Show EXTRACTS of a letter from elder robert bobert williams NEW YORK octar ath 1853 BR BULLOCK we WC started from salt lake the of june arid and we all got along very well thol tho we had sonic some streams to cross that were over or wagons wo raised our wagon beds by putting rock under acm B philemon Phi lemou merrill is quite competent for a a good wise and judicious min man m in there could not have been a bettor better man found for tile the task br major was very sick with the flux I 1 lie ho would have dja I 1 waited on him he was ax as helpless AS a child As soon as we met the camps of the slunk saints we got milk of them I 1 boiled it burnt some flour and thickened tho the boiled mik with it nud and made him eat it I 1 got some brandy ind and set him to alt sleep ep and kept him well warm so the next morning lie felt better we laid our hands I 1 on him as well you know br bullock we must use means us as well as etith f aith so poor major is still living I 1 in ili difo on week after we landed we started for st leu s on oil tho the robert campbell and lauded landed in st louis on the of A august agust br ross started sept sep for liverpool with br bond and matthias cowley we are going by the ash ashburton burt oil capt mcwilliams BrDa br dana nathe the two iwo tylers eylers br colborn br butler and myself will leave this wicked city for virtue is not respected here there is what is called the swell mob who take lake young and virtuous girls arid and run away with them to some wicked house they pay the cabman money to keep it secret and they arp are never heard of again some are ravished lavished ravi shed tad and then they y are let loose and expose the acts acta of I 1 I 1 I 1 1 i these swell mobs thu this is u called the I 1 black hitt hat baud band J jadw tee e I 1 0 I 1 may the abe lord ako alej you A breth reth resi ud find keep j li fa foilb fui in ia the mod nd flaack from froin the of our god be kind jihad to t one another for fiere lu in the kingdom it Is a gool goal to sze ca tile of a man fiat ahat loves tho the of moamoa toa br farr was waa hare yesterday ho to is from con going to a conference e ta fri philadelphia if I 1 am not bm bit mcallistor bur aud and merrill ara apa lit ia 0 0 0 your respectful brother EXTRACTS 0 Sen seniors ions tetter letter ta his WV e 83 UVON U ION antolic KY 52 1 I 1 held tho conference in manchester on sunday the and was able to preside we had a good Gon conference ference elders eldera john 8 fullmer and wm empy were both there they are well and doing well there hive ben baptized since since I 1 came to this thi conference the first six months and in ther the last three months 70 in all this cheera me although h I 1 have been sick dr br empy has baa been preaching in the conference about two months ile he took treats place and he is right side ur ip with care br fullmer is ia here bere bai very little but when he does doea come he does us all good and I 1 never saw the saints sainta feel better in my my life thin than they do here now the sick hive h ive been healed and devils 0 cist out one case of a child of br aaron Smither Smithe fr in swinton the child was taken in a fit in the night I 1 happened to be there that night the child to i about three years old his father brought it to ray my bed and said it was dead and I 1 thought so too and yet something said to I 1 me it was not I 1 j haa oa the child and before I 1 took ay iy my hands off from its head it breathed and raised its head and then it went to sleep and the next day it was out oat in the street to play also one case of an old ola lady that was struck brind blind with the palsy abs be was made I 1 to see dee with many other oases cases that i could mention I 1 will mention if it had not been for the power of ehg the priest i hood li I 1 should not have lyeen been ame able tj 6 have written this letter boft I 1 feel quite smart this eve evening nini I 1 have hare no doubt been too ze alous and preached too much but I 1 have given give n that ftp I 1 have not preached but three i 1 times ainee I 1 began to got get bettor better and shall I 1 not prea preach chany any more until I 1 get well i sept ath this morning I 1 feel fine slept well and all a symptom frap toms are better my appetite is good to what it has been and I 1 feel fael as though I 1 could run a foot raco race well for this I 1 feel thankful this morning news has come that the lou long expected war has commenced between betwee m Tm turkey ey and russia the war involves many of the most powerful nations of th the e earth england C and france with all their province they have more thin than seven hundred thousand nien men in the field of war the prospect if that one of the bloodiest wars ever fought on the earth is at hand and it is the opinion of the people that it cannot be stopped and all bout religion or to see who shall keep up the holy places about jerusalem such as the bith birth places and sepulchres sepal chres of the great men of the earth irlean I 1 fe fead contented here and like my mv field of labor and I 1 never found anything that suited me as well as to preach the gospel 0 |