Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-09-22

! - der Albert Z.
| .a Sahocnl.ld, now
un @ mission iu
e,.s- Dresden, Ger.
a.. -. many, TO his
ND. father, with d C..
". /. in this cts.
on Monday next will leave Dresden
( for LcipzaNhcr. there is o. nice branch
ofthe Church, intend to go and see
| your birthplace and give my testimony
TO your lister. and you may also expect
a little keepsake from the home of your
chi dhuod. { visit occasionally our
relatives, and bear my testimony TO
them as long as remain ZOO those lands.
ON the islh of August there was q heavy
haI'siom zoo ibis place. the hailstoucs
being as large as walnuts,
Brother Cook, from Munich visited
me on Dis way home to Colorado, he
LEFT Brother Schcillyr IN Munich 10
direct the branch alone. Brother
ErcischmlG one of the Saints in Lc.p.
zIg, was here ON Sunday last. he Is q
dnc man and .s blessed with many great
testimonies lie said Doe would not rest
until King Albert OF saxony got a tract
and some of our books 20 read Consc-
qugutly on Sunday we went 10 the
royal castle, aud LEFT % tract with my
address, 100. 90 De read In that house. as
the Lord may direct.
Brother Cook tells me that Brother
selnt,lcr has % large picture of the
Temple, and o .cloollcaghcr in Munich
IA uou'MpmunI SAW / and after Doc bad
q powerful testimony given him by the
brethren concerning the latter day work,
he borrowed the picture and had
painter prepare copy OF Do, Tor which
Doe paid SIS marks. There is great
deal of good being done here in Ger.
many even through showing o. people
these dill rent buildings OF our Church, I
and then ON their own inquiry connect,
iuE Herewith our testimony OF lle ever.
lasting Gospel They generally get
Interested aud begin asking all manner
OF questions pertaining to our city and ]
religion The leaned men uf the world |
today do not particularly want to listen /
10 q plain, simple testimony OF the hBt /
principles Of the Gofpel, so we have 10 |
take q kind VI "a roundabout way to |
interest them until We can engage their |
attention, but every time We finally come |
back to repentance aud baptism Tor the
remission OF sins.
Elder Toblcr Is In Sorau yet, and
they arc trying to make Il hot Tor him
there; but lac has his room consequently
his residcnccl here in Dresden, and
therefore Is IN Souu only on visit,
which they cannot hinder. The officer,
OF Sorau wrote to the officers OF Dresden
about il, and last Saturday a notice was
LETT at our room Tor him 10 appear at
police headquarters m Dresden. ] went
to represent him IN his absence, and |
told them that he was not here. SO
yesterday a notice came tor me 90 ap.
pear obsycd the summons and the
following conversation took place;
Question. Where Is Mr.. ToDlcG An
swrr; Travelling.
Q Is he travelling in Sorau1 A. Yes,
sir.
o. When will he come back2 A. II
belcvc in about fourteen days.
o lie rs holding meetings AL over
that placer "A. / never heard Of that
before.
Q. When hc comes back. notify him
that Wr want TO see him, You gentle.
men have also O. petition planted before
the "Mui5iaium" 900 Drcsdcn Is that
the iacl3 A. Yes, SIR
o. Well, they certainly can not allow
you TO hold open mceuugs} A. We do
not want to hold open meetings
O, How have you been holding your
meetings them a. We have not held |
any mcetlngs NJ all, since you gave us
to understand we were not To hold any /
until We get permission
O. That Is good. II you wish to In. |
wife your friends 20 your room ON /
Sunday and sing and pray, etc. We can |
not stop that Bat your friend must /
not bring their friends with them, whom /
you have O. Of invited, Tor iu that case if /
would constitute, ~ the meaning OF the /
law, an open meeting.
thanked the officer and went my .
way rejoicing. lie had tried 10 catch /
me when he asked how we held our
meetings, Had ! said, In secret how |
he would have gone for mel But iu- !
deed Il Is fulfilled. as Il Is written. "ln /
that hour think not what you shall an. |
swCr, for II shall be given unto you." .
And the hest Of d IS that wu really /
obtained definition OF what constitutes
an open meeting, and also what we are |
allowed to do without offending the
law, We actually can have our windows
open now during our little Sunday .
meetings, and as long as we do not .
make any undue noise, thcpohCe officer I
In the street eau listen, % he wishes 10.
! was also asked whether ! was here
In the interest of the Church. told |
him ! certainly was, and partly also 10
visit relatives and 10 study the language.
lie replied; "Su' and how long do Won
intend to stay hery'' | said, Until !
spring perhaps, or longer" lie said. |
"All tlghtl' By this you see that We
are today q little better OIL than before
Really, all things must turn To- favor OF |
those who are ON the Lords side.
We have been using the old place for
baptism where Apostle T.. ID. Richards
baptized you, Brother Karl g.. Maeser
and Others ihiuynine years ago un
1855; aud we shall leave this sacred
spot to the remembrance of the Saints
in this place, So long as it pIuascs the
Lord Tor Saints 20 be here
/ have also visited Schoua, on the
Austrian frontier, where YOU were
school teacher in the year ISS2. bore
my testimony 90 your old friends and
some geuraIogics. went To
that widely known iuuustTgsort "Lrkle.
stein and there found YOUR name In.
sCuhpd in the Travellers Record In 1850
aud 1854 By permission uf the old lady
kecpgr. now o. years old. who remem.
bcfs you we'll have cut the inscription
out and send h 20 you for n family
relic. She showed me the Book Of