Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-02-05

were held in Zurich. President Peter
Lautensack of the Swiss and German
mission, Secretary William II. Olson
and Adolph Merz, translator for the
Stern, were present. The following
named Elders were also present from
the Swiss mission: X. Muller, c. q.
Nagel w. II. Zollinger, w. Is. Mathis
otto Rohner, Adolph Hafen, c. Il. Ger
BERN. Bumgartner, F.Neuenscllwnndcr
j. Jacob, +. w. penrose, c. Naterlaus.
C. II. Miles and Bruce l.. Brown, and
the writer as visiting Elder. Many
Saints from the neighbpring branches
and conferences and e large number OF
sitranscrs were present. ga That a'l
the meetings were well attended.
The first meeting was held Christmas
morning at 10 o'clock In the hall of the
Gasthof yum Lamm at Winterthur.
The speakers were Elders Otto kohner.
n. Baumgartner and q. g. Maggie. The
main subjects spoken upon We're; The
mission of Christ, His atonement and
it's Importance to mankind; close
comparison was made of the teachings
of mon with those of Christ, the neces-
sity of authority to administer in the
ordinances of the Gospel was clearly
shown; and the subject of the restora-
ton of the Gospel through Joseph
Smith was dealt with at some length.
The afternoon meeting was opened
at 9 O'clock Although the hall was
very large there were no vacant seats.
Elder Adolph Merz was the first
speaker. lie expressed his joy and
testified of the presence of the Spirit OF
God. emphasized the fact that the word
of God has again been revealed 20 man.
and bore d strong testimony to the
truth of the Gospel. Elder Peter Lau-
tensack occupied the remainder or inc
time, aud spoke under the influence OF
the Holy Ghost to such degree that
- ls..t.. ,,t,Il afItN
TO it's being one of the happiest meet
iprs they had ever attended. The king
dom OF God was the subject of his re-
marks. After giving clear definition,
the speaker brought forth with great
distinctness the signs by which one
may know the kingdom OF GOD, ana
plainly showed what the laws of TINS
kingdom are. He then proved that the
Kingdom of God is not to be FOUND
among the man-made religions OF to-
day. and that the Gospel of Christ, as
revealed to Joseph Smith ana now
taught by the living oracies OF INC
Church of Jesus Christ OF Latter-uay
Saints, is the only religion or TO-DAY
which possesses the necessary laws ana
characteristics to distinguish 1t as the
Kingdom of God The speaker was
particular to bring forth Scrlpturai
proof to substantiate each statement
made in his argument. He bore strohS
|
smith as n Prophet of God and 10 the
restoration of the Gospel In its fulness.
The evening meeting was opened AT
o'clock. Elder lie Roi c. Snow spoke
on the Importance of revelation and w.
T. Olson on the subject Of prophecy
Sunday morning at $3.50 O'CLOCK u
Priesthood meeting was held In Aurich;
Reports were given by the Elders OF
the East Switzerland conference, ana
without exception the Elders testified
to the onward advancement or the
work of the Lord in this portion OF the
world The missionaries are full OF
zeal and. strengthened by the wise
counsel and encouraging words OF OUT
president, we shall return to our helds
Of labor with renewed energy and
vigor.
The public meeting was held at
| o'clock Sunday afternoon, in the COM
modious hall of the casino Hottin-
gen" Elder Charles II. Miles was the
first speaker. The Book OF Mormon
gave short but lucid synopsis of It's
| contents and cited passages in Holy
| Writ to prove the divinity of the Book
| Of Mormon. Elder C. Vaterlaus was
the next speaker, testifying of the
"apostasy" of the earlier church from
the Gospel, and its restoration through
| the Prophet Joseph Smith. Elder c.
Gospel and the first principles.
| The evening meeting was opened NJ
| Q O'Clock. Elder Lautensack occupied
the time. His remarks were very In
teresting, bearing directly upon the
subject OF prejudice. Many articles
were read showing the views Of great
men of today regarding the Latter-daS
Saints, and clearly proving that the
| Lord Is bringing about great change
in the minds of the people. and that
| public opinion Is becoming favorable.
During the entire session of the con
ference, excellent music was furnished
by the local choir. and a quartet by
Elders Olson, Penrose, Miles and
| Brown.
Before closing I wish to testify to
the great joy experienced by the Elders
when In the path of their duty. AL.
though thousands Of miles from oui
loved ones In Zion, we can all truth
fully say that last Christmas was one
of the hnppiest of our lives, and
doubt II we could have enjoyed our
selves more had we been at home. WI
know our president is filled with tn,
spirit of his mission and is THE righ
man in the right place" and his in
spired words of advice are enough tC
encourage any Elder to give heart ant
soul to the advancement of the glori
Gus work of the Lord.
LIE RoI C. SNOW.