Show from the millennial illen nial star nov 1 1851 A SUNDAY IN PARIS ithe after a protracted and diligent application to the duties of the office I 1 found my health de dining clining and upon the issue of the hymn book concluded to accept an invitation from elder taylor to accompany him to paris recruit my health end visit the beloved saints who have rendered obedience to the holy commandments of the last dispensation in this renowned metropolis tro polis of the french nation the law prohibits it 3 the assembling of more than twenty persons lea for or any kind of betino meeting 0 or conventional purposes whether religious political or social except C by permission er mission which has prevented the brethren bj ethren tere here from making their influence felt and ad publishing abroad the doctrines of present revelation as they otherwise would have done the iames have full power to arrest ay group that may assemble for any purpose whatever and put them at once into prison if they think proper which is the reason why eve everything that savors of excitement has been i studiously stu yi I 1 avoided by the elders and saints here but I 1 find that a spirit of inquiry has gone silently and faithfully abroad among many who appear to be of sound and stable minds I 1 and who seem to bestow u upon pon the truth the attention and serious consideration which it merits of all men indeed so efficacious has it been with a family of a highly respectable merchant that he has sold out his business and is now nearly ready read to go fo to the valley with his hia family they bif will emigrate thither next winter four have been added to the youthful band within a few days past ast the law is that if they number more than 9 20 in one place they may take a hall and give legal notice of their intention to hold regular public meetings but oven even then the gendarmes gen darmes have full liberty and power to arrest any minister or close any place of worship thus legally opened should anything obnoxious appear or cr be apprehended well may the dear saints in britain appreciate with thankful hearts the libert liberties they enjoy in their much loved country and with devotion implore the blessing blessig of almighty god upon their sovereign and minis ministers of government that liberty and peace may continue while the falness of the gospel shall cpr spread ead through every parish in the united kingdom considering the proscriptions prescriptions ions which hano hang around the work here it is deemed d advisable not to hold bold meetings during the day but to meet in the evening for breaking of bread teaching aff and confirming each other in the faith abc acc accordingly on sunday morning we attended one of the most respectable places of catholic worship the celebrated notre noire dame cathedral where the archbishop of paris is said t to officiate with a view to learn the religious inclinations in cli nations of the people the roman Cath catholic olid reli religion gio n being predominant and in fact nearly 01 only 1 re aa I 1 0 enow ligion of the place on the wa way y thicker thiH ker 0 OSER eyes eyed were saluted with men and women larheir air various various avocations of life ason as on other days of the week shops generally generall 7 open and aad doing as much or more business than on other days in indeed the general appearance way was diduch more stirring and businesslike business like through the city than on either of the former days which I 1 have spent i here on arriving at the place of worship it was a disappointment to find that the excellent music the pomp and magnificence of the ceremonies added to all the regard entertained by the people for heay heavenly enly things had only attracted about one hundred most mostly y aged dames I 1 to py pay their sunday devotion these seemed de da loutfy reverent we confess wi we returned strong fy impressed with much that we had bad heard and read of infidel france I 1 toward evening while crossing the champs chanqu on our way to the meeting of the a more stirring scene was wag p resented presented from the palace of the ill eries to the triumphal arch I 1 a distance of two and a half miles were to be seen ahroni thronging wala thousands crowding the avenues and walks in answer to the involuntary inquiry what means this we were informed that that two large congregations had just bom bm dismissed one from the champ do de mars field for reviewing broo troops s the other from a place of meeting calez called th the 0 it Hypo od drome rome that these places of wa worship hi have I 1 for their religious exercises a variety 0 of equestrian gymn gymnastic aWo olympic ale and other games besides many exhibitions of a nature most studiously calculated calci to ix ex cite the admiration and wonder of the people and that the services of both these mee meeting trials concluded with the ascension of balloons containing some six or eight person perso ja each chieh we ourselves saw standing high above the city and waning in the distance tt it afforded a most moat agreeable exchange to find ourselves soon after quietly seated among the parisian saints singing sin in praying teaching confirming the gift gi of f the II 11 Us holy U I 1 choat upon a newborn new born babe in christ and im administering the lords supper sapper although unable I 1 to to addreen them in their native language and consequently prevented from entering so BO freely into the I 1 communion of their feelings still the gracious influences of the holy spirit could not be mistaken is by any person present whose heart had eyer ever been warmed by its heavenly inoue noe their joy increased to hear of the rapid spread of the work in the british conferences and the comforting com fortine predictions ine dictions that hat it should extend far and wide 11 in I 1 their own native land and tongue the few who had not been baptized that ventured to come and hear for themselves themi elves seemed really interested and their attention engaged with the subject the spi spirit of inquiry in is in so rife and the astringent influence of intolerant dominance so great that it requires more watchful care and wise beliber deliberation aaion to 0 o ent its bursting forth and bringing down the reprobation of government than efforts to move it forward the church in england does not suffer buffer from these bli blighting g lit ing an and d withering influences and conse consequently qI bently the british saints cannot fully realize these difficulties we confess we could not but to come and dwell only one week in paris where the forebodings of the people as to the dreadful what may boide carile rests down on and seems to pervade every one with whom you speak then one can better ap appreciate fracis t e the liberty of conscience of speech a and 0 of f the press not a week passes but some editors or publishers blisters bli are incarcerated in prison ku for r something which they have written 7 spoken or printed how different from england d ana and i america yet we feel persuaded and so ao do the people so far so as they express themselves that this state of things cannot last long but a 4 few months ago and the streets street of this thi city flowed with human borei gore batteau loads of dealt dead bodies went down the seine to find their long abode and prevent pestilence to the living all this to obtain the present liberty of the french republic and place a president at its head bate a mure more dreadful are adful onslaught lai is apprehended andl dreaded about the time of the next election toy or president which takes place in may of 1852 j there are at prevent present one hundred thousand thoua anci armed men on constant duty and a body of two hundred thousand national guards ready at any notice in paris alone thanks be to god that the mustard seed of his kingdom is indeed planted in this volcanic holew 4 soil that it is spreading its roots rooter deep and strong in the hearts of numbers and although it may maybe be twribly blown and shaken of very great winds it cannot be rooted up until it haa grown grow n and an d the elect of france have partaken partaker par taken of its fruits fraits and entered into the joys of everlasting life but to return to our interesting little litta e meeting meet me ing i in in the upper room of the house shieh was fa of joy to hear elder taylors vo voice 1 oe again in in their S own tongue he seemed to forg forget et all the incon 1 of speaking a new language lang oage and by bv the spirit administered from the abundance of A his heart the comforting words of truth after which and some remarks remarks by others in french and english interpreted the meeting dismiss ed e d about the usual hour hoar but inquirers continued y their interrogations until the midnight hour had i elapsed before we could reach our oar abode for the night thus we closed sunday sept in in pan i N with a fervid impression that heaven wim vo vouchsafe to france in its own appointment a period of tranquility sufficient to allow her sons and daughters to hear and ob obey if they will the messa message e brought unto thee them by y apostles prophets and elders of the last dispensation though now they are giddy lovers or of pleasure rather than lovers of god I 1 shall howten hasten my return and fore forego 0 the theu leasure of a visit to the other branches 5 of the french conference |