Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-06-09
THE GOSPEL in SCANDINAVIA II

"A few days after these things oc-
| CURED / entered the city: / had not
heard a word OF them till 1 stood by the
| side of the house where ] had 80 often
/ met with the Saints. and where / had
/ preached the word t0 sinners. But l
| leave you 90 judge Of my feelings
/ when, instead ~ meeting the joyful
| smiles OF beloved Saints. / saw the win
| dows and furniture Of the house broken
/ TO pieces. and no Saints To- welcome me
| there for they were not now privileged
| to appear in the streets without being
/ grossly insulted, and sometimes
shamefullv beaten
while / was thus bordering over
/ these things an officer appeared and
requested me TO come Immediately to
the mayors office. which / aid and that
officer peremptorly told me ! had bet
ter leave the city forthwith, as he
would not promise me protection from
the mob for one hour. And as there
was a steamer then at the wharf To
sail that afternoon for Copenhagen /
went on board. But the mob, hearing
that / was In the city. began 10 gather.
some went % the mayors office 10 find
me- but he told them he had me In
prison Others went to the shin. but
the captain told them ] had left and
gone up into the city. and thus they
were ranging about me I'm the appoint
ed hour for sailing when ] think there
We're more than a thousand persons
assembled on the beach ] remained In
the cabin tin we We're fairly out OF
reach, when / came up on deck 10 see
the sight. and being thus delivered |
gave God the glory"
But such experiences We're not the
most discouraging IL sometimes hap
pened that members Of the Church fell
into transgression, and We're literally
given over 10 the "buffetings OF Satan"
Then the faith Of the Elders was tried
indeed
But the "little stone rolled on. and
grew on its onward course. Half a
century has now been recorded In the
annals Of history. since the work was
commenced. and during this time 1898
souls have by baptism been added 70
the Church In Denmark 1908 in Swe-
den, and j.6l3 I'm Norway or. In ALL 49,
OBS. During lie same time, 1871 Saints
have emigrated from Denmark 10 Utah,
6,942 from Sweden and 2,3l2 from Nor
way-a total OF 2l5U IN these num-
hers small children are not included.
1t Is supposed their number would
swell the grand total by one-thIrd. BY
adding the descendants of these in
'ustrious immigrants to the numbers
given. an idea may be formed of the
part the Scandinavian Saints have had
In the development OF this beautiful
region The action taken by the Oc-
t0ber conference, 1919, when the Church
was poor in everything but faith in
God, and spiritual gifts. has indeed
borne wonderful fruits
According 90 the latest statistics
there are three conferences IA each ~
me three scandinavian countries. In
Denmark, the Copenhagen. Aarhus and
Aalborg conferences. IN Sweden the
stockholm Gothenburg and Mslmo
conferences and in Norway the Chris
tlania, Bergen and Trondhjem confer
ences There are twenty-five branches
Of the Church IN Sweden, with 22s8
members In Denmark there are
seventeen branches, with l,lSj members.
and In Norway nineteen branches with
96j members. or In ALL hfty-eight
branches with 443S members. II the
99i children under eight years Of age
are added, the total is 5,i32 members %
the Church
In Sweden there are now sixty mis-
sionaries from Zion. In Denmark nifty
eight, and In Norway forty.