Show FORMON if ii goan pg op or now nope lal 1 four ulues miles from cape towns cowns town i H av 1854 J 1 t i dear sir with no ordinary feelings feeling I 1 sit fit don dob down to address him who is called caned to lead israel in the last list days jays days nat ot winning wishing to trespass too toi much on your yonn time I 1 will brien brief y state the of the work of the lord in this benighted land of hani nani in the vicinity vicin liy lly of cape town two branches haye have been organized and one conference on the ath of oct we held a conference and ana by the reports of the presidents of ghe the two to branches anches tr it appeared that since the conference was organized on the loth of august 1853 there had bad been beven seven one deathy deaths death three had gone to Austral australia lap laa with K ith the faith and fellowship of the saints here heie one with cider lider vil vii wilkerson Wil walker valker keron veron on a mission and 14 had been cut 0 off fr the conference now consists of one one seventy five priests priest gg tw two teachers one deacon and it 1 2 members total 34 and PI 1 children that have hare been blessed under tinder the bands of the elders the saints here are generally strong in the faith falth and have a great desire to emigrate to the land of alon zion or the land where the pure to in heart dwell and the priesthood hood booc of god rules and controls inquiry in this vicinity har has rather r a ther subsided somer some rome howe however vers verp are looking into the work and a few are bell beil believing tring yet for the fear of men een men are lre re unwilling tot take upon themselves the name of chr christ 1 I 1 received littia letters a few days ago from elders walker and nd smith aith elder walker Is at fort beaufort and its viginia y miles from here lie ile writes that he has baptized 14 1 and two twos have been he has ne branch ordain ordained ed two elders one priest priests and one rt deacent dea delco cont i ni ile he says ce prospects appeared app earea a little more more favorable at ai present than they have hive for some time past and I 1 hope bope cope to have the privilege of baptizing more priore soon he ile ald algot sye says aye iohd more who ho say that they belleve the cosper than thin are willing to obey IW it elder smith Is at port ellzabeth elizabeth and its miles niles distance from cape town lown and nearly from bere here nider lider eider elder wiker walker Is iri lri he writes that he has baptized 16 16 and and ordal ordained ned three teachers but has organized no branch on the account of the scattered situation of those who have obeyed the gospel ne he informs me roe that the work Is spreading with great call for books and tracts and thinks more will be baptized soon it is rather a tedious country to preach the gospel in on the account of the heat and the scattered condition of the inhabitants I 1 find as summer bummer simmer approaches that the heat beat wiil will not per mait rait mi ma to do much in the way of travelling tra velling having no way ft ay to travel only on foot there theis are many here who speak the tho dutch lang language nagey magey though they have a little knowledge of the english but ut not enough to read and understand english books there are also viany niana back in the country try who have no knowledge ledge redge of of the english Englis sh language I 1 would like ilke ilk to do a considerable fid sid erable printing in dutch but have not yet been able to do much for the want of means As yet 3 ft I 1 have only prin pria printed ted in that language langa ey a small tract which I 1 wrote entitled aa A warning to 14 all ail I 1 have lave sent to the valley valleys taci kwi twi or three of those I 1 not pot printed in english 06 one to bro robent robert i rt campbell campbeli which perhaps you rou may have seen in in this I 1 enclose one printed in dutch it was tran translated slated ly by on one of the brethren here berey beret who has bag also translated and ax X got nearly ready for the press a small tract which I 1 wrote aon son an the arst first principles of the gocbel gog Goc pel pei I 1 expect to gett kett get ret t printed in a few days jf it I 1 had bad the deansy means meang I 1 should im nadia tely proceed to t procure procure I 1 the translation odthe of the book of mormon but bat I 1 must mull omit it for the leaving it la in the hands ends of god GW praying that 11 he will fil iii la his ume urey raise up sote some one who has a plenty of this worlds orld orid ls goods and who ho will be willing to devote it to the spread ingot ln of the gospel of arist christ this thle climate Is weakling weak ning nin to all an those thore who have hive been acm accustomed tomed to a cold country I 1 find that akbas it has that effect 0 on me and my brethren I 1 SAW in the epistle of the finst first presidency dency that all elders who are laboring in a country where the he climate does not agre with their health ahe ate are at liberty to return home when they pleases ulease and need not arlt ia be mt sent for I 1 therefore teel