| Show AN OLD mim 1 letter from IN THE FIELD how the work is progressing in the british mission dogmas LONDON jan rutan ENQUIRES 1 MY daak OLD by the time this letter reaches its destination it will have been nearly fifteen months since I 1 left my family friends and relatives to bacomo for awhile a in a strange land so far as I 1 am aware I 1 have almost dropped out of the public mind but I 1 haya bad assurances from week to weak during the whole of tho time I 1 havo been absent that I 1 have nt been entirely forgotten A few faithful and devoted frieida hare dropped me a una now and then and TUB with never failing regularity has come to hand once a week always gladdem glad deu ing the heart with nw of homo and native land how pearly I 1 have paid for this priceless boon and inestimable blessing to one situated as I 1 am and have bean leaving home cau aly be stated by humbly conless int that thin i the first time I 1 have attempted a public recognition of this proof of your unwavering fidelity newspaper MO boriety is for which I 1 have no ambition ast it is due my friend in utah and especially in utah county that through the columns of ans I 1 should briefly state something of myself and the business in which I 1 have bean engaged 3 ace my arrival in this land I 1 landed in liverpool december aih iseo and was by the arsi dent of the mission t labor in tho london conference a district comprising the counties at esses kent hants sussex berks wilts bedford herts surrey and middlesex embracing the city of london comprising in all a population of n sarly ten millions of people by the president ef till I 1 assigned to labor in the essex dig triet with elder samuel A king who has since been released and hag re tur eato attah with which fact readers aro no doubt familiar my relations ioni with him were intensely agreeable and form one of the brightest links in alie chain of BIT operations in these lands we rented a hall in stratford east london and advertised a coune of weekly lectures on the first principles of the goabel although tho attendance upon our meetings was limited and not auch as to inspire ns with the chopo of accomplishing iauch good yet we targeted with the best of our ability in the performance of our duty and left ro means rangoon our calling to disseminate the principles of truth ameni the people we distributed gogoel tracts by thousands and en conversation whenever wh enover anity offered those who gave ua a fair hearing were generally satisfied with the doctrine we taught and admitted that it conformed with the gospel taught by the savior and hia apostles others would tell ce without waiting for explanation that they knew all about us and did not vish to hear any mora many of them protested that they were already bayed by faith in jesus christ and with all the bigotry prejudice and hate that animated and inspired those who cried great ia diana of tte eph esiaka they would characterize ad denounce den aunce aa eeeline to detroy tha dospel sospel we wera arving to promulgate among the people our experience was aduca tho bamo as that of other elders under similar circumstances the visible fruits of oar labors were nat au plentiful as heart could wish but the consciousness of having dene duty afforded us a feeling of contentment and satisfaction such as is only experienced by troia wha disinterestedly terest edly without compensation con execrate their time and me ana to better the condition cf their fellow men about the letof let of april brother king was called into london and assigned to labor in the north london district in which is situated the headquarters and officio of the london conference I 1 continued my labors alone I 1 cannot say it was a consummation devoutly to be wished the day he left me I 1 ahall never forget A few minutes after lie had prone I 1 found myself alone in my room lacking at the photographs of my wife and children which had arrived only a few dagg before tho moat desolate and lonesome feeling perie aced in all my life took possession of me and for a few moments seemed to fill me with unutterable despair if I 1 had at that moment given away to my feelings and allowed the desire of my heart to control say actions instead of sitting here with a feeling of contentment and satisfaction a brief do of my experience bince leaving homel would now s be inzian engaged ic the laudable pursuit of trying to fathom the politics of abraham isaac and jacob boffice to ray I 1 did not succumb to my feelings and consequently did not become tha vic elal of that dreadful malady viz which disqualifies man for every duty an 1 renders him for the accomplishment bf any purpose except te eat home as quickly as i ate I 1 my labors distributing tracts conversing with the people and preaching the whenever I 1 had the opportunity if any one add told me before leaving hrie that I 1 could possibly enjoy myself under dueh 1 would either have doubted his sanity or come to the con calusio that be doubted mine but 1 did take plebs cre in my labor even alone as I 1 was and enjoyed that serenity ef mind which 1 believe ia only known to those who are placed in a condition where they are compell rid to rely upon something om ething stronger the arm of flesh in a few weeks brother lea of thoele tooele county was assigned to labor with mv and aea n I 1 found masef the companionship of a young man of admirable qualities ana exceptional character shortly alter hid arrival while traveling through the district I 1 became exposed to the cold and dampness for which this climate ia proverbial and thereby contracted a mild type of influenza flu enza which compelled me to my labors and reagain in doors for a period of two weeks during thia forur I 1 was abla to read and write a portion of the time and by this means I 1 whiled away what otherwise might ave seemed dull and monotonous mono tonus shortly after my recovery I 1 was acx by th president of the mission ti preside over the london conference tice elder J Y released to return home if I 1 could have con suited my personal ini and desires I 1 should bayo remained M I 1 was rather than the duties of a po for which I 1 felt both bv and by utterly I 1 realized however my duty to itkor in whatever department of the work I 1 might be assigned and entered apon j my new with tho tj T ai 1 I v ff of distributing tracts visiting the saints conversing with the people and preaching whenever opportunity offered ag had been my duty when a traveling elder I 1 found myself charged with the duty of directing the labors of others keeping beoka making out reports looking after the emigration and generally superintending super intending the affairs of the under the direction of the af ahe mission at liverpool how welt I 1 have performed m labors ia a talu that oeners must lell it it is considered worth relating at ail 1 am on the beet 1 can with ane consciousness that me work 1 do lor weal or woe