Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-06-13

consisted Of ~ wagons. ~ horses. and
mules. one carriage and So men. They
had many wonderful experiences. a
deliverance from "A mArauding band OF
Cheyenne Indians. and the miraculous
freezing up OF the Missouri river, the
ice arording sofo passage across when
warm weather few hours afterward
thawed the Ice and passage would have
been impossible for weeks, In answer
TO prayer.
OPENING THE DOOR.
Elder Erastus Snow reached Den
mark june 14lS50. He was assisted by
Elders Dykes and Forsgren. The first
baptism took place Aug. H. Soon
after Peter Forsgren now a resident OF
Brigham city, was healed from sick
ness thought to have been incurable
Elder Forsgren, his brother who in
PRODUCED the gospel into Sweden, hav-
ing been the instrument.
1.-THE gospel was introduced into Nor
way by Elder Hans Frederick Peter
son In 1851.
Intolerance met the elders on every
hand, but they labored on increasingly
About this time Elder Snow wrote the
pamphlet a Warming Voice to the
People. which has since been distrlb-
uted by the thousands.
1.-THE people of these countries had
become calloused in their religion, as
their ministers and teachers did not
always give them the true spirit OF
the gospel. The spirit of God testified
10 the ~onle that what the elders
said was true. and there were many
conversions Tae elders told of tho
message OF Joseph Smith; that angels
from heaven had again broken the long
silence. and had appeared to man. The
message was new, was startling to the
sleeping world. Some could not com
prehend IT. others said. at last we
have found that which we have been
seeking
Baptism and the laying on or hands
for the gift OF the Holy Ghost were
taught, many believed and the work
has progressed wonderfully from that
time TO the present
HEROES or EARLIER DAYS.
Elder Anderson told of tho many
sacrifices made by the converts, and
the remarkable work accomplished
by some of those good old people He
told the pathetic story OF self
sacrlhcing old man, a viollnist, whose
grave at fllirore, down in central
Utah. Is today marked by a slab on
which Is carved the outline OF his fav-
orite instrument. which. at his urgent
request. was buried beside him. He
told OF others who. In crossing the
bleak plains had left their tracks Of
ing. lie reCountcd the story OF poor
widow who in early days every time
she saw her boy ride away with a sack
OF wheat to exchange FOR -four at Man
H. 20 miles distant, feared lest she
would never see him again on account
Of the savage Indians infestlng the
hills and the treaCherous surroundings
Many were rich when they Joined the
Church: they sold everything; and Of
fered all freely TO the work and -
assist their neighhors and the poor TO
emigrate to this land OF liberty. this
new Zion. Put all this sacrifice, all
these things have returned the Saints
81 thousand fold, and II can hardly be
called a sacrifice.
A RICH HARVEST.
Scandinavia now has the second old
est Church publication in the world
the Milinnial star printed in England,
being the oldest.
I'm baptisms since 1850. Denmark
records 25.500 Norway. 100. Sweden.
u. 400-a total of $4,000. Nearly that
number of souls have emigrated TO
this land. There are now 50 elders In
boring in Denmark; as in Norway, and
60 In Sweden, a total OF 17g. In the
past go years. $500 elders from Utah
have labored in the Scandinavian mis-
sion"
ELDER HEBER ]. GRANT.
Elder Heber j. Grant said he had
visited Denmark. Norway and Sweden
during the time he was in charge of
the European mission. He told of how
he was impressed when standing upon
the top of the hills there singing I'VE
thank Thee. O God. for a prophet to
guide us I'm these latter days" Elder
Grant referred to the great unselfish
missionary, work of the late Erastus
Snow, and the resulting wonderful