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Show AtlVltR FI103I A JHNSIONAilV. It Mill Ilo nell If Hie Mluli (Hie Heed To II. IliiiuiMillAX, l.ngland, Januarj Julh, 1811. I Alitor litvrtt S nru I thill Iw grallflnl If l,j nienua of Ihlt litter I will In ablo toreuli the heart oftvrry l.ntter-dayHtlnl, and If my feeble n can nrouta tln.ni tu a aeuteot the Importance of thpauljicta mentioned, my gratification wilt U In-U In-U milled. The utter Iguoraucu of tho truo condition con-dition uf the latter.day HilnU who are "gathered" tu thu Itul of .Ion lina oflcu Ueuiiianlfeitel by tho eieaken and write ra who manage to catch the eye mid uara of tho ,ubllc. And in many raw t thiwi, afwakt ra and wrltrra aru Intilllgent enough upon ollur liolnta. It la a xpuUr Hume, however, how-ever, nu I ndcra to tho dir raved aou-ilbllltlca aou-ilbllltlca of the ma. A ml If I ihould any that imny of our peopln nt home aremoro or leva reioutlliIe for ii largo hare of Hilt Ignorance, I do not think I tlioulu Ins far from the mark, aa their Ileum Unda color to the prevalent Ilea that in Utah we aru lu a ttnto of aerfJoui. Intlieiairiultof the duties Incident tomypretent calling at a mlulouary 1 am frequently nut with couiilaluui made by rtUtlveiand frleiidaof thoto wlioliavolaiiu irlvllrgod toimlgrntu jearaagu to thu tKitont of the Church. Aivurancea liavo Un ni4utedly ghiii that tliote left behind thou I J re-telve re-telve iiewafrom Ion, but in far tou many eaten thete promltea are and liave bein tltlur forgotttu orlgnoml. Ami na a coutetiui uce the fiblea of our enemies are ami toil and Iwlluved for want of contrary proofs which coull 1st amph Millcdly Hit lr friends lu thu Kinky Mountain, If the) would only tako the trouble lo full!) their pnimltc. riiltjn.ij KrliaSNiii a trlvlil mnt-tor mnt-tor for u newtiar, but I Iitl that 1 tin clinmt loulng the i aue of mnuy of my Irithrui whoeo path might Ui made bright! mud duties llghtir by n kindly and Judklout umi of writing materia.. In lorroboratlvo listlmouy of Ihetnilhsaunruauxloustoget be foru the ,f0l le. C'omplaliils are not all the natous I liauf.rthus nrralgulug tho turiwrof tho frli u Is who liuvu left these shorts and Joined forces with the inopleof Utah, During my ft Jour n in tluau lands I havo wllnea-id the depirture of iiullo it number of letter day rtalnts who. In my litarlug, male thu mt aolemii lodges to thotu left Uhlnd. nndlnui itltlted that tlute have not been romplle-1 with. Now I know of no allloxtuo to be adduced for till mgltit. It may Ik) urgodoa nn nrgunuut Hint tho mltnlonirles nro amply able lore-mjI lore-mjI thu true status of tho ncoplont home. This sounds nawnnble, and might be elloctlie were It not that the l.ldirsnru lreUtully lookid upon with tutplilou, nt luting ulterior luollvislu sitrlllclug Ihuir tlmo and means tu I reach thu doctrlm a of "Mormonltni." I.xrlence has taught mo thut one Utltr written from a rilatlteor friend will do moru tu allay prejudiiu lliuu many tltiua