Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-10-05


a little rest-not that expected to OBJ
tain physical rest but change some
times Is rest To men who are constantly
engaged In duties that are strenuous
and sometimes very burdensome. AS it
may be interesting to some of my breth-
rem and sisters | would like to outline to
you briefly OF my visit. When we left
here We stopped at Omaha, and as |
have travelled the plains In the days
OF my childhood, again in the days OF
my youth, with OK teams and mule
teams and so forth | concluded II
would he interesting to make a visit TO
the Old camp ground OF Israel at VIM
ter quarters on the bank Of the Mis-
souri, river, aud we went thereon,
think It was the cath OF July, the Plo-
neer day
ON HISTORIC GROUND.
I'VE had the privilege of meeting
with some of the elders engaged In the
mission work there and the few saints
who are living about Omaha and that
vicinity and had royal good celebra-
tion OF Pioneer day. We met under
the old historical tree said TO have been
planted by the hand OF President Brig
ham Young and which now Is one OF
the largest trees In the vicinity. and
lntIt uuT lTltuuS sIltdu AHNll letSlt
which we partook Of with them. We as
ISOLATED with them with great pleas
ure, answering inquiries made Of us.
we next made a little halt at Chlca-
go and had visit with some OF our
children there who are going TO school
and had n very pleasant time with
them, although our stay there was very
brief. We were not long in New York,
as we landed there only a, few hours
before the sailing of the vessel our
voyage across the Atlantic was never
so pleasant before-not q ripple on the
ocean nor anything to make the voyage
more unpleasant than sailing upon
lake--a placid, calm sea.
LANDS AT ANTWERP.
1--WE landed In Antwerp on the eth
day of August, and from there visited
the city Of Rotterdam, and the next
day the city OF Amsterdam In Holland,
In Amsterdam we attended confer
ence of Latter-day Saints and we
found there n lively branch Of the
Church We had the pleasure OF meet
Ing with the young men who have gone
out from Zion to proclaim the gospel
to that people, and as some of their
parents may be present here today,
desire to say TO them that they have
great reason to be proud of their boys.
| do not think--speaking now OF the
meeting that we had with all the elders
In the missionary fields that we visited
i do not think there can be found IN
all the world like number of equally
noble, excellent spirited men, as are
your boys who are out IN the mission
airy field today, and think this can be
said of them almost as a whole--eX
tremely few exceptions al the most.
BACK TO ROTTERDAM.
From Amsterdam we returned to
Rotterdam and held another conference
with our people, the Latter-day Saints.
and some strangers and friends who
were invited in, and who availed them
selves OF the opportunity. We had a
most excellent time with them there,
Here we found another flourishing
branch OF the Church, and the elders,
all of them young men. active, energet-
ic, faithful, virtuous and noble are do
ing all In their power by example as
well as by precept, to spread the word
OF truth among that people. From
here We visited Germany stopping
few days at the city of Berlin. Here
again we met with the I.atter-day
Saints and with the elders as many as
could get together IN that mission, and
we had another very enjoyable time
with them. Here we found excellent
conditions existing, but some condi-
tions that were not favorable, and
which [ regret to find, and ! will brief
IS say that II Is this: Some of our
young people who have gone 10 Ber-
lin to study music or TO follow other
pursuits. by their negligence I'm not
performing their duties by their neg
lect to go 10 the meetings Of the
Saints, by their holding themselves
apart from the atter-day Saints they
are not welding q wholesome or good
influence upon the people of that
country ! want to tell you that and
| say II to my regret They make
the excuse that they have to study
and have to practise every day--day
IN and day out and when Sunday
comes, II they do not have to continue
their practise, they are so fatigued
that they cannot afford to 20 TO meet
ins. Now If any of you have children
IN that condition I would advise you
TO stimulate them to do their duty
and set good example before the
people of the world In this direction.
really think that the sending of our
children to Berlin to study IS consid-
erably overdone, and I do not believe
| tioular good, with the exception per-
haps OF little more practise, will ever
accrue TO our children who go there,
CONFERENCE IN SWITZERLAND.
From Berlin we went TO Zurich In
switzerland and held n conference,
From there we went to Lucerne, and
from there to Berne, where we again
met with the saints In conferenc and
mad a most excellent and interesting VS.
II not only with our people In general.
but strangers who visited with us. We
also held meetings with the elders, I'm
some instances having as many as 80 or
20 present with us at one time From
here we returned TO England. or at
least we came back TO England, having
landed at Dover on our way over. by
way Of Paris, France, where we re-
NAMED couple of days. In London wo
! again mot with our people In confer
| ence We also met with the elders, very
| many of them at that mission, all OF
| whom, so far as ] could judge or see.
| seemed to be In excellent spirits and
| faith. and willing and ready and active
| IN the performance OF their missionary
| hbors. We had n good conference I'm
| London, and we afterwards had most
| excellent gathering, and met with the
elders of the mission in priesthood
meeting, From London we visited Scot
| land and attended conference in Edin-
burg and Glasgow, where we also had
an enjoyable time with the people and
| with the elders or that portion OF the
British mission. Returning south from
| Scotland We called nj Liverpool and
attended another conference Of our peo-
| pie at Blackburn IN Lancashire and
also held a priesthood meeting there
Here we found the same conditions ms
far ms our elders were concerned--a no.
bic lot Of young men. bright. Intelligent
active, honorable upright, clean, pure
ana sweet, as were ever found in any
Fart OF the world
AGAIN IN LONDON.