ANTHON L. SKANCHY
A BRIEF AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL
SKETCH of the MISSIONARY
LABORS of a VALIANT
SOLDIER FOR CHRIST
TRANSLATED AND EDITED BY
JOHN A. WIDTSOE
1915
BISHOP ANTHON L. SKANCHY.
Born, Trondhjem, Norway, Sept. 17, 1839; died Logan, Utah,April 19, 1914.
Anthon L. Skanchy
A Brief Autobiographical Sketch of
the Missionary Labors of a
Valiant Soldier for
Christ
Translated and Edited
by
JOHN A. WIDTSOE
1915
CONTENTS
IV. Missionary Labors in Nordland and Finmarken
VI. How I Spent the Winter in Nordland
VII. The Lord Sends Me Money and More Friends
VIII. I Am Released from My First Mission
XIV. Quiet Years of Home Service
INTRODUCTION
The missionary labors of the elders of the Church of Jesus Christ ofLatter-day Saints would form a most interesting chapter in the historyof human endeavor. Every experience seems to have fallen to the lot of"Mormon" missionaries, who have labored under every clime and amongall classes and races of people. Taken, by a sudden call, from thehome, workshop, field, store or office, they have gone out at their ownexpense, with no special training in speaking or argument, to teach toall the world a system of eternal truth, against which mighty forceshave ever been arrayed. The third generation of this volunteer army isnow carrying the gospel over the face of the earth, and the vigor ofthe work is unabated.
The plain, unstudied sketch herewith presented of a few of themissiona