| Show fourteenth 64 GENERAL EPIS EPISTLE TLE OF F THE presidency CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY saints TO THE SAINTS IN THE VALLEYS OF THE MOUNTAINS WT 1 AND THOSE SCATTERED ABROAD throughout GREET greek J ING t ii i i D BELOVED BRETHREN t feeling impelled by the spit it of ofir our god to write unto you you yon the Ahill things of or the th kingdom and having baying greater boldness therein bb by rea reason son of the faith and arid of the lord J j jesus esus egus and the holy ghost we it have aa deceived ived and bear record unto th e rid we proceed to manifest mahl mati fest unto you such in tiina tiong of the spirit pertaining unto the charch eharth charcho and I 1 kingdom ij id of god as are or may be presented unto us trusting that the they y may prove instructive and beneficial unto 0 the saints saint f to those who read our publications tiong we need not minutely recapitulate the operations and success attending the labors of our our mission diaries ji adji arles aries e a as all such information iq iak promptly r m aly 0 and ld f fully 11 y laid before the people through hp r gt those channels nels hels suffice it to say 8 a Y tin uniform irr jrr success has attended the effar efforts ta 0 of our elders and thon sands are now rejoicing re joicin in in the light of truth having renounced their tradition ed errors beyes bayed the ordinances ordin ances of the house 0 of the th lord and arid received with gladness praise el ar and ld thanksgiving the pure principles of the gospel e 1 lof christ They theeart are art now anxiously looking for deni deri deliverance verance to unite and cast their lot with us 13 in these peaceful pea cebul vales i the missionaries who have been absent in ini two years yeara and hnorey more have mostly returned d this season having been relieved by others appointed at our last april conference notwithstanding thousands from europe anfind atsa dually their boales in utah still the numbers are increasing abroad I 1 the interest inte resti excited in favor os of and arid to learn the truth and the hatred of its ita op posers were never greater than at the present ti time in fe the ahti of almighty god is made manifest in the administrations of bis his servants and Is plainly discernible in his mild dealings with the nation the earth as well weil as wit ith his 11 8 people making tha the e doubly alire siire that thang ats his word will not return unto him void vod nor his 1101 ilis bs be jadoin vain lidwill he ivill su atair the righteous lie lle s the ung ungodly adiv will het hel cut off J g in california C i the tha western vestern standard is faith fully warning the people under the able c caret nire lire end eni ai il guidance guld guf dance arice of br george Q cannon who ahoi has alaa also published the book of mormon in ift the tile hawaiian language lap guage the publication of that thail paper ilas has proved very vary useful and beneficent iny ins in correcting and ana in exercising eser exer al aj salutary salutary influence over few to be found in ini land ohp are seekers after lafter truth gold ils sis is the shrine at which thoy baw and the truth M kin kip has but few adm vers ners the standard how hou ever will be able tp qua sustain tain itule mostly through the aid of the saints and will yul continue to ba be is sued suad so long iong as it shail be considered be benefi lehi cefi j cial in aiding the emse caisse ot 0 truth in that region the sandwich islands and ana mW mis sit ns are inta inja healthy and prosperous condition 1 kwe learn beirn by late advices advises from silas smith smithy who is at present presiding over tb tilo sandwich islands II anila mission that the crops on linal ar are L luh auh better betar this season than usual which wil will glea aly facilitate the he gathering of the native natives that thai island tle ile appointed place the repeated fill lire tire and destruction of thein their the crops hasin has involved the mission masion somewhat in debt ani and partially frustrate the llie desiga brij arf gatherl gath gat heri herl erin prin the sainta to that place they could be mea measurably prote protected ted Eed from froni the hire llo tip ling fisl mis i nar operations and oher ocher contafi con tami 2 bating es of licentious civili civilization but through h the present chent prosperity the aid ald adif althe the faithee faithful elders eldera and continual blessings of ithee V who mho ia is ever mindful of his faith falth i r f ill lil sainta Sj inta n ts we hope and expect that ta the L m mis I 1 ision sign wilf will ib s odd off ab ovelta oveita pleasnt embarrass inie Il lents there Ther ewas was represented at a con cop cofferen conference feren teren held bell oa ln if on tho 21 aun W of 0 july 18 OJ branches branap m 4 members 3 0 ba had d been WA b baptized within that yar 25 2 american ame Amp rican and ils nati native ve elders then theil laborin on thi tiles ls lands islands besides belies native prie priest its s teachers and ana gea deacons cons j froni rio riol i the th society we V have hare no po ver satisfactory a accounts owing to tto I 1 the french government the I 1 edders were 0 islands com compelled ellid some chonle two years ago to le ye t oab oae islands bra addison pratt and Ambrose ambrow 1 alexandea Alexan def vere appointee 