Show LETTER FROM ENGLAND from a personal correspondence to president A angus agus M cannon i 1 om bishop alfred solomon of this c e ty aad cheltenham england nov 17 IM 1892 the following extracts will be ak perused with interest by the tee readers of the NEWS after referring in terms of tender sympathy to the recent death in the missionary field of elder david hoag land jand cannon the writer says death has been getting in his work word among the missionaries lately the saints sainte in england are getting quite concerned when t ey see so malay of the elders are called home and so few coming to nil all their places they begin to feel as if they were to be lett left alone I 1 tell them it will be quite a while yet before they will be left alone and that if they will be faithful in the performance of their duties the lord w will I 1 U n not 0 t for fiRke th elm the prospects here in england for the workingmen are very discouraging the writer says business of all kinds seems to be guing going down dowd go where yon will you can see hundreds 01 unemployed men standing around grain to is comming in from foreign countries so cheap that the farmers cannot begin to raise it and pay the rents demanded it has an ominous outlook I 1 was up to london a few weeks ago to the conference in company with elder seymour B young jr one day we went to the tower of london J before going into the tower we saw a number of men gathering on tower hill a place where a great many meetings are held these men unrolled a red flag with writing on it calling on the unemployed workingmen to demand their rights which they hung on the wall at af er visiting th the tower eTower we saw on coming out again that a large crowd had gathered A man was speaking epe aking telling his hearers that today there were unemployed workmen in london which meant men women and children standing in need he said there were acres of land in england kept to preserve game for the nobility to abbot at this he said would raise wheat enough for bread to those who stood in need they were also aleo paying taxes he said for those these men to gamble with and live in luxury at the workingmen Is expense such talk would naturally excite these men but there was a large force of policemen pullo puli emen cemen standing arounds around and chore chere is also quite a number of soldiers stationed in the tower it is said however that the officers are suspicious of the troops fearing that if anything should occur the men would join the rioters it is plainly seen that fear to is taking hold of the inhabitants of the earth in regard to missionary labor in england bishop solomon says it is pretty much up hill work the elders go 90 out in tile the different counties in the summer and distribute thousands of tracts and hold numerous outdoor meetings the visible results however are very small As soon as a person manifests manifesto any interest in the principles of the gospel the ministers get word and the matter seems to be at an end people are hardly brave enough to embrace the gospel an and d those who do are mostly friends or relatives to some one already belon belonging 9 to the church our missionaries cannot as a rule rely on the hospitality bality of the people whom they visit they have to find their own board and lodging and furnish the tracts they distribute distria bemid be sid As an instance of the reception the elders sometimes meet with when endeavoring deavo ring to perform their duties the following incident to la related one of one day had to go up a drive to a fine mansion he saw the gentleman of the house sitting at the window reading the missionary politely knocked at the door and hand band ed the be servant girl a tract As he started down the drive he heard a loud noise and looking around saw the so go called callea gentleman setting his dog on him which according to the eldera bider s impression looked like a lion in size aim he felt his hair coming on t nd but as a the dog came near he be too clapped his hands and shouted and the animal passed him I 1 feel proud sometimes when I 1 see the earnestness and zeal manifested by our young elders in trying to spread the gospel among the children of men surely light has come into the world but the world will not receive it their deeds are so evil that the gospel gimpel cannot make any impression on them it is quite a trial of the patience of some of the brethren in standing before the people in open air meetings and ana dis dim they are denounced as fools and indignities are heaped upon them yet they try to be perfect gentlemen it makes me think of the saying of president young a great many baars ago some one said to him what is the use of sending dr bernhisel Bern bisel to washington he la Is too easy and non combative no 91 9 pre aident young replied thai to is just the reason we want him there he can sl t in the house and listen to more abuse of the mormons cormons than ony eny man we have got and never by any a word he is a perfect gentleman gentl emam mallef n all ef it 22 |