Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-12-11
THE WORK ~ HOLLAND.

The labors oftho l1ldcraof the Church
OF Josua Christ Of Lalterday Saints IN
that small but thrifty part OF the
European mission known "a the
Netherlands, have received occasional
mention In these columns, though
probably every other field Of mission.
ary work on tho globe has been more
generously noticed IN our publications
than this. Generally speaking, the
branches Of tho Church there have
been email and the Utah Elders labjr.
ing Ia them few ia number Further.
more, tho latter have seemed very
modesl about seeing their names and
operations In print, aud have APPEARED
disinciinod to auqualnt their friends NJ
home, except by personal letters, with
their experiences aud the measure OF
their SUCCESS. A few days ago, how
ever tho NEWS published an IN.
torcs,iug communication from one
Of the brethren laboriug there,
and today, knowing the deep In.
teTost felt at home In the
progress Of the work Ia those tight
litilu lands as VOL o. In other parts OF
the world, We make use OF rrpor,
Just published In the MHenRtai STAR
by Elder A. II. Lund, president Of the
European mission, who recently
returned to Liverpool from
brief visit among some OF the CONT.
mental branches Of tho Church. lie
say;
On our return from tho scandinavian
mission, We enjoyed f. pleasant visit with
the Saints 90 Rotterdam and Amsterdam.
Tho headquarters Oi the mission liz at the
hrat uamol place, whore NO mot with
The Saints uu sunday, October ~, in o.
nice commldiuuH hail, which was VOL
allied with saints and s.ungOr-. Several
~ The local Elders spoke quito nuCnUy,
and an excellent spirit prevailed. The
singing, accompanied by ana organ, was
uno, Tho saint. iu this mission
hNvo "a small collection ~ our hymns
printed be- bufun, but not sufficient 90
piyO thOn thu variety they desire. no thOy
use also hymn book not published by
uH. The selections from this book, dur
ing tho meetings wo attended, woro
mainly from the Psalms OF David, sOt TO
mulTo. 40 would loo very desirable Tor
some Of our plpucal SalntH, who undor-
stand Dulun, 90 increase tho collection OF
our hymns iu that language We won't
20 Amsterdam tho next day. whore a
largo congregation mot IN the evening
and wO had Hn enjoyable limo. Tho
Elders, reporting their lAbDrs, said thoy
fHlt much encouraged in their oudelvur.
90 spread th0 truth la those lands, aud
during mo year thOy had met with much
succtss, over seventy mcmb0rs having
been baptized.
Tho Netherlands mission comprises
the two countries, Holland aud belgium.
Both onloy religious liberty, Tho pupu-
tauon of Belgium Is Catholic. while
thfuf-niihs of tho population OF Holland
| are Prutosuutic. Tho lubOrs on Elders
hnyo boon mainly iu Holland. Tho pUUulo
there receive lho bro,hr0u kindly many
/ come 90 tho meetings, aud quite % mum.
lUr investigate thG principles VI tho GoH-
pei. Most ui tho Saints live iu Holland.
IhurH is also rs branch cot lh0 Church boz
| belgium. on hl- last visit to that ruuu.
| Try one E,Iur reported having hap-
ulou four persons. Tho gruut-
yst difficulty which ilH hr1u
hul iu IEnuT.uE lu belgium iH choir bong
uuHnIN 200 speak Tho languages spoken
lhurD- Wrench, Mal.UUu and Flemish.
! the lstg0r however, iB mUsH.yu dulOui
uit Hn hutuh language, differing from
this, uDraAps, us muuh Hs Norwegian
Flemish huNu adopted tND sNuo urlhu-
ENpuy which makes thuWuduu Mother.
HuiIsh, ur Dutch, lnr language Uisaygu
million people, Elders vino uuull -uptE
MullHHu No pltul, ur lrUugn| ml t,um.
ish would uul Belgium % promising