| 668 confirmed by the court, all other persons be warned of the nature and cause of the separation, that the innocent party may be freed from blame and be at liberty to marry again, and thus save the fair name of the church from undue criticism. In cases of this kind it seems to us that the rule should apply: "Ye shall deliver him or her up to the law of the land." "He that keepeth the laws of God hath no need to break the laws of the land." The church would be saved from many a harsh trouble if the direction of the law in the premises covered by this note was observed.
November 22 Elder Magnus Fyrando died at his residence in Magnolia, Iowa. Elder Fyrando was born September 28, 1836, at Heoor, Malino, Sweden. Baptized into the Reorganized Church, July 26, 1866, at Omaha, Nebraska. Was ordained an elder on the 7th of November of the same year, at Florence, Nebraska. Ordained a seventy September 24, 1877, by John H. Lake and James Caffall, at Gallands Grove, Iowa. In 1875 he was sent on a mission to Sweden, where he remained two years enduring great hardships for the gospel. He relates that while on his mission to Sweden angels ministered to him in his distress. Subsequently he labored in Utah and in other fields.
On November 27 Elder Emsley Curtis wrote from Richhill, Missouri, that he and J. A. Robinson had a few days previously organized a branch at Nevada, Missouri, composed of 27 members. H. E. Goff, president; C. F. Belkham, priest; C. Belkham, teacher; J. L. Hennings, deacon; Addie Goff, secretary.
Zion's Hope for November 29 came out in an enlarged form and illustrated, making it more attractive. This desirable change was brought about through the efforts of Mrs. M. Walker. The Herald editorial of same date says of the Hope: "It is growing in size, improving in the quality of its contents as well as in the general features of its make-up."
Some time during the month of November a branch was organized at Leon, the county-seat of Decatur County, Iowa, composed of twenty-five members.
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