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Show Luckily the sailors soon mended the rope and tacked about all night and when daylight came we found we were not more then ten miles from land, but everything PERSONAL EXPERIENCE. (Continued) Wo did not leave for our missions mis-sions until some time in October when vre bid good byo to Slap-jack Bar. Reaching Sacramento City we hired rooms on J Street to await the arrival of our President, who was to join us. The cholera was raging in the city. After wait-1 ing a few days for Elder Clark, who had not put in an appearance, wo left a few things for him, also a note, and went down to San Francisco Fran-cisco and awaited his arrival which was not until the 8th day of November. No-vember. ; In San Francisco the cholera was taking off its score daily. On the 9th of November Elder Clark engaged our passage on the ship "Imaun of Muscat," an English Vessel, with Mr. Riches as captain. She is bound for the East Indies and will touch at the Sandwich Islands. Elder Black-well, Black-well, while walking the deck in the dark of thee veiling, fell through the hatchway smashing his watch to pieces and' severely injuring and bruising his shoulder. The weather being stormy the captain will not sail for a few days. A vessel that came floating and dragging drag-ging her anchor, ran into the bow of our ship tearing away the pilothouse pilot-house and hooked anchors. Thursday, November 21. The weather keeps boisterous. Last night Brother Cannon dreamed that the prophet Joseph came on board and told us that we must exercise ex-ercise faith and pray more. He then went forward and kneeled down on the bowsprit and prayed, after which we took hold of the anchor-chain and with ease raised the anchor up on deck. On account of head winds the captain did not sail until the 22nd at 2 p. m. and in passing out of the harbor through the Golden Gate into the Great Pacific Ocean, it seemed to me the vessel would capsize, and when night set in it was cloudy and very dark. We were among breakers and the waves running high. All at once the tiller rope broke and we were left to the mercy of the rocks and waves of the sea. The captain was heard io say to his wife that he did not know but their time had come. His wife burst into tears and said she was ready. was all right One evening after this the cabin passengers sent a request for some of the elders to oome into the cabin and sing some of our hymns. Elders Cannon and Hawkins being the only singers sing-ers in our company, went and sang, after whicli, the captain sent us some bottles of splendid wino with his compliments, and on Sunday, w December 1, by request of the cap tain, we held a meeting on deck, and on the following Sunday elder 5lark preached. Elder Hawkins and myself bore testimoney to the truth. The captain and crew seem-- seem-- ed to be much interested in what . we had to say. Thursday, December 12. At 11 a. m. to-day we dropped anchor at at Honolulu, the oapifcol of the Hawaian Islands. We went ashore and going to the custom House we got our permits, after which, we went to a temperance Hotel and partook of refreshments. We hired a small room which was situated a little back of town, at the rate of ten dollars per month. H. W.B. To be continued. |