Letter from Ezra Taft Benson, 30 September 1856

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Letter from Ezra Taft Benson, 30 September 1856
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    Copenhagen September 30, 1856. Elder Woodruff Dear Brother! Your very wellcome letter I have recei- ved and I am thankfull for the news con- tained therein. I will in turn give you a short account of my missionary life up to this date. For the last six weeks I have been travelling and preaching in several places. In England I have visited among others, Bir- mingham, Worcester, Cheltenham, Gloucester, Reading, London, where there is ...
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    they maintain and honour their laws much more than the Americans; nevertheless the clerical aristocracy try to oppose indirect by using the influence of the press. I am now in Company with Elder Kay visiting the Scandinavian Mission and arrived here the 10th instant after crossing the north sea to Hamburg and then with Railroad to Kiel in Holstein, from this place with steamer to Korsoer in Iceland, and then with Railroad to Copenha- gen where I was ...
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    and obedience to the priesthood which the Lord has placed over them. I had the pleasure to Adress them in their meetings through the Interpreter and translator in the Office Bro Widerborg; and the saints rejoiced very much. The presiding Elder in Copenhagen Conference O. N. Liljenquist arranged very well the commodities for our Meetings by hiring a large Hall, containing 11 or 1200 Hearers. Yesterday I returned from Sweden, through wich coun try I had a very pleasant journey in Company with Bros
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    of seeing. The situation of Stockholm is beautifull; ^some parts^ build upon Islands and Hills surrounded with water affords a rare picture for the observer, from which side he takes a look at it. Having finished our visit in this place, blessed the saints, instructed them and taken leave of them, retourned we from Stockholm via Baltic with Steamer to Ystad (Eastad), had a pleasant ride of 36 engl miles through a good farming country to Malmö, where we also have a branch of the Curch, ...