Sustained Support

Elder Henry A. Wiutsch and William Buttle's month of faith-filled missionary service without purse or scrip

Published October 25, 2026 at 5:10 AM

1920s · 1923
Husum

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Two elders laboring in the Hamburg conference spent a month in Husum without purse or scrip, relying entirely on the Lord for their daily needs. Despite the challenges of not having their own apartment or regular support, they reported never missing a meal and always having a place to stay, ultimately experiencing a deeper connection to the Saints and the Lord.

In Their Own Words

“Elders Henry A. Wiutsck and William Buttle of the Hamburg conference recently completed a one month's mission without purse or scrip. During this period they were called to labor in Husum. They did not eat, sleep nor take shelter at their apartment. Both the missionaries agree that that month eclipses and excels any similar period of their whole mission experiences. Elder Wiutsch says : "We would not trade that month for anything in the world. We got closer to the Saints and closer to the Lord than we had ever been before. Not one meal did we miss, and it was not necessary to go without shelter or sleep. Every night we had a good, warm place in which to rest, and each day we had plenty to do." — Millennial Star 85:49”

Sources & References

The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star (Manchester, later Liverpool, England, May 1840–1970), Vol. 85, No. 49 (1923). https://archive.org/details/millennialstar8549eng (account extracted verbatim from the issue's Internet Archive OCR text; research confidence: high)

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