will follow me and either my conscience will approve the same or the thoughts of ahem wiil hang liko a millstone about my neck in after hiie at present I 1 am coutant I 1 cannot say the outlook is discouraging since I 1 arnved in the conference a 3 ear ugo fifty one have been baptized baptised sed and kiil of them are regular communicants and active of the at the present time lonion tiffon s a better field than the country districts thia though a trifling number is above average iu the last few years tae people are more liber alband cosmopolitan In the country districts it is extremely difficult 10 rent places foe holding or delivering lectured lec turea ano people arc by bictory and prejudice and are com plemely under thu control of ariesta who preach for hire and divine for money whenever a humble mormon elder goes among them striving fer an opportunity to teach the pure and simple truths 0 the bosel as declared in the bible these priests seeing their craft is in danger at once raise the cry of imposture my etc with an occasional ring of the polygamy chesnut che anut until the poor deluded masses lift their hands in actual horror at the very sight of a servant of atod just how long a just and merciful god will permit these wolves in cheeps clothing to the truth and mislead the people aa a question for providence alone to answer but juanc as sure aa retribution rib ution for eail done will sooner or later be brought ahme to ayery man juet so suro will many who loday lo day pro less a form of godliness but deny the power who turn tha eard of their deluded followers auto fables and who as I 1 said be ford for hire and dimir fer money be rewarded for their with whatever punishment god has reserved for hypocrites impostors and those who wilfully betray the confidence if misguided mip guided and ignorant men and let it not be thought for a single moment that I 1 intend this tor a wholesale denunciation of those who profess to be minia of the gospel among the people of the world thousands of them like those whom they teach are honest in thair and believe they are doing gods service my rj marka only apply to these and there are aleo thousands of them who with full knowledge ot their diabolical imposture teach the people a popular doctrine and keep them blinded t the naked truths f christianity pocketing annually cool thousands as tha price ef imposing upon their of this clasa are they who denounce a impostors the humble aldeis of the church of christ of latter day saints and persecute them with lies calumny and misrepresentation whenever they attempt to preach the geipel my heart yearns with patny lot the poor downtrodden deluded masses but I 1 have neither love patience nor fraternal fealing for those who wear the livery of heaven to serva tha devil in and under a cloak of assumed piety perpetrate abir diabolical purposes of robbing mankind not only of the hope of eternal life but also of the means necessary to their present welfare and happiness but I 1 dif eress our labors are like gleaning in a field that has already bean gleaned over and over time and again tine there are mil lions perhaps in london alone who have never heard the gospel as taught by the latter day saints they have heard of as and distorted by these precious specimens of humanity whose deeds I 1 have been extolling 7 and that is all they know ef it they have been informed by pious frauds that we are a set of canites Da and polygamous cutthroats cut throats and that our only purpose hero is to per abade their wives and daughters to emigrate to utah to stock the harem 1 I onie mormon turk these ar sweet truths and delectable morsels for ano followers of tha meek and lowly to lay before their congregations and yet notwithstanding thebie glaring false boods and misrepresentations contra dietel dieted as they are by all the facts con eti the history af the british mission lor more than a generation the statements are believed by thousands the elders are compelled to most them they life up their voices to proclaim the everlasting gospel but aa a constant dropping of rain will wear away a bione even as those walls of prejudice crumble before the bantering bat ering rama of truth demagogues may rant and bowl and priests inflamed arith big otry and ate may continue their efforts to kindle anew the flames of field for the persecution of the isoble of god truth ia mighty and will pra tail this in brief is the situation and therie aro the feelings that in spire me in my labors and enable me to continue on unmindful of every consideration except tle per firmance for mance of my duty ag god gives me light and understanding are the feelings that inspire all the elders in thair respective fields of labor were it dot for an unfaltering trust in the power of the redeemer and a supreme confidence in tho righteousness of the cause in anich we of us would de able to endure the privations of missionary life even under its most favorable condition lmh less when associated socia ted aa it is at the present time with abuse dander and persecution we hope for a wave in 1892 it is natural as patrick henry says for men to indulge in the illusions of hope and we are only men the season for outdoor preaching will return and whether the people will listen or not aba air ef london will berate from the a laing of tha east and to ahe place of st james with glad which of utah will joyfully proclaim pro claiB of en oarth and good will to men 1 hare an much as ble avoiding detail to space and reserving things far a future com or until in the providence of god I 1 can speak with you baca faca to aca as a man with his friend I 1 may be pardoned for speaking so much of instead of country and ts wonderful attraction I 1 assume as this is my first communication muni cation for the public that my numerous friends and acquaintances if chev have that fraternal fooling ef which J fael assured would prefer to of my personal feelings ind relations to the business in which I 1 I 1 havu stated enouch I 1 trust to you will hear from me again if health and time pei mits en subjects bat may oF greater interest to bome of your the field is broad and the times are fragrant with groat events the social that agitate the of this nation at the present time are manifold and sooner or later will rock this little island fraai centre to circumference the mut of discontent are heard on every hand the rumbling is h ard like a distant earth qu ko it ie growing loder ond nearer and more terrible tei every day down with I 1 ib the floean and bf tab hour the people are and learning to think and as flashed of reason vibrate their souls the first question formulated naturally is who mado tate a over af 7 in answer to this far reaching find ominous enquiry is the vo it fabj is t ak 1 I inevitable in the language of victor fiego the are on coining it is the red clown of catastrophe more anon yours fraternally BET araMAy |
