Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-06-13
|,I1Y0US REUNION
| Of sCAND|NAV|ANS
o,.oIno Session in Memory Of
'p Great Event Which Occurred
sixty Years Ago.
,,f,IDeu1 LuNO's ADDRESS
-, Hall Beautifully pecora'e'
a'''" ,,r and Evening Meetings
s,ne Music, Many speakers.

.,ic, Of the scandinavian
ne W.. .ommemoratlon Of the eoth
rsa a,".,.ary Of the introduction OF .'s
ann, ', INTO the northern countries we
g''lsl n ~. Assembly, hall at 10 o'clock
he'd u u-. .,,,g The building was
SanD. snos when President Anthem -,
wei III" ia the meeting to order vi
lAni we're a number Of bishops
=, p, ' ', presidents Of s'ano'n ma
~ .aos,,ngs. and veterans OF ul'
va , ny. mission. Among the ia'-
s'Ai''" = C. Christensen OF
..,m christian Larsen. OF ~ L"s Snd
EphfAiln' stevens. Hannah Nichols, ana
Autu''" t.,sen of Mani who, thousn
Bishop Inc converts Of lsoU' Is o"e
not one iA.timres who has taken
Of lns v mrt in the work III "'e
pssoA' .,nging and prayer. Pre siden.
AW NJ Innd opened the reuh'Oi
AM" h-ief and eloquent address, ~
WIZ Ue reminded his hearers OF
vee9m,. mai the opening OF the scan
ne ~, mission by Apostle Erastus
dln4''1" .onsidered one OF the linpoi
snow In the history Of those
TAM e'eN +, was one through which
coenNd truth we're brought 10 US
IEn' ~" ~ sald OF those who used 10
hal', ~ ne An years gone by are now
NEE WV. among us. He mentioned
70 , y,s, q d. Fjeldsted and Canute
- " Wlnbcrg, and {. iSilJeh-
Biuln' az a., honor such men. he said,
,holr ,aithfulness in the gospel
=, No aesire to follow their example
EARLY CONVERTS.
The speaker then gave a brief ms,
., skstch OF the Introduction or
X. eosnel in the northern countries
y. rsferred 10 the experience OF John
v.-sgren who went TO sweden ana
- found some Of his friends wait
~. a., him prepared 20 receive the
.s,.sga he brought. Among these were
N. brothers and sisters. His brother
us sufering from consumption ana
rss eyen No by physicians. but ne
as healed through the administration
= ,bs brother. and lived for more than
a Years afterwards. and died a faith-
MI Ia,ter-day saint, In Titan.
PRESIDENT Lund mentioned the tact
bs, the Introduction OF the gospel 20
~ SCANDINAVIAN countries was not the
a., time II had been preached 10
s.sndlnayians Nine years before that
sra some Norwegian people in Illl-
rols had heard and received the mes
uge. Among these was Canute Peter
zen. who went TO Nauvoo and received
M endowments there He used To tel
Hta n
converts TO the Prophet Joseph when
ne Prophet said he belonged 10 n peo-
BE 10 whom the gospel was to he
tNached. and that thousands would
cone from those countries to Join the
Church This. he said. had been liter
any fulfilled. as was evident from the
magnificent gathering Of scandinavian
Saints here present on this occasion.
The other speakers during the morn
lns we're c. G. A. Christensen. Bishop
G larsen. n q stohl and Bishop O.,
BerE Of Provo
EVENING SESSION CROWDED.
The assembly hall was taxed 10 its
capacity In the evening. when the
meeting again convened at I o'clock
President Anthem II Lund presided
ana the musical exercises were render
ed by two Scandinavian ohoirs, one
Swedish and one Norwegian. The sing
Ing In the forenoon was by a Danish
choir, and It was generally remarked
that no better singing was ever before
furnished By any Scandinavian musical
9ganization in this city. Several o,
The speakers alluded TO the singing a,
ore Of the great features Of the re
union.
The speakers IN the evening wer,
Bishop A. L. Skanchy of Logan, j. NJ
sbdahl II. j. Christensen and l.
DahlQulst, OF this city
The hall was beautifully decorated
Ne colors used being appropriate anC
effective, while there was n profusioi
o. cut and potted flowers and plants
A large portrait Of the late Apostl,
Erastus Snow the father OF the Scan
dnaylan mission, occupied and adorn
% the central place Of honor.