History of the Netherlands Mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 1861-1966
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
Brigham Young University BYU ScholarsArchive Theses and Dissertations 1967 History of the Netherlands Mission of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 1861-1966 Keith Crandall Warner Brigham Young University - Provo Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd Part of the Missions and World Christianity Commons, and the Mormon Studies Commons BYU ScholarsArchive Citation Warner, Keith Crandall, "History of the Netherlands Mission of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 1861-1966" (1967). Theses and Dissertations. 5196. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/5196 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by BYU ScholarsArchive. It has been accepted for inclusion in Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of BYU ScholarsArchive. For more information, please contact [email protected], [email protected]. 0 7 N xkz sa 05 s4 4 777-277gsa W 7 Y t 7 T 0 7rar T HE 2 Z X E T ff A azzz 31 rl S S4 of v k41 4 I1 1 I1 votTOT DE WEADEO-er&oeeeitebeeerun6eniteD E arsteurste OBPOB otttoattPezeplat5plant5planta PERDER oba0 STUSVAN DEHEILIGN OKNAN jezosdhrlstusJIWCHRI abnb GOOOPTGFDOOPT TST DAGENgagen IM neberlnb tsi enoude padpaa MRS lat&ehaouwou 5noude jtiqlwiNVCGERS t EllZABETHET tonerfOnER ellzabethfoner r i P therktkerkjuuJKLu5ua chrstcarst h OPGERIGHTPG doordert STDAGE WTSTVAGW 1 1 l chnijgeheaDER r c-l T tt1861 Y x1xa S t7ta kalkamtal ivwirw HISTORY OF zheTHE netherlands MISSION OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTERDAYLATTER llylayDAY SAINTS 1861 1966 A thesis presented to the department of graduate studies in religious instruction brigham young university provotprovosproveprovo utah in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree master of arts by keith C warner august 1967 acknowledgments with sincere appreciation for helping to make this work possible the writer acknowledges the followingfollowings his advisory committee professors richard 0 cowan and G byron done of the graduate faculty of the brigham young university whose assistance in directing the writing of this project was invaluable 0 brigham young university library proveprovo utah and the historians office of the church of jesus christ of latterlatterdayday saints salt lake city utah mr max R wamerwarnerwanner for able assistance in editing the man- uscript of this work mrs glenna webb for assistance in typing mr dan webb for carefully proofreading the manuscript mr mark hafey for his professional assistance in making the charts and maps his wife marlene for her encouragement support and helpful suggestions throughout the whole project and also for desiree for allailali her little distractions illlii TABLE OF CONTINTSCONTSMTS page acknowledgments illlii LIST OF ustrationsillustrationsUSTRATIONS viiivili LIST OF CHARTS AND MAPS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ixx PREFACE 0 0 0 0 0 a 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 x chapter Ii01ia historical REVIEW OF christianity IN THE netherlands 1 introduction to the country christianity reaches holland the dutch reformed church and religious freedom OF THE MISSION 9 ilII11 THE OPENING netherlands 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 orson hydeshyde visit to holland Ccailcaliand arrival of the first missionaries first missionary efforts firstbaptismsfirstbirst baptisms organization of the first branch and final efforts receptivity of the people the first emigrants organization of the mission missionary efforts in belgium the first conference in holland iliillIII111 difficulties AND opposition encountered BY MISSION 26 difficulties encountered by the missionaries legal problems language and customs lack of literature first dutch tracts opposition encountered by the missionaries opposition from mobs opposition in belgium opposition from the press iv A turningarninurnin ontpoint theh faypaypoypolygamyn issuessu therheh baptismatisptis Cancontraversycontroversy oppositionapoppo staonstionscaon from the Cclergyr writingsrtnran s of V D vakvalkvaik effectsaffectsof Cppostonopposition IV missionary woreWORK BEFORE horldWORLD WAR II11 53 missionary lorkwork progressed slowlyory A turninguraurn ng point is reachedbotchedbeached translationr as atlon of the soakboakbook of formanmodmanmornanmormon publicationabub etonctonacton aof other church tertureliteraturetedgertureter ture octrneoctanedoctrine and covenants pearlpearie r of retgreat pricerae dee tarterster Nhymn oaksbooks tatusstatus of Msmissionan att turnburn of Cencenturrcenturyturr important organizationalr ani taantaon developmentsev opmnts orinorigin of conferences originrgnagn of districts neenew emigrationrtianartian policyalcolcoie missionamissionarymlsmissionalMisslonasionasuccess to wardwordworld warr II11 