Show ELDERS correspondence CE from the guardian letter from froin elder john pack to elder alyde no 2 LA STREET st II Helli ellier err isle of jersey franco france alig aag 1 1851 1 DEAR DEAB SIR sin E elder ider taylor left here one month since for germany but is yet detained at liverpool elders lorenzo and erastus snow when last heird heard from were in london the saints have been mobbed in denmark their chapel torn down and elder dykes not permitted permitted to lind land you yon will hear more of it from rom liverpool I 1 have not received the par tio ulars of all that was done the work of god is rolling on here with great rapidity we are bap baptizing s 0 ome me almost every dav and all the saints are e bound 0 ud for zion as aa soon as is time and meins meing will permit faren ell I 1 remain your humble servant in the gospel b of christ JOHN PACK extracts extract of letter from elder franklin li u D to Sai samuel nuell richards BicSi arOs millennial STAR STAB OFFICE liverpool sept 5 V 1851 DEAR BROS BRO SAMUEL AMUEL A diligent general effort has been made during the past season among all ali the conferences to circulate the printed word and many ten thousands of tracts have ha 0 been handed into the houses of all classes of af community bom and met with every varied reception and rejection action this with the universal efforts of oe the elders in general and the unprecedented notice which the press of all ieli religion gions and isms iams 11 has as token taken of us has created such an exercise of i vital energy as in in some p places t have affected the nervous system insomuch that in some places our elders have been stoned and driven out of the towns under the immediate cog cognizance on of police priests magistrates and ma mayor 0 T the yh e work of pruning has become somewhat extensive in some places and will doubtless doubt leat continue more so henceforth for the church and the world evince the most evidences of the pressing impetus of truth troth widening its way in this nat nation ion it is the lords work and marvellous marcellous marv ellous in my eyes I 1 I 1 must inform you that the word of wisdom d om is much more respected than formerly tea is abolished at public festival festivals s but lost lest the transition should seem too great areat we call them a cold water tea parties 53 this principle is adding strength in many places and what ia is most pleasing is ia it seems to move by the inviting influences ui 1 fluen ces of the tha hot holy y spirit and no t L by con a tr a int As to polities politics I 1 I goow very little about th OMS I 1 i I 1 I 1 the ke h IA sultan tan of turley turkey has concluded to liberate 11 1 I 1 Ios kossuth ev and some of his hia fellow prisoners 1 S and teke them to malta where a united states man of war of tho the mediterranean squadron receives 1 1 11 11 1 them and gives them a passage to america ica 1 I 1 france has been the defence of the pope 3 until she is become becoming gy weary of the service and it is whispered about abbat in the papers that he may 10 abdicate again it was by trench french steel and muscle that he was enabled to return to rome last year and by the same has been retained there france is thought to contain within her the living elements of revolution at present as much as aa at any previous time and insurrectionary movement is quite confidently spoken of and expected at the time of their election for president in 1852 the present being the year of the worlds fair the petty dynasties dynast ios oi of the continent have managed to so far keep the peace of the world as to enable them to come to the fair the most important combatant the past twelve or eighteen months have been the wigs and holsteins in some of their sanguinary engagements gage ments thousands have fallen on both sides their difficulties have been doctored up by a long and complicated series of diplomatic ne between various of the german mates tates prussia and others of the more powerful governments which I 1 have not sufficient political profundity to expound to you of course the he t russian bear maintains his position upon his haunches with paw raised to shake over or let fall upon any party that may be found foulad concocting concoct ing measures or adopting means ical to his prosperity v I 1 the british government has experienced quite an anomaly the ministry were fairly defeated on the ecclesiastical titles bill and of course resigned but her majesty summoned to her audience the duke D uke of wellington and commissioned 1 him to construct a ministry he undertook to do so by requesting lord stanley to head the same as premier but found the elements too incompatible for adhesion and although lord stanley compromised his views in part in favor of the government the experiment failed and her maj majesty sty entreated lord john russell to resume and head the government again which he did and has since been defeated twice in one week doubtless it is 10 bothin nothing only get used to it it has been a season of or peace and the epidemic cholera has not made its appearance in the nation in cuba insurrection is rife hundreds have already fallen and the results are still very uncertain the foreign missions are mostly very prosperous though in some of the countries the work moves rather slowly still it is thought to be very sure and substantial in its establishment bro lorenzo considers the work fixed in italy and in switzerland it has given him much care and search to get the book of mormon translated satisfactorily into the italian which he has at length succeeded in and is now putting the same through the press he is in the meantime making arrangements to set off for india via piedmont italy switzerland ac on which tour by the blessin blessing of god he will I 1 establish missions in malta bombay and calcutta elder william willes willea is on his wa way v round to calcutta to aid him on the I 1 I 1 june jane four had been baptized by elder joseph richards sail maker on board a ship another I 1 elder will probably sail soon for bombay bro erastus has organized his danish bretha ren into a conference called out a number of native elders to aid in the ministry and is thinking of commencing a periodical in danish the book of mormon is is now in circulation in danish print although Nt hough the earthquake which elder corsgreen Fors green created in sweden by his presence last year will prevent or render inexpedient public efforts to preach the gospel in that I 1 lauon n at present it is nevertheless being dis abed diligently and will it is believed lave its thorough work bro Erastus entertains views of crossing the baltic and planting the gospel in russia Ri issia the hearts of the brethren seem much enlarged in their foreign ar range ments and unexpected success seems to attend their movements generally I 1 cannot adequately explain to you the worlds wonder crystal palace as I 1 have only had the most cursory view of it myself it is a magnia dicent affair calculated to dazzle and bewilder 1 unless an examination is entered into system ati cally i As to myself and my field of labor I 1 do not know that I 1 could be appointed to any portion jbf t the he vineyard rd where I 1 could labor with more e and A more satisfaction to myself than I 1 V do in m this but the vastness of the work is such I 1 that I 1 feel very much my deficiency for the performance 4 for mance of the high and important duties of so responsible a position as I 1 could wish still I 1 tb mercy and faithfulness of god is great to I 1 r me ward wardy and I 1 am made to see he owns my labors I 1 IN as weak and feeble as they are and they p I 1 seem to be made a blessing to his people 4 i bro samuel I 1 rejoice continually in the great work in which we are engaged I 1 am I 1 contented and happy though always anxious in my field of labor my heart eart enlarges with 1 1 charitable emotions towards my fellow men I 1 my earnest desire is continually for wisdom and intelligence in the revelations of the holy spirit I 1 often see in the light of the spirit much that I 1 would like to do but how to perform it seems as if I 1 knew not thou though h everything that og I 1 undertake gets accomplished accomplish I 1 see more and more the necessity of increased and increasing confidence in the blessed dictates and potent 1 operations of the holy spirit and I 1 cove confess ss that ny my unbelief or lack of belief prevents me grasping many a blessing which I 1 otherwise might enjoy for this I 1 often reproach myself and am quite sensible that I 1 must more perfectly perfectly learn this important lesson of faith both oth theoretically and practically for I 1 find the lord often more ready to give than I 1 am to receive I 1 am your brother FRANKLIN |