Tuesday, November 31
Thursday, November twenty-eight. Elder Heber C. Jex and i began by foot into the a primary missionary stop by at Bunnythorpe, a Eu city seven kilometers away from Ashurst, making Senior Gardner to proceed by the teach to Palmerston North. After all of our coming in the Bunnythorpe, we decided to go to numerous Scandinavian family residing in the brand new area, a number of which got shown significant need for the gospel and is kind to your elders, and in the night i held a little meeting throughout the family off a Mr. We handled the little congregation in the Danish and you may talked having significant freedom; but most, if not all, of them establish was in fact unwilling to undertake happening, the old Lutheran creed to which it adhered becoming adequate in their mind. You will find quite a lot of Scandinavians when you look at the The newest Zealand who, like their countrymen in the us, build an effective settlers, but never assume all of those care much getting religion; and those who would are usually sticklers for the creed out of its forefathers. After the fulfilling i wandered back again to Bunnythorpe, where a good Mr. B. Tremewan, a seller, obtained united states with generosity and you will remaining all of us overnight. The guy and his awesome estimable partner is actually detectives away from “Mormonism.”
Tuesday, November 30. Senior Jex, whom had a keen overdose away from Danish regarding meeting past, was ill yesterday, also it are with significant difficulty which he strolled with me the fresh new six kilometers in order to Palmerston Northern.