4 fb fo that massion n as erom from f san at their last april apri conference ami sailed for those islands on the he b day ot t the sime bime bams sams month but bat were soon booi b at f ige d f ftc leave and have baire since returned S hider from the australian anstr allan miss bissio jory arrived in ih this city on the 21 sel af of or N virril it leaving a bl ship load lodd of or stina at san bernar dino the most of whom ii if ly li expected will come on during duhin durin tha rhe the effacing season S bra john 8 eldredge kud add aud add and james grah graham am wilb 28 23 saints from australia on board the phin shin julia ann were wrecked near the solety on 01 the ath day of october 1855 we re ret 1 gret grel to add that five persons two women and anil three children wre were lost the remainder barely escaped with their lives upon a barren and un till 1 inhabit ett eiT island remained subsist ing supori tt irtle turtle for foi six weeks reeks wex way were kere here finally relieved from their perilous situation I 1 k 1 by the captain of ill ili julia juila ann ivilo i ho llad had saila oger over ov erthree hundred atil miles a in ig 1 an fill 0 open 4 boat olt to a ah inhabit island ald aid and procured another vessel barr burr but f that grou group ll 11 him bim anath we e sandwich i p wih I 1 po lne ine means meana inq to further prosecute rose their bouth ft though ahe hafg arrived ewt on the he 4 western rn coast caas ont afir vy to bozion zion ja without With atit reflecting up upon 6 i the fi methe othe julia adin arin all of whom iani are ard evell iveli ivell a 0 e ii bf bv our out brethren or even eyen upon u on tik tt a e rth 1 and sea vv worthiness 0 of fh vessen IV lite iv we udder au et stand was frood and new still we vish iiii to cri cwi c tion our elders eiders e ders not only oni those choso ose in australia but all in ii i foreign cotef an countries tes rot kot rotto to permit an over ower anxiety ank lety to emigrate eligi te and gather with the saints to make them careless care leeb leei or indifferent to he the kind and of the vessel verse I 1 in which they they embark rici nor hor to the character officers and crew on board ward thi this s N filhe ili til e in instance klande of vesi vessels els eis sailing from that mission saints on board not noi deac reaching ging hing their destination in the other case no lives were lost though the vest vessel cj had to 6 put into por where she irai trai condemned and the saints after it haythe av 1 paid th their air passage e to the western coast were i ey epal lert left on the san sandwich elch kich islands it is 6 ametter cpr thy of record dida drda did a source of great joy oy and knel satisfaction to us that in lil lii all ail our fb beigh erni eini emigration those are afe the only losses byea basea of that character that have av occurred I 1 from the cape of gog goo good drope south k there is a company 0 of saints en eh route far this tea galace place the first of the ft labots of jesso jesse haven haver william walker and leanard leonard 1 I fsmith who have been manifestly lord in planting the work in it that distant part par of the lords vineyard at a conference held heid tat lat at port elizabeth in the month 1853 1855 three conferences and six branches coma cora m uprising ris ing members were represented tile tiie brethren grethren of the mission having avin organized the various bi anches branches aad and ordained faithful ehara to prosecute the work word are ate tom toge yin pin ar i vi thil Thit ismall al company on hati haai 1 way q leonard 1 I smith lv wh 6 0 I 1 arri x r led I 1 ed in this c city t on ahe he cf of last wiy the east lid ind india 1 a arles aries ila iia hace have abow all returned having effected hut but little ill ili jul in here ilie herc r id demp emption tion af f that benighted pe tore Tope ilov tr f y have they become lj aved mito olto their h tcp ht and it lett left of or the lord cven even rike ftp t theah lhebb rising 8 of Ameri america caa ii law unto themselves stir ulti alti IP lord shall again visit teem them 1 with hal hai pal salvation gin ain in great powei powel power and glory I 1 from the report of the tiie Coper copenhagen thaw thag wen men wy learn I brough br man van an cott tha tover two pl elk ell elj r from that miss rais sion slon or ayi kyi rd thai that s rc re ed over twenty foar four r hungria aundre A I 1 V looking oo king hing for deliver dellver ile liverance ance ince al 91 utha uthe taj f idis in the scandinavian mission and in I 1 places in germann germany italy ita ly swit gwit zerl zeri d hud france owing to the auspicio sus bus irois is anu ap nf lance of those gov gol 9 llave beell often otten 0 thrown into prison and bani hani shied fraro alae pla pia e to place still the w work ork of the arl liam a 1 foothold in ill those coun conn countries tries which cannot naw ibe eradicated when whip gur our elders eiders are arc banished from one k kingdom they go to another adoth er I 1 ati still li reaching the people people the way of ifa add and a tion thus t the ie enemies of the tho thet ruth byth by over anxiety to suppress have unwittingly been the means of spreading the gospe luht rUhl causing the ther bread of life to be lie cast upon the waters which will wilt b be q gathered ter ier amny day days from born lle