Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-06-15

vss another very large gath
s,andInaylans at the ASSEM-
.r,sis morning. when the exercises
4, second day Of the jubilee were
--sncsd a. ,.,-
.r,tor furnished music and opened
,y.ces with the hymn, sung in
| ne morning breaks the shadows
. ,No Hans Jensen Of Manu offered
IN which he especially asked
,+as divine blessing might rest upon
lsrt Lorenzo Snow.
n, choir sang
irss haab paany opliyes."
DISTRIBUTING MEDALS.
y.ss we're then presented by Elder
.,sr Il Lund to the following Scan
avian saints, who embraced the
al a, early as 1850, and were absent
eriay afternoon:
Il n Bruun. Of Nephi, the first to be
. a,si 10 the Priesthood In Denmark.
n 100. Christian Christensen, OF
,d the first 10 be ordained an Elder
nrnark Aug. H.. 1850; Mrs. Chris
4 Christensen. whose marriage 10
4 y Christensen was the first 10 take
according to the Latter-day
nj ceremonies In Scandinavia;
i n Christine Hadvig Bruun Chris
81 Johanna Christina Hamburg
t Of Heber city.
/ CANDINAyIANs IN UTAH.
4 r,v Andrew Jensen was then intro
NJ % make the opening address on
anlBayians In Utah
A p reviewed. briefly but graphically.
ssalng OF the missionary work in
aaya On 1850 by Apostle Erastus
d snd his associates, told Of their
.-Nes the obstacles they met and
4 zane aud then described the trip
first company Of Scandinavians
4 Tah There were twenty-eight In
Il anrany and they arrived In this
|1n oct. 49, 1859 OF that company
4 ne Mrs Augusta Dorius Stevens.
II BhfIam. was present today. These
rlnayIans were objects Of much
4 aty when they first arrived, and
,, vas some prejudice against them,
on that had been outgrown and the
+ rilaFians had taken their proper
4 b Utah
4 f,ea ihe Scandlnavians commenced
/ ure 10 numbers, President Young
4 Dem 20 Sanpete 10 settle The
w ior that was that the Sanpete
vi vas a cold section, and as these
4 had come from a very cold coun-
4 b thought they We're best fitted 10
! here His confidence I'm their
I f ard energy was fully justified, as
4 sl.i showed.
4 Aiel the Scandinavians went to
balm TO settle. they found one set
there He had appropriated the
h M o. the creek and objected 10
wig with any one else, saying that
,aiel an this water for his farm OF
n y ceres But the city Of Ephraim
o1.t aHd that creek proved sufii-
i .of a population OF 5000.
hii time the Saints In Utah knew
% The SCandinavlans and were
4 itd 90 look upon these emlgrants
4 ht civilized people. Today they
ii0ognized as one OF the great fac
4 utah. Positions OF honor and
4 7 % ecclesiastical, civll and political
II l4l been given 10 representatives
n ~. sCandnayians here. They
4 70 Eastus Snow as one OF them.
4 as be had claimed them
4 DIS people Then there
4 apostle Lund, a bright man among
1 ~ men, Next there was Apostle
/ whose mother was a Scandina
lheIr people had given TO the
\ l 'leh men as q. d. Fjelsteed. n.
| 4Elis James Jensen, Canute Pet
~ q Brown, scores OF presidents
4 .'snles' V Bishops, $50 Bishop's
IA! oi those who had been In the
azure Of Utah We're Scandinavian.
] y lnese the names Of A. II. Lund.
y Tuna G. W Swensen, Farley
,-.lsen, ]. G.. Thoreson. G.. r. Lar
u l many others were familiar
.sialure such names as Sophia
'ls' NeDhi Anderson, n. /. Mel
d A. Christensen, J. NJ. Sjo-
4 N.oy Lamont. Elder Bohn. the
II hymn writer. were very famll-
w 10 educational circles, In Utah
i l-e. OF scandinavian instructors
. .l.ls's stood In the front rank.
ins Elder Jensen said that the
lne ecandinavians I'm the past
continued on through the
years, and the record made
~ Olsen Of Salt Lake. sang the
popular hymn EFT opluftende
ELDER REED sMooT.
Hsed smoot was then intro
D. /, D " made an interesting adj
I y, opy regretted his inability 70
s-,hg scandinavian language.
'ss' his heart was with them.