Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-05-15
NEWS FROm NORWAY.
Good Prospects and work Ihere-Dis-
tributiob OF workers-Oth-r
Matters.
CHRIsTIANIA, Norway,
April 18th, 1897.

Apiu lSIn, 1897
To the Editor:
Undoubtedly the readers OF the News
would be interested to hear something
OF the labor being done in the land OF
the "Northerner.' This mission is one
Of the Oldest and largest the Church
has. 1t has been the means of spread
ing truth TO thousands OF people, OF
which large portion is now represented
in Utah.
The Norwegian mission now has a
complete system of organization. 1t Is
districted into ten large branches, each
presided over by an Elder from Utah,
and with him labors one or more. Utah
Elders. The branch offices are at Chris
tiania, Drammen, Bergen Fredrickstad,
Frouojyen, Aalesund, Arendal, Fredrik-
shald, Edsvold and Tromso. By this
system every fishing hamlet along the
coasts and lords as well as inland cities
and "gaards," will be reached. The
president OF the mission visits every
branch between conferences, thereby
keeping 10 touch with the requirements
OF each. There are now twenty ener-
getic Elders preaching the doctrines OF
Christ, and searching Tor the blood Of
Israel in Norway.
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visited 10, Saz families, distributed e,I47
tracts, held gao meetings, and baptized
"a persons. There are at present 500
members OF the Church in Norway, OF
which number 1857 are 1.-THE payers.
Our conference began Saturday April
10th, at s p. m. Upon the stand were
Elder c. V, Lund, president OF the Scan
dinavian mission, and Elder George
Christensen, from Copenhagen; Elder
d. X. Brown, president OF the Nor
wegian mission, and seventeen other E.
ders from Utah. The time at the meet
ing on Saturday and the first meeting on
Sunday was occupied by hearing reports
from the Elders laboring in the various
fields of the mission.
At 2. p m. on Sunday, after singing
and prayer, the general authorities Of
the Church were presented and sus-
tanned; then the Elders were appointed
and sustained as follows: Elder ID. X.
Brown, president oil the Norwegian con-
ference; Elder N. c, Nielsen, president
of Christiania branch. with Elder p. A.
Peterson assistant; Elder M. L Chris
topherson, president of Drammen
branch, Elder Hyrum Hogan, assist
ant; Elder John Peterson. president OF
Bergen branch, Elders c. Knudson and
Peter Olson, assistants, Elder Jacob Fix
stad, president OF Fredriksiad branch,
Elder Ole II. Peterson, assistant; Elder
C. Poulsen, president of Trondhjem
branch, Elder Lars. J. Halling, assist
ant; Elder Andrew Dshlsrud, president
OF Aalesund branch. Elder Fl c. Han
son, assistant; Elder Thomas Gunder-
son, president OF Arendal branch. Elder
G. S. Johnson, assistant; Elder Edward
Gunderson, president of Fredrikshald
branch, Eskel Eskelson, assistant; Elder
M. Knudsen, president OF Eidsvolds
branch, Elder c. A. Thomson, assistant.
Elder George Christensen then ad-
dressed the meeting upon the restoration
of the Gospel, and Elder C. N Lund
followed giving general Instructions to
the Saints.
At the evening meeting Elder d. X.
Brown was the first speaker. The SUBJ
ject of his remarks was the necessity oil
Baptism Elders c. N. Lund f1llowed
dwelling upon the personality OF God.
After singing and benedlclion, confer
ence adjourned for six months; all agree
ing that we had received a spiritual
feast.
The headquarters of the Norwegian
mission Is at Christiania, at which place
the Church owns its own building-ihe
largest and most commodious in the
European mission.
Saints in Utah having relatives or
friends in Norway will confer a great
favor upon missionaries and do great
deal for the progress OF the work OF God
by writing TO Elders who may be labor
ing in parts where their relatives and
friends reside. Mail addressed to Oster-
hansgarden az, Christiania, will be for
warded to the Elders. ]. p,