ile lie the british islea tiles we hive tle tha ast cheering cco ants or 0 the progress of we learn learnt by bra F D ws spencer CI arrus tits Wheelock IL and y returned hamiag been ean succeeded jn in L the ak is gygi dency of that mission aby by ars arson ezra T nea Bea berson benson nd jamesa little littie withstanding bstanding wit the tike great annual emigration emig ration tation irom from shores it does not keep the annabal increase and ind onward tile work in those lands v in the united spates slates and the british jw inces we algo also bear hear of in an increase springing lip up in behalf of the and ind of ibe iho ivor work k of god now fully established urian uon afi thi earth it jt is the testimony of all tit kli the j e elder elter tiem item ah tbt while signal success attends their labors labora ip 41 all of these thebe jl abda anda being attend attended atte rAed pd by lle ile lie power of or the lord lori i in all of their the opposition also increases in equal proper tion in truth it is stated that the deop hatred of the tile wickerd tow to towards wards ards ol 01 MA gwi iwas was never so great ehnow as now and nane ap ir to steadily increase with the increase of tie tre the ivack mrk i but rut their thein cannot b hinder for it is from beaven heaven beav and it ie 1 iba iha 9 slin Stin tg af Q the f iliah god will and urit unit ted they will aldava be abb ablo to hield ai influence and power which none to gainsay or withstand i ta in ili consequence of the tile ab abaco ef or br arastus siow slow and tile the subsequent sub rub sequent death sf our beloved brother oron orson spencer hii wil wiri was w left idt in cli irga the luminary published in st wiss di olid tid lid 0 I hough br snow lidi ii lude ludo refu rneA nned to the ilie field fold labors 1 ileta lass been as yet yd deemed ivis lvis wisdom jorn dorn not nol to resume thit tiit publication i it is consuerel that the mormon having th tin increased patronage whIch the aid ald and of 0 f the patrons of the matild eive eiva at 4 in might alit I 1 adomens correas to aa as tile pull ii licit c 11 tion ion of bolli bobil apers aud be beuer better tu la in the dea des deathrow spencer wn we sustained ains a ins s which lh to us Ui JOur our faith compels in its to admit i in S to go his ilia superior rain gain and happiness fie iia fell asle asie asleep p in III till of jesus oil on tile tilo daiy diy dix of october 1855 in the city arst loui louis 1 linc awing lne ine absent from irom roin home in the of oft the mission which had llad been appointed hlin film at the ap april rit ril conference of 1854 1851 our beloved brother ius lus 1 oue one 0 ouo lie lle to try the tho realities of the spirit world worlds I 1 ii the tile full faith of our holy religion beligio it and bonfi j deuce of or the people and though our words of commendation may inay not extend to cheer aud ena cna cn eu a courage him in ili his hh onward alid and progressive labors et we cannot refrain from bearin bearing gour our testimony to his unwavering u fidelity and integrity bis bin useful but lut iut arduous labor always evincing great fi inness of cli fracter and to his unyielding and buncom jrr irr integrity to joseph and his brethren ti we de declora filore lilore his loss for our own and his fits friends friend sj rile rike and luri rill who was vas not his friend that knew liim him but rejoice that another faithful and abl ablo champion 3 lion llon of the tile truth has lias gone to assist in lit tile the labors 3 of jesus jesu 11 and jose joso joseph josoph p h behind tile tiie vil val H it has also become our painful duty to rc re reg rei g cord the death of our beloved brother Jed jedediah edlah I 1 of 1 I grant hose obituary and funeral proceed p inere ins are published in this days paper in lii th this thib is afflicting dispensation of providence we nye feel that the tile lord hath touched us its in a tender spot espow but ve we realize that in his unbounded goodness he is able and willing to make good nod our loss yea more abundantly as we draw nigh lii iti h unto him and live our holy religion although ki though lie he is cone gone to another and more extended gie fie field ld of la labor bory barp having ripened in the knowledge knowledg e of god and efficiently and faith falth 3 ully fully ally performed his work upon the tile earth still stil ile his lie frequent admonitions his bis burning eloquence h hij hii hi ozeal i zeal and anxiety which lie he manifested for the salvation of israel are too indelibly impressed V upon our minds m ands to be easily forgotten let et us its therefore exhibit our respect to the memory of our departed but beloved friend and brother by remembering and practising practicing t his receipts Recep precepts ts and emulating BO so far as in lit our p power ower ills liis its virtues owing to the illiberality bigotry and intolerance of BO so many of this priest ridden generation ationo every obstacle and hindrance that can be is thrown in the way vay with a view to obstruct the progress of the work and hedge up themay of those whose most earnest desire is to leave their parting testimony with old ne neighbors I 1 h and associates in life and come home to zion the ile gospel of salvation now as anciently I 1 I 1 y 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