feet at liberty to leave at s anytime and say to my brethren do the same yet lao rao bot not feel teel like leaving before some somo one la is sent gent to take my pise XI neither therdo do I 1 feel fee ree like saying elther either to F eider elder wal ke ker rl or elder smith you ton must tarry and I 1 will go therefore fre I 1 shall write writs to them soong goon and tell them that the they arp arl at liberty to start for tor home by the first of march next it th they ey v wish ab leaving the saints salute where they are under the care of the best materials they have bare while I 1 shall tarry hr h lerg herg r a little longer if no n one arrives to take my place yet I 1 hope I 1 shall not be obliged oly liged to stop here another hot broides besides the one that has now commenced 1 our oui 1 distance 1 from each other and the expense 0 trav ettas ettag ip li t this country prevents us from meeting together to bavo have the benefit of each oth others erss erys society and cor counsel amsel it it Is not for me to dictate dictates neither to counsel coel what elders to send bend to this land but I 1 wili wilt merely mely sav say that a MP maa man over whom wine can have any influence fru ence has his no business here As to the two brethren wha who hare bare been associated with ms me on this mission I 1 belleve believe that two better men could not have been select selected edy eds BO so fsr tar is beeping keeping thom selve seive i pure and U with the polloi ions tons cammon and abominations trat flat gurto surTo surround und us in this land common wine is cheap and a large portion of the tile who are here drink to excess which maks it it very difficult to promulgate the goepel the natives of the place are nt nat BO so bad ad I 1 believe I 1 have reen been more drunkenness since I 1 have been here than I 1 have seen before in all my life wina wira has been one jre arsat at causa why so many maar who have been bean baptized d had to be ds according to the directions in the epistle of the first presidency c I 1 hato bavo commenced the P E r fand fund though troug ah halh haa not collected much as yet I 1 han ban have havo a also written t to amers blefere walker and smith to commence it vi here where they are I 1 cannot ghr buy for a certain certainty tr whether any samata batata will be abie able to emigrate from here in a the sear rear IM 1555 the alei of gret Eret ting tins them from this land I 1 slated stated in tro iro camp bena letter which I 1 ha he hah has given yon you the trw vrem ot of pent peni hing alag 19 on of the temptations to which the saints salata are herg here exposed empoe d for tho the last eight months month r have been anxious to get them from this country I 1 have fr frequently called to mind the dream I 1 hid had on am the nat of oi tb th of feb 1853 two days after atter I 1 rut deit on to 0 the ship shia at london to cd cann to Ws place at d L tta ita 1 it mada buck such aa oa cp my d I 1 wyat wrett it la 12 fr my jo journ journal uru aru avla arl here relate relate it t j justari t a I 1 wrote jit lit t doii doli down doil the follow ine lne morning i at 5 last fast night dreamed ot of passing resin by bt a pond pon 0 ot i water filled with flab ome some ot of them were dead ana some alive the pond wa was fast fait drying up I 1 thought when I 1 returned I 1 would take out some of the lire isas aish fish and carry then thein and put them thern into good water watery and see if they would live tor for ily ile the water they were then in bad become very bad by py standing which was the cause of b so fo many ash being dead I 1 waked up lup then dropped to sleep sleeps andrad and had aad the following bream I 1 thought iwas traveling ln in A TW road bearbe to where there was a gock flock ot of beautiful white sheep feeding reading near by I 1 thought it would not do to leave them there so near the thi road if I 1 did they might be destroyed by the wolves so I 1 got over into the nield field and undertook to drive them back to where I 1 thought they would bo be safe some ot of the sheep helped me drive the others a 89 I 1 found sound but little trouble in lu getting them started back from the road but just as I 1 got them start started one old oil ram faced me for a fight I 1 took look him by the horns and ind handled him as though be had bad been nothing more than a straw in 14 my ray path I 1 i I 1 believe I 1 have sen een thih the nish fish in the filthy water somme borne dead and some alive and ili lil I 1 hare have ate aye been very anxious to get the live ones to where the he water Is good food also I 1 believe I 1 have seen the flock ot of white sheep and haye baye felt afraid that the wolves would destroy them all if it hera they abey were buffered to remain where they are put but X 1 ba have hare got pot them started back from the road foad neither hare have I 1 yet had bid a fight with the old ram i 1 when I 1 heard beard of the death of president willard milard richards I 1 felt to mourn mourn and to ask lord ibrus why feit felt Is it BO so why is he lie taken from us iche meridian of miffs