Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-02-28

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he said, and proceeded to inform the
people His stories were Of the old
stripe. such as the servants nf sin and
falsehood hatch up everywhere. and
he bid fair TO WELD considerable in
nuence against the truth. but one day
Elder Anderson while out tracing hap
penod into his house, not ever having
heard Of him nor his stories, and Of
fered tracts and books. but was prompt
~ ordered out and OF course, consented
to 20. but before he had time TO close
his grip the man struck him. causing
him TO stagger back to avoid falling.
Now that man has either said good
bye 10 his influence In this place, or Il
has vanished SO quickly that he did
not have time to say good bye
shortly after we came here We es-
tablished Sunday school and soon
had an enrolment Of forty children Of
nom Mormon" parents with a very
regular attendance. but last Sunday
morning those who came In first in
formed us that the teachers Of the
public schools, which, by the way, are
controlled by the state church, had for
hidden an children from attending the
Mormon Sunday school hence many
had discontinued,
Next morning, after having learned
definitely that those teachers had no
jurisdiction over the children on Sun
day and that their longest session was
from II a, m to p. m. | went to visit
the schools, as Is my custom whenever
an opportunity Is afforded, having my
self been school teacher for twelve
years and being much interested in
education.
/ visited every room excepting the
primary In each room ! was invited
to give a short talk on geography; II
not being a common thing for them to
hear from one who had crced the
earth and visited every inhabited zone
excepting the one just north Of them,
which one living here does not have to
stretch his Imagination much 10 under
stand At the close Of each talk
was cheerfully given permission 10 eX-
plain my mission here, which included
q testimony OF the Gospel restored, @
program Of our meetings here, hearty
invitation extended to each child to
attend our Sunday school, provided
their parents We're willing as they alone
had the right to forbid H. also an in
yitaton TO the teachers. and an in
yitaton to parents and teachers TO our
meetings every Sunday at p. m, and
Bible class every Wednesday ut Z pm.
learned last evening that Nor
monism' has not been mentioned in
the schools since,
The other evening by per-
mission Of the highest officer
OF Salvation Army in northern Sweden,
il | am correctly informed, who was
here holding revival meetings, ! bore
my testimony to the Gospel restored
etc, also read and briefly explained End
Timothy, 4: ga before their congrega-
tion, their hall being well filed
OF course the mayor did not know |
was a Latter-day Saint [ simply
asked permission TO testify that God
lived ana what he had done for us, also
10 read a couple OF verses from the
Bible, as | considered they We're full
filed there that evening.
BEAUTIFUL DREAMLAND.
The night Of Sept. 30. 1 slept in a hay
| shed under very strong smelling Cow
| blankets (thc COWS were in a warm
stable and could spare them), but
spent the night in dreamland In So
| cial, I'm one Of the finest halls ! remem-
| Der OF being in with the dearest friends
| have on earth and awoke in the morn.
ing happier than | had for a good many
! years. The night OF Dec. 26, / dreamed
| of being In the Temple OF our God with
many Of the faithful Saints Including
| many II not all the Apostles and the
| Prophet Joseph r. Smith, whom ! con-
| versed with a short time. We were
! gathered to meet the Savior, and We
knew He was coming while We were
| there.
The night Of Jan g. 1903, | had q
! dream which might almost be a con
| tinuatiun of the former one The resur
rectlon Of the just was about to com
/ menCe and We again gathered at the
Temple. Then | dreamed that the res
! direction did begin and / stood by ans
saw one grave open and the occupan
begin 20 rise,
only those who have been in thD
house OF the Lord under the most favor
able conditions can imagine, IN part tn
JOY ! felt I'm these dreams, unless the!
have had q similar experience
These things, with others too numer
Gus 10 mention, explain why We Nor
mon Elders are the happiest peopl,
on earth and 10 some OF our friends wit
preach the doctrines Of men" for thi
money there liz In g." will undertake
TO figure out how large a salary the!
would have 20 have 10 enable them {,
secure as much pure JOY and satisfac
ton as these things secure for us, VIII,
preach the pure Gospel OF Christ an,
pay our own way. they viii have EN-
ployment for all their spare moment
and enough Of the problems left to vii
10 their posterlty
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