Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-09-17
aer 4 hung large rOrirait Of the


= American and Scandinavian, which
; at once filled the hearts Of the PEG
pie with thoughts such sc those whG
, have loved both native and adopted
country only can comprehend.
, At the fist meeting there wer,
present on the stand: Apostle An
thon II. Lund, Counselor Daniel II
Wells, Presidents knod Petersen
and John q. Aiziben, OF the Stak,
Presidency,a number Of Bishops auC
representative men from the differ
ent settlements in the Sanpeit
Stake, and other parts OF the Terri
tory. President Petenen presided
The proceedings at 10 n m. wer,
opened by the Noun: Pleasant ehoil
singing "MorgenrR lens Straalei
bTyee," etc. Prayer was offered by
Elder Christian Christensen, the
first ordained Elder In the Scsndi.
n1viar mission. The choir next,
saog: s'kom ale Zisn's senner. q
etc.
Apostle Anton II. Lund then ad.
dressed the congregation. he ex.
pressed his pleasure NJ nice. ing with
50 many Of the Saints on the p.eseD.
OccasiOn-the cJtnmemorating OF
Tie introduction OF the Gospel into
Scandinavia In the beginning OF
the year 1870 there was not one
l4ltter-day Saint in either Denmark,
Sweden or Norway, but before the
end OF that year the songs OF Zion
We're sung In the plains Of Denmark
IS well o. in the f9;ss,s Of Sweden.
la the summer q that season II was
that our beloved Apostle, Erastus
. snow. whose p7rtEait hangs on the
framework Of this bowery, in COM
l piiance with a call from the First
Presidency in Zion, wendei his
way u tae shores u Scandinavia,
accompanied by three other bre,h-
ren, one or WHOM iP. q. Hanseul il
with US today. 1T this time not
much was known at the head
quarters Of the Church Of the
countries Of the North. but when
Then our brethren began % preach
about the restoration Of the tue
Gospel in Copenhagen they found a
people nreparei TO hear their testi-
mcny, and two months after their
hrst arrival they had the pleasure
Of hapusing fGeeG souls in The clear
waters OF Oresund. near Copeu-
hagen, rs TIE first fruits Of the Cos
Iei in Denmark Previous to this,
however, a few had been baptized in
SSe,ien. II i change coincidence
That on the same date as the first
haptisnls by divine authority took
place Ia Denmark, Sli years before
lcn the l2th Of August, 1881. the
Danish people formally accepted the
Lutheran Protestant faith In lieu Of
Catholicism, which they renowned.
IN the same year that the Cos
rel was East preached in the
Scanliuavian countries, il was also
inioSiucel into France, Italy.
owiiz=rlsnd and the Sandwich
ls!ani. Hence that and the four
following years may be consider,4i
very imlo-iaut missionary years
for the Church. Previous to this
lin lsi.) q large branch Of the
church Was raised up in La Sslie
County, Illinois, consisting mostly
@; Norscgians, who previously had
em'gcsted from their native
country and settled in that part Of
illinois. Among those baptized at |
that place was young Knud Peter
sen, now grown gray in the service,
one who p7esides over this |
stake Of Zion. When a call was
made for donations toward the cree
ton Of NauvoO Temple in the fall Of
1913, the La Sale branch contrib
itei literally, horses, cattle, sheen
lnu money, and when Joseph the
Prophet received their donations he
vas hllet with a vision Of the future
and prophesied that mul,itud,s
should embrace the fulness Of the
gospel in the -snaiinavian countries
lnG gather 10 Zion. oil
The raising up Of the La Sale
'rinch was actually the introduction
i the Gospel 10 the Scandinavian
ace.
The speaker alluded 10 n great
many historical facts ami referred
0 The great results Of the preaching
'fthe Gospel in the scandinavian
Elder +. O. Hansen, one OF the
ir-t and only survivor Of the four
elders who first introduced 10 Cos
~ Ia Scandinavia, and now -
ears old. next gave an Interesting /;
.cconnt OF his early experience in
eceiving the Gospel, after emigra,-
ng 70 America his first trip 10 the
treat salt Lake Valley in Is47. ami {
Us mission - Scandinavia in 1853.
.1ving the valley in the fall Of 1919. c
te referred 10 the glorious eN- a
erience he had in Copenhagen d
'hus lacoring together with {
,solher Snow in translating the 5
look Of Mormon into the Danish ?
and doing other mission 4
y labor at that early day.
Bishop &. &. y. DOrius, Of Eph. g
Am. chairman Of the committee OF Z
b;G the visitors from
slant parts Of the country vel n
'ne, and requested the people OF
.p1r2im % make them as comfort =
Die n possible.
The choir sang. tsSe Morgeu-
iernens Straalers Glands, 1" etc.
Benedic;ion by F. &. Sorensen, o. n
phrainl, one o! the first member.
The Church in Denmark.
At the second meeting the choir
ng "Nor Gui, vi I'll Dig raabe, ;,
=, ana prayer was offered by Ole u
'etHlsen, Of Mlnti, one Of the fir; %
i've uliSsionaries who preached T
e Cos el In Denmark.
- Heliigaaui, nit Liv, mia
~, /" etc, was sung. NJ
Elder John VI. Bonn, Of South III
';tonwood, author OF the frst IN
..ter-day Saint hymn book pub
he'd in the Danish language, adj
lssed the congregation. HE
art gas almost too fuu
uiterance, ne said, in rejecting st
on the past aud present, and the in
citing with 50 many Of hls former ad
ociates aud cO-laborers In the be
ssionsry field was indeed a feast
him. He then read a Icncthy M,
m composed by himself for the n,
'ision, and concluded by exhort- =,
70 faithfulness aud renewed dill a.
ice. -
'strisrch o. y. Liljenquisr. Of M mn
rum, the first Elder among thost
. embraced the Gospel in his r..
I've iand to return as a mission
2, addressed the meeting in n ~.
y interesting manner, tearing ~
!erful testimony 10 the outpoar- ne
u the blessings Of Col upon al
Sc who yielded obedience 10 the .uS
gel inslncerity. His experience III III
the missionary field had been oy
and pleasant, and he felt to re- no,
c exceedingly on the present III III
aston. era
.lder 4. ". Winberg, Of Salt 7
Se City one OF the first mission. int,
5 IN Sweden anu the organizer -
he first branch Of the Church in "
c5untry. gave an interesting %
punt Of his early experience as a SUI
sionary, both in Denmark and
den dc rejoiced in the results M M
he la50rs Of the Elders in the zee
itries OF the North and In the
gritty aud faithfulness Of those nav
had gathered 10 Zion from pio'