tiffs litt lift jut jug As a approaching to the zenith of ox bli bif ever lever tse wise ise ant and ani judicious counsel E ir r 1 1 s the quig quip question stion naturally came into war pay mind who will be called to all the oe vacancy occasioned by py his big death had I 1 been called upon and requested before ie tore fore hearl bearl pi te opinion of anyone in church to have written the broth brothers brotheris eris erIx I 1 thought most suitable to fili fili fill the vacancy and wrom atom I 1 should like tofee tobee placed thy cai kyi should have written the daml nam of 1 I grat when pews came cam that he be was appointed to that places place I 1 rejoiced not BO so much because ia Is the man of my iny choice but beauge beange e the wd mind I 1 had bad was in actor accordance dance with the mind of ot him whoa sole bole right and prerogative lt mas yas io to appoint brother grant to thil place be now pow occupies There therefore torel forel say to president grant as I 1 was pot hera there here to give him nm my vote that I 1 here give it also my prayers and influence to sut gustain sustain aln ain him in the important office that has been placed upon his big head bead gite give my best respects to president kimo KIro ball baIJ to whom I 1 have ever v been warmly attached ever evar bince since I 1 first saw him in misa Ulsa ouri onri after atter his bl return from his first mission to england forget me not to the twelve whose wise teachings and Instruct instructions lona iona I 1 long once more to hear bear please give my respects to brother joseph young and wood with whom I 1 have spent many happy hours hour listen IF taff to 6 the wise nunsel counsel that 1 flowed from their lips say to the saints and elders fn an zion if they wish to know how to prize their and privileges leges in the peaceful i ales ot of the mountains t them come to the landa land y iram hamy where wickedness and abomination reign it they wish wibb to know how bow to prize bobe hose men whom the god 0 heaven has hag set apart appointed and anointed to lead govern and control his people in this tast last ast dispensation let id them go to some tome fp foreign relm rein almes where they are bre surrounded on every hand hind and meet at every turn the degraded aled som sow and daughters of ignorance superstitions and if the saints would to ap appreciate predate the counsel and that now flow from of the of the lord nord lorland and the apostles or 0 jerra jesus jr sma sra christ let them be banished from the society and presence of these dpn pep and be obliged to take up their abole awe where nearly they bear bounds sounds as s though it was wal col opi coined neil neol and sealed in the mint ol 01 the infernal reg rog regions lons lont daughters of israel would know bow to value the protection that is B thrown around them in the quiet valleys of the sainte let them visit the so called christian cities and villages of the nations of the earth where the lae seducer of the flowers of creation Is permitted to stalk the streets k ali ayt midday mid day beeking seeking his bis victim with impunity it 11 the libers and mothers in israel would know harito value the blessings tb that at surround their children in the society of the saints among andone the te peachers teachers acheta of the people of god let them take up their abode amongst the nations al bf trio the earth where the young men are taught swearing and aud by raie rale and the young women are taught prostitution both by theory and practice on the of july lasts lasty last when the two branches which I 1 b hate have sye aye spoken of above met for brayer prayer exhortation exhortations and awl singing they took the following vote vii viz that we sincerely the priesthood in zion nion for sending us the servants of god to teach ns us the ways of life and salvation aly alv atlon at algo also war wat we truly thank the saints in enslund for what they have done doaa in contributing of their means and substance whereby the servants or of gody gods god when they came into midst veto cwi wwi able speedily to make mate their way to thib this land 1 11 1 i 1 1 pleam clyl my kind bind respects to brother SW S W kindness to the emra eme ra when we landed pool pooi ana and the eise else ise and judicious course in which he taani aged the star jiving ivin lvin counsel to the I 1 thorl thousands gands Bands of c saints he was called culled to fe over in the british wes wee islai and hia hla ever and an willing willingness ness to bend send to the cape br bf good hope every item ot 0 news that he hi be inter atins ting and useful tome t me and those who 0 are associated with me on chis this mission has bas given me that ebat that thai esteem for him which I 1 trust win noi soon be obliterated iray may uv lord bleas bless ion lon yon you and andt andl yours iele leid lengthen gwen gaen your afe ufe to lead heroal as iong lens as hoses roses led the nand with joseph and aid and all the hith bith althou alth fu crown brown you with celestial El eyl tow yow yow toy in the kingdom kingdom of patience JESSU llaves |