seventyfifthseventy fifth anniversary of the missionss on V WORLD harsWARS I1 audAND II11 63 ordworld warr I1 effectsfeetsreets of wadwarr 0on hollanda ridaldyidyld erfeffeffectsacts of wrwar anon the Mmissionscion success of ssicnriesmissionaries durnduring andendafter wrwar worldblared warwanr II11 effects of occupation on 01ndholland and the mission prisonerr sanersoner of larlacwadwar food hartagehortageshortage andendloseshoses becauseeduseecuse ofoff the warr analysisansiysas of the efeffectfactrect of the twatwo wordworld warssrsars anon missmassmissionon N W VI teeTHE1 I netherlandsANs MISSIONasxs N SINCEC tcldtaldtoldgoeldWORLD WAR II11 6 Reareoreapaninreopeningpeninpaninof the mission condition of the church church welfare farfor the netherlanders dutchhutchweirwelfwelfareadeare for germanyer aaranr welfare for flocaflooadiddenioadiddenloaioaloo ridden bainalboihollandnd irreeffectsffacts of welfare on hollandololandandsnd missionaryissianary darkwarkwork sincece worldar d war II11 permanent establishmentst bishbishmentbushmentnentment 0of localoesoca leadership president daviddavid0 mcmckaysayt s istvisit to nahollandand v official recognization of the church tabernacle choir visits holland reaction of the press to the choir effect of the choirs visit radio and television publicity organization of the first stake in europe effects of the stakesstaked organization on mission yilyllVIIvlie CHURCH PROPERTY IN THE netherlands 106 purchase of property in the netherlands first churchbuiltchurch bulitbuiltchapel in holland purchase of mission honeshomes church building program in holland VIII METHODS OF proselyting IN HOLLANDHCLLAND6 116 early proselyting methods distribution of tracts method block meeting method debate difficult years19221935years 192219351922 1935 new methods of doing missionary work openairopen air meetings method proselyting without purse or scrip mission school canal boat proselyting illustrated lecture proselyting sports proselyting results of new proselyting methods post world war II11 proselyting methods the anderson plan systematic plan the dyer plan reorganization of the mission missionary proselyting among the youth worldwideworld wide mission plan study made of baptisms from 195919631959 1963 ixeIXaxe DUTCH emigration FROM HOLLAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 130 historical overviewover view of dutch emigration first emigrants of the latterlatterdayday saint church contributions of dutch mormon emigrants impact of the emigration policy new era of dutch emigration1880Emigrationemigration1880s1880 s and 1890s change in emigration policy emigration since world war I1 emigration since world war II11 announcementreannouncementre of a emigrationnonemigrationnon policy factors influencing emigration vi SUMMARY x0xaX SUMKARY AND conclusions 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19aiga149a appendixes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 it 0 9 0 0 0 I1 it 0 0 0 0 150 A netherlands mission compared with other mission areas 3 list of netherlands mission presidents C baptisms missionaries emigrants membership by year JD letter concerning officialoffilciil recognizationrecogniaation of the church E dutch emigrants admitted to U S from 182019611820.19611820 1961 Fy remarkable faith promoting incidents in holland GQ missionaries who died while in holland H don van slooten letter to keith C wamerwarner bibliographyb13liography 0 0 175 viavilvii0 A list of illustrations plate page I1 synodofsynod of dordrechtDordrecht 6 II11 paul august schettler 0 12 iniliill131 site of first baptisms performed in holland 16 IV first tract published in the netherlands mission 29 V monument commemorating first baptisms 62 VI church built chapels in holland 108 VII third missionhomemission honehome 110 VIII fourth mission home 1123123.12 viii LIST OF CHARTS AND hapsMAPS charts page I1 baptisms and missionaries from 1861194186119451861 1941945 60 II11 baptisms and missionaries from 194619661946194&1966194& 1966 86 iliIII111 membership 103 IV dutch emigrants to united states from 182019611820 1961 141 V emigrants from netherlands mission from 186119661861 1966 142 mapmaps I1 missionary activity 186118631861 1863 0 0 0 0 0 19 II11 missionary activity 18641960186419601864 1960 0 0 0 0 0 0 57 liiIIIIH111 missionary activity 190119661901 1966 0 0 0 0 a 0 0 0 0 89 IV church meeting haushanshailshallsmission home and atherother property 115 ix PREFACE inasmuch as the dutch are a part of the church of jesus christ of latterlatterdayday saints in europe a written history of mormonism would not be complete without including the church in the netherlands the writer made a careful study of the available material pertaining to the problem some of the more informative sources on the history of the mormon church in holland were 191 mission general historyHia A manuscript in netherlandsm hishlaem emedinhiatrshiatusemewineWINtrs severalseve