionaries In that field field Tho The ser were presided over by oy Apostle Clawson former president president president dent of the tho British mission and the choir was conducted by Evan Stephens who returned Saturday from a a. brief visit to California Mr Eardley Eardle was followed by Edwin S S. S Sheets bishop atthe of at the Thirty-third Thirty ward who spoke along doctrinal lines Mr said stUd In part speaking of general conditions and church work In the Netherlands The kingdom of ot the Netherlands Is not largo when compared In size to other countries In extent it is only about seventh one as large as Utah but within Its square miles live lIe people Tho The nominal head of the government Is the queen but the countr country Is really ruled by oy Its parlia Parlia- parliament ment wont consisting of ot a a. lower house ol of representatives of ot the people and an nn upper house of oC 50 titled d persons Holland Is not rich In natural re resources resources resources re- re sources like Utah and I ml might ht add since e I have traveled In that and other countries abroad I have come to believe believe be be- lieve more firmly than ever that God placed In Utah everything necessary to tho the well-being well of ot man The rhe Dutch are area a sturdy race They Thov have built their dykes and antI drained the tho marshes to tomake tomake i make their homes and as I traveled about In the kingdom I always alwa's thought of or It as one great g meadow dotted hero here and there thore with largo large cities and quaint villages One Hundred of or Pence The efforts of ot her people have made Holland one of ot the tho most important countries In the world and this year ear earthe they the are arc celebrating years of ot unbroken unbroken un un- broken peace On the average a the tho Hollander Is better off ott in this worlds world's goods than tho the Belgian German or Frenchman and one ono cannot long abide among among- them without feeling tho the good Influence that comes of ot peace Mr Eardley spoke at some sorno length of ot the commercial importance of Rotterdam Rotterdam dam a A. city which has a a. population of and which last year roar handled more cargo tonnage at Its wharves than Antwerp Belgium until then considered considered considered consid consid- ered the tho most important seaport of at western Europe In regard rabard to missionary mission mission- ary an work ho he said There aro are sixty missions In Holland ted located In twenty three cities and towns to from which tho the elders Journey journe to o the tho country districts Since the tho thes es establishment establishment es es- of oC the mission they have visited families distributed O OGa tracts and sold 18 books and pamphlets and have held meetIngs meetings meet meet- Ings and spoken to approximately approximate 75 people At one meeting in Rotterdam Rotterdam Rotterdam Rot Rot- tho the speakers were heard by nearl nearly 1600 1500 people I Missionaries U As to the young oung men servin serving as elders In the missions you ou will not find rind a nobler group roup of ot young men than those hose serving In tho the Netherlands Many tan branches of the church are arc quite fully tully or organized organised In some localities where there thero have been established choirs and Mutual Improvement societies A 4 A lat large e newspaper in Amsterdam I attempted to explain our I great reat success success' In Holland and said that an important I factor was as good music and good singIng sing sing- Ing In- Our work In the Netherlands might be compared to tho the labors of ot Christ and Ills His disciples There were ere those who ho listened and believed there were those w wh wh h heard were not convinced con- con vinced but T WP minded fir and willing willingto to befriend u us and there wore were those who feared that our influence ml might ht wean others away from their faith Mr Ir Eardley concluded b by speaking of at the progress of or tho the French mission which was established last October in Paris Its growth since the French speaking elders In Europe were called Into nto conference by b Rudger Clawson lawson has hascen been cen unprecedented he ho said Opening prayer was made by Evan Stephens and the tho benediction was pronounced pronounced pronounced pro pro- b by Apostle Joseph F F. Smith Jr |