Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-04-10

investigation and ascertain If thete had
been ground sufficient tot the action.
The work of the Lord is prospecting in
this city. Our meetings are well al
tended. Ga Sunday evenings the hall
is crowded to its utmost capacity, there
being present from 400 to 500 persons
There are in the branch a number Of
auxiliary orgaui1 atoms in good working
order; viz, Female Relief Society;
Y. NJ. NJ. !. Association, and a Sunday
school. The Saints are, or the most
part, earnest in the work OF the Lord,
and render great aid in spreading the
truths oil the Gospel among their neigh.
bors and friends. Quite a number OF
strangers attend the meetings, and also
invite our Elders TO their homes, and
good results are following. On the
evening OF March 10th, seven persons
received baptism, Elder Enoch lorgen-
sen, oil Ephtaim, performing the orii-
nance We have another date set for
baptism, next week, when we expect to
add few more souls to the fold. Thus
the Lord is blessing the labors OF His
servants and GROWING their efforts with
success.
There is one thing, however, that we
meet wherever we go, and | would like
to call the attention OF the returned mis-
sionafies and emigrated Saints to this
subject. In visiting among the people,
botn Saints aud strangers the general
complaint is that their relatives and
friends who have gone TO Zion, have
tailed to keep their promises to write,
and nothing has been heard Of Them ex-
cept in an indirect wav, po ,slbly, now
and then. Wrong impressions are
created by this neglect Some get the
idea that theiI friends are unhappy and
in a poor state, hence do not write
Some strangers even go SO far as TO in
Ter that there must be some truth in the
old charges made aga INST us, that letters
we're intercepted ii the contents were
not sati factory to a committee OF cen
sors. 1t causes the Elders much labor
to remove the effects OF these things,
and the tendency is to lessen the faith
and confidence in our eople, and ham.
per the progress O, the work OF God in
these lands. Therefore, dear brethren
| and sisters, who have gone TO Zion, il
| you knew how anxiouslS your letters are
looked for here, how much good they
| could do If written in the proper spirit,
and how much harm your silence is do
ing among Saints and strangers, you
would keep sactedly every promise you
have made in this regard.
This applies with even greater fore
tie the returned missionaries who have
failed to keep their promises 10 write.
Much OF the good work they accom-.
| plished is being undone, and the high
esteem IN which they were held IS les
sened by this course; and, although /,
may require some sacrifice OF lime and
means, these promises should be kept,
Some care should be exercised also in
what is written, for letters have been
received here that it would have been
better 10 have lett unwritten.
! The Elders in these parts are feeling
well anu laboring with zeal and energy
for the spread OF the truth. Their
health, in the main, has been good, not
withstanding that a number OF them
have suffered during the winter from at.
lacks cf la grippe.
| Much OF an interesting nature might
be said OF the large and beautiful city Of
Copenhagen; but, as have already
trespassed too far upon your valuable
space, shall not attempt to add any.
thing upon that subject.
The News is regularly received, and
its perusal is one OF our great pleasures
| GEORGE CHRISTENSEN.