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 kindly received. I found Bro Haight much blesst of the Lord and doing well.
He has a comfortable Office, issues half monthly
a periodical, very respectable, called "Skandi-
naviens Stierne" (the Scandinavian Star), the Edition
2000 Copies. Besides there are translated and pub-
lished in Danish ^and swedish^ many of our Books and wri-
tings. The prospects are in general very good
the work of the Lord is spreading in spite
of all the difficulties and oppositions caused
by intolerant laws and hireling Priests, main-
tained by the police authorities. I have had good
times among the Scandinavian Saints; they are of
a good Spirit; they love the cause and the servants
of the Lord and show it by their faithfulness
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 Copenhagen where I was kindly received. I found Bro
Haight much blesst of the Lord and doing well.
He has a comfortable Office, issues half monthly
a periodical, very respectable, called "Skandinaviens Stierne" (the Scandinavian Star), the Edition
2000 Copies. Besides there are translated and published in Danish and swedish many of our Books and writings. The prospects are in general very good
the work of the Lord is spreading in spite
of all the difficulties and oppositions caused
by intolerant laws and hireling Priests, maintained by the police authorities. I have had good
times among the Scandinavian Saints; they are of
a good Spirit; they love the cause and the servants
of the Lord and show it by their faithfulness
"Letter from Ezra Taft Benson, 30 September 1856," p. 2, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed April 19, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/49z0