Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-12-16

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/ famous surroundings Of that place,
: where nature seems 10 have culmi.
! mated In special outburst Of thrill
) ing beauty.
. On Thursday we were on the
, road TO Chris;ianis, Norway, where
: we arrived the same day at Q p. IN.
after q ride through the delightful
valleys Of 5we.!en, surrounding Lake
Venern, and through the glens and
around and over many a pineijecs
ed hill and wild and desoiate ford
and rushing torrents OF Norway.
We we're greeted by President o. H..
Berg, and spent a pleasant season
with him and the Saints until Sat
urday evening, the 18th, when Tie
first meeting was held. On Sunday
. the 18th We held three services at
, which the principles OF the Gospel
were explained 10 crowded houses.
The commodious hall will seat
about 400. and II was full of people
each time. About half that number
were friends and strangers who
listened attentiveiy TO the discoTrses
and testimonies. Norwegian ever
ta-teIully displayed formed the
decorations OF the ROOM On Monday
We held 4 Priesthood meeting at
which Instructions were given 10
The missionaries and laboriug Priest
hood. On the same evening the
Sunday school children had n we'll
attended AM pleasant sociable. The
members OF the choir who had 50
we'll assisted in the Saturday
and Sunday services were again
on hand with songs and music, and
rIso rus:iIatiops. Refreshments were
served, The children RECEIVING free
scakes, cocoa and mis-. On " tdnes-
isy evening the r..--..-rs ~ the
Women's Society held n fair. AZ
which they realized cutie a sum Of
/ morey for the benefit Of the POOR.
Here also refreshments were .ervej,
music and songs were given hy
members Of the choir, and by the
missionaries who, by. the bye. are
good ndsi-isns. We all enjoyed
ourselves mush during cobf.r.n,.
week, and . good feeling was maDi-
Tested both by Saints aud strangers. |
The prospects, For the work Of God |
are promising in nearly all PATS of |
this field. The brethren at present /
lsbor under the disadvantage OF |
being alone in their different fields. |
There IL only one conference Ia
Norway ami that has ten branches,
and only eleven Elders. They are,
therefore, required 10 work alone III
order to cover as much country 1
with the few laborers at hand.
Taking leave of the good people
OF Christiania on Thursday after
noon, l went on the train via Char
loitenb-rg, passing over the most
picturesque PORTION Of Central
Sweden, to Stockholm, where | was
met by President a. =. Anderson
aud ether Elders on Friday evening
~ 10 O'Clock, Oct. lIth. Here the
Saints hire . cOpni0iious hall In
Hornsgatep, No. S0. Bsautifui.Iec-
c.ations graced the building, aud at
our flint meeting on Saturday even
ing the hall was full Of people.
Interesting reports Of the work
of Cod in this part of
Sweden were given by Inc
missionaries, from which itappeared
that this Is the largest conference
in the mission, ami possibly In the
world. and that the prospects for the
spread Of truth ia this region are
very ilattering. There are over
|. $40 members now in the church.
and during the past Fix months 90
have been aided by baptism, and
many are investigating the princi- (,
pies NJ the q syei, especially In
Dalarne and other northern parts.
There are seventeen Elders in the ]
only eight Of whom are 8
from Zion; the others being natives.
4 religious wave SET us 10 have.
gone over Sweden. ami many are
breaking away from the darkness
81 the Lutheran forms Of thought 7
~ the light o: modern truth, the
ruth a. taught by the Savior, and $
as practically illustrated in the
Of the Latter-day Saints.
IN Sunday three meetings were !,
leii. At the evening service the I
iall would not bold all who desired
Powerful testimonies
we're borne, and the principles of p
he Gospel were explained in SIM \
,liciiy. a special meeting Of the +
hints was held on Monday even \
ng Mt which were heard the reports \
( the local Priesthood, which show
d that tn Saints were energetic in
he performance Of their labUTs and
he duties that tevolve upon them.
having spent a dsy CT two with the
aints in this Queen City Of the 2
forth, ! took leave Of the brethren
n Thursday morning. passing down
he eastern part Of the country and "a
hence to Copenhagen, where l.
rived On Friday, The oath. In
On Saturday the 25th, in company bi
Nth Elder &. l.. Thorstensen. OF
lis Office, We continued the Journey
Aalborg, Northern Denmark.
here We were met on the same
gening ty President c. VI. Jensen. -
meeting was held that evening. c
nj on Sunday three other meetings b,
ere held, all fairly well attended.
he brethren here are labOriug
nter the disadvantage Of restTic-
rus which are general in Dem
ark, but which are not exIeri- &c
ICED in the conferences before
Imed. There are four Elders from
me and two natives in this con- -
r. nee. r.
Early on the morning Of the sgth ne
, left for Aarhus, CeEtral Upland, e.
here we spent the time with Prrsi. Si'
mt \. Ffedrickseu and the Saints he
It'll SATURDAY evening, Nov. LIT,
len the first meeting was held. "a
L hell three meetings on Suntiav, ~
which the Saints were encourage! i'h
their dutier, and at which many
Anglers were made acquainteu "t
IN the first principles Of the Gus III
!. A choir mas been oreanIz- q ~, n
I an organ Rented; so that god ~
'sic Is given curing the service,
der the direction Of President .un
On Monday morning, ~
". 3ri, We held a Priesthood
eting, and on the afternoon Of
same day took leave Of the
thren and arrived nj Copehagen
{ evening at 10 O'Clock. having =
ut pleasant month in the mis- -
n. w
AIKEN altogether, the cause of
Is prospecting in this mission,
affairs are ic satisfactory con- TIN
on. did hot have the privilege
the Malmo and Copen- H.,
en conferences rs they were
! before my arrival, but matters
In good conaition there also. ~
ough little progress Is made In II
hern Sweden. During the past
months BE haptisms have taken ~
e, and while ] was In the yari. ~v
conferences l attended two w
isms. We administered to v
y sick, and blessed some chill
!, the power OF God being mani L {
ID in our administrations. H.
rule the Saint. are energetic
ieir duties, che-rfully living up Eece
e require nlent. nlatfe of ft,a,,, n.v