Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-10-29

reached Tromso on the 2Eth Of June. the
most northerly branch 1f ihe church "
leans christ " iattrr-dty Saints ln ali
tbs world. Al n O'clock pm. 1u the aiih
uf fttu0. we crossed The Arctic circle. The
Im8rinnry line that bounds the trm-
prfltr ana fririd zones. ana We sailed
Tor the nrst time IN Arctic waters u
was cloudy that ~ sning. no We dIi not
aas what waa our greatest anticipation.
~ Troms1 We wer welcomed hy Elders
y w. taraolscn from iiyrum. ti1h, and
iIyrum Nelson. from Preston Idaho.
who wore ihboring M that branch. They
had awaited ~ and wore giad % zee
Ne. We were also glad 90 Geo thcm. ON
M nieht NJ the 2iih of june We saw Tor
tho ntft time what seems 10 De- r. world
renowned curiosity. the midnight sun"
A exactly ~ O'Clock midnight We aat
down upon n rock and wrote 10 our
diaries. ~ We saw and behold the glow
Ing rays " that f1r-on shining body.
/ Nearly everybody wac asleep and the
. city was Htlii ana silent uf night.
-Four nights IN uccCH1i0n did we see
/ thn same scene 10 seemed strange,
very strange. 90 be- ln "a country whore
there was no dHrkncHl=nl night; whore
Inc sun from day 90 day kcrps circllng
around the honvona The mountain -
the side " the c'iy was covered with
snow. while the lower surroundings were
beautiful and rt,tn. The Laps and their
reindeer were nlf1 quite "a curiosity,
They are very rmHlL similar Ia their
customs ana habits 10 our American In
dlana.
Thoy drors IN furs and skins, live In
wlE.whma and small tents, ANA cook
their food on o. small campfire. To our
great surprise "a rrUat many N them
speak the English language. We lon
Tnmao June 20 ana started our Jour
an HHHs
N1rwaya most historical city. on FRI
day. the nfat % July, where We were
greeted az the docks and welcomed 90
that city By Elders IcnH Larsen, from
Idaho, John Anderson. from ogden, and
Aren't johnson n. from Logan. Utah. We
remained with thrm "a week and visited
90 the different places of Interest such
az the Tf0ndhicma pum-Klrkc cor ch-
. thciraO. which was hullt hy tho cath.
, olicH 100 a. D.. ana tho Monk .holncn.
an old fortress and prison whore cap
turrd kings and men 81 hlgh rank have
. spent their lives IA "a dark ccll. The city
of Tfonihicfn ranks third In size, hay.
, INK q population of 5000 inhabitants.
Most ~ o. streets arr wide ana run
, parallel with each other, which remind
, Cd rs N homc-0f utah.
on July on. aftor eighteen hours %
sailing we found ourselves IN Aaleauni'
whore We remained a fcw days with
the Elders and Saints. after which We
again resumed our journey, and on July
18th We reached Bergen for the second
time. We visited she great fair that was
represented by eight nations, ylzi Nor-
way. Sweden; Denmark, Germany,
France, Italy. England Mexico and the
. United States. Tho HerEon "nsh
market" D. also quite remarkable
! place, where the people are gathered
hStho Thousands. buying ana selling
, fsh. In each ~ the above named
J branches, We held one or more meet
iuga with the Elders, visited the Saints
3 AZ their homes. aud attended 20 other
e religious duties, not forgetting the Oh.
. icct ~ our trip. The Elders and Saints
T unaffected a good spirit wherever W.
= came, and rcioigtd Ia the Gospel they
e had embraced.
b our TRIP was also extended gu,
p through HnrdanEgr Fiord (mcanlnE
( hayD where there n aH beautiful seem
% cry as can b, found lu che world. Herr
! I Kaiser wilhelm 90 Germany makes his
: annual trip. a. we'll aH hundreds oi
E tourists ffom an parts N the world.
. From there we again continued south.
p ward. and a couple OF weeks afterwari
I brought our trip 90 an end. The Nor
! wcglana are "a very proud, patriotic and
talented people, and not In the least
= do they stand behind the rest ~ The
I, world. Thry arr Nefy confederate iu
4 Stranger, and a more kind and polite
In etiquette Con the street. Ia TIE rtr-
/, Tor ur Clacwhar0l they got an example
Z [ Tor others worth following. especially
I the lengllrh-Fpea clansgA We often
hear ths expression "Old Norway, po0I
/, old Norway ani nor Ignorance" etc
= She II looked upon la but q half civil,
lied nation, but De-, me tel my good
: readers u Is NOT true, She stands q
tho front IN both civilization ana cdu-
cation, and We have many things o.
learn from "pnor Ola Norway"
There u not better mission field for
iho Elders IN al The world than tho
Norwegian mission. Tho people as 4
Will read our tracts and investigate the
Gospel. There are, ui course, also a
great number thai viii NOT; some have
not got over the fright 0t Ola Mormon
scare stories, and ufs afraid W ua when
We Introduce ourselves. liut tnf p'p-
pie are becoming more ana more en-
llghtened. and the ola prejudice. found
Cd on Hes. are gradually dyInE away
In Chrlstlaua We have between lu'l
and t.QO0 Saints, all trying 90 Use lp Oh
the law of the Gospel and th' conn,
mnndmonta OF God. They are good
ana kind 20 the Elders. always willing
10 help IN anything that Ia Cor iht up'
building of the Kingdom uf God,
our conference was held ON Sp'HW'
Der ard and fth. commencing saturday
evening nf the 3ri. and continuing VIII
three meetings the day following. uu
large han IN OHtcrhanagardcn Uhe oul
hall IN tho scandinavian mission thA
Is owned by the Laittr-day SaintD wa
crowded % overflow at every meeting
Standing room was at a premium, 1
was cleaned and decorated by th
Saints FOR tho occasion, 10 that
might be nice and inviting for an tha
would come.
We We're favored with the preaenc
Of Elder Jos. W. MeAlurr.u " the Ia
upean mission and Elder Geo. Chris
tensen OF tho scandinavian mission
BESIDES these. Elder e.. ". Petersen q
Chnatlanln conference ana twenty-sl
Elders from Utah were present
In the afternoon uf DE IRA came
telegram from Liverpool conveying th
sad news OF thf death or Frcslleu
MILFORD Woodruff when me fact Wa
announced % The congregation IN IA
evening by Elder Christensen the Who'll
room WIS filled with a sririt % rrie
ana mourning over ,he death ~ thel
beloved Broiher, lr1phoi and Seer,
Reports were given by me hrauc
Presidents or the labor performed .
their respective branches during IN
past half year Tho day following,
report Of the Chrstmnla conference b
Elder G. W. Peterson was s.Vcn.
The missionaries have visited 1910
fnu1IIl0H iu fhnIrs hUsUNH have had 4