Show I 1 I 1 I 1 extract of 0 a letter from F ii D richards h I 1 to the editor 15 wilton willon street alv 41 mb mach brother BJ other taylor sanel wit wil 1111 i ros collinson ilin on coward andr and T D brown I 1 pet steadier one anbe ath tile I 1 sugar machinery went on air ft te Ro rodway way with 1 about 30 saints on the sami I 1 av W yitti ith br joseph toronto amon ifie hie number t snow arrived bom f om deriman Denaa aik k oh on the aih afi an diDt dt a company cora pany of 28 danish saints S ailts on oil the italy winch which sailed on I 1 I 1 the tha alth br B G B wallace vallace ss sails to marow and br erastus will stop slop yet a little and perhaps ac I 1 1 company me tb through rough br lorenzo snow was in I 1 malta on oil the ah dinst and is pi inting writing tins arans translating ae jabez woodard lie he expects to 0 o proceed about the first oe benet u ex t diree direct I 1 to calcutta I 1 and thinks he shall describe his circle in tims time i 0 to o spend part 0 of next ti ext winter with his quorum in ill tile the i valley I 1 thank you many t tunes imes for roe and ad imell er 3 of the deseret news the lenal opinion of judge jude I 1 snow together with I 1 the plea of esq eq smith arid and tile ch charge a rg 11 e of f his honor on oil the trial of 0 howard i FA faan ean an are ae a e j just it it t the material that are useful just at tins this bartic lil ar juncture jun clure e samuel anti and I 1 are bobil well and a arc r endeavoring oring to move matters al along 0 n so as ai to let me off about the ali e of may I 1 cannot I 1 well leave till the welsh editon of the he book of mormon I 1 is out of 1 aas F D RICHARDS fau tx 1 t iLie lu sar I 1 letter from ulder william willis the gospel i in a calcutta aj ajuan juan bazar street sti beet calcutta eist east indies january 1852 to president richards beloved brother 11 having avine theoa through h the kindness of our father chor who rules ule sin in the heavens anath and the e pa earah r ali arrived in ill safety it affords me great pleasure to furi nish you vou with a 4 few items in reia relation tion to the I 1 spread of the gospel in this city 1 A few mo months buths ago elder richards in aker of cheil the Glori Gloriosa 5 man arrived amye here dhere I 1 J having 0 been ordained and sent by elder ir ALL B wallace with a view to administer the ordin odin cos ces to some of the plymouth brethren here I 1 who had read the works printed in europe and sent ba by a soldier in scotland by which means t they became became c evinced convince 0 il of the necessity of obeying obey ins 2 the initiatory ordinances ot of the gaspal elder richards on arriving mot these brecheen bre bretha en and afterwards baptized brother james patrick meik sister aister mary meik brother bi other matthew M cune cane and main maurice ice white and andas as tile the occue stion and circumstances of brother rich ds prevented him f from roin giving his hid constant ill attention I 1 to tho work he ordained brother white to the office of elder and give gave him the pastoral care caie of the little flock fiock and soon after took his leavo leave giving to those to whom lie he had administered abend int proofs of his ministry boing truthful by manifesting the gift of heald healing ng among those who were ao brother formerly a scripture scripts ire reader in calcutta after the depar departure thre of brother richards for ft a short choit tinie time continued to meet with the br brethren ethron in and desirous of becoming laborg more acquainted with the lar larger fe r organization of saints in europe after hirv having i ino baptized brother grad grandy y and his wife took shi ship P an and sailed for london Londo 4 I 1 have omitted to mention raen tion the baptism of a dative native christian sister anc by elder white she is the daughter ot of PAUL a high oa aste brahmin as the ast native convert corn ert anto among ng the B baptists aati ats to the ministry of the 1 late itte celebrated dr carey gai ey for upwards of tour four years ion long before she be heard ardds of the saints her hal mind haa had been much perplexed in rel relation altion to the conic convicting a ting doctrines of the religious sects and wondered there was no exhibition of the ancient power of the gospel among its professed propagators I 1 1 she heard eard of the saints sainta a few months since but noone one would or could tell her where they lived which oril only v increased the intensity of if tho desire in her mind to find them out and after ta two 0 months diligent search she found brother meik and as soon as the truth wits was opened to her she cheerfully f ally obeyed its requirements I 1 conar ined her an and d baptized and eon armed joseph sutton list hist sunday week anna was very ill on monday to out and as I 1 anointed and laid hands upon her using the prayer 0 of f faith inthe presence of brother and sister meik and the moment the administration wits was ended sho exclaimed 11 mso esso bussee such ah hay jesus fesus christ is true the lord also has haa raised u up p the little daugh daughter tor ter I 1 of brother meik who hid had a violent attack of if fever ever by the same means mer ns f for 0 r which I 1 j and they I 1 desire de ire to 1 express our 0 ar united uni ted thanksgiving 0 brother rot b er meik who nho is a builder ind and archi architect teet has nearly completed the building of a lecture hall on his leased premises 47 feet i beet by 17 a font at one end a raised platform above ind and provided with backed seats at the sides and arm chairs in the centre wita w ith large folding 0 deoria at both ends in a public part cart of th the e city i already I 1 have had the pleasure of lee lecturing turing several times in a large room to about lotes bao tea pec table europeans and liall castes I 1 or eura UTU amono among 0 which were some editors missionaries and ministers who conducted themselves thattis elVes very respectfully tind and expressed a desire dedire to attend succeeding C lectures and to have the perusal of the books and pamphlets I 1 I 1 have been entertained verv very kindly by mr shepherd and his wife who ciote wrote to you e ago mid and whose letter appeared in in the stara STAR and from wha I 1 have seen and heard have goo d reason to believe that a change chan gre is is come oer the spirit of his dream since he hanif manifested bated to much opposition to brother Ri chirds our father will in da days ys to come no doubt bring him to humility and repentance un unto to obedi obedience obedient e through faith I 1 Th there theres ereis is a whole church of native episcopalian co 00 than who have informed our b beloved of 1 oved sister artina anni an ni a i venerable and ana noble spirit formerly a female catechist and to teacher abhor of their desire to be baptized as soon as matters can be arranged ar in relation to their social position ac I 1 1 bi other melk meik informs mez me that such is the simplicity of the faith of these people that if it it was known that to us was entrusted the healing bealing power the house would be lite literally besieged sieg d by the natives their diseases being boing 0 very numerous and their doctors very and exorbitant in their charges and diseases make rapid strides in this climate I 1 shall d do 0 myself the plem pleasure ure from time to time to communicate striking facts in geltion reli rel i tion to this miss mission i oil which has I 1 suppose by this time become an object of lund kind solicitude among the Stil saints tits in europe and america and from which I 1 have every evera reason to believe other missions will grow as predicted I 1 acted b by a beloved saint at the isle of doos dogs doo s branch FJ 1 I have ti ive for gotton gotten th the name there being persons in in this city from every nation under heaven and ai regards andi ln india di I 1 am about to baptize several soldiers who came out with me in aikeo I 1 rull wb who 0 have bave believed d in y alwon t Y d laring 11 iff till iia voyage these can in b 11 i 0 o 3 and d ire be instruments in ala of our hea heavenly father fox for aspre spread ad 4 04 ahe h W anany inana of tae th e numerous mil I 1 r 0 I 1 kiib hundreds hundred of miles around Alt alth hohl i OR aa A I 1 writing p in this cool bus b Us i 1 ness like str aa laii iny I 1 1 r heart ja ib b bounding with grateful ip lof that he has made ine 11 br ethrea the instruments in wis hw I 1 I 1 s spreading P freidin 1 such gath glorious tidings in it lao 4 efad wa rith t h da liness selfishness and or ons n 0 kuae ia love to ill all the saints sainta an I 1 I 1 id hii i t 1 wn can interest A in their prayers pr dyers for the 1 14 p 11 I 1 P mr mission form for myself an I 1 family I 1 w I 1 1 t I 1 faaee I 1 ii 1 I 1 V av e left in london and for the little floe 0 bidou al cutia who all join with me in inlove love with I 1 U most profound respect and a affection E be ti i 0 n 0 brother bother in 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