[Story of Chester Lawrence by Nephi Anderson]@TWC D-Link bookStory of Chester Lawrence CHAPTER XI 8/17
They learned from the missionaries that the Dutch were for the most part, an honest, God-fearing people, quite susceptible to the gospel.
There were no meetings that evening, but in lieu thereof, the presiding elder took them out and introduced them to some of the Saints.
Then, when they came back to the office, the housekeeper served them with cool milk, white bread, sweet butter, and whiter cheese. The next day the tourists went on to Brussels, stopping a few hours only at Antwerp, which city was a surprise.
As Chester said, "I remember seeing such a place on the map, but I had no idea it was such a fine, large city. They saw many wide streets lined with the most unique houses, many of them having "terraced gables" facing the street. "This is certainly the town for fancy 'gingerbread' decorations," commented Chester, as they observed the net-work of cornices and forest of pinnacles.
There was even a full-sized mounted charger on the topmost point of a seven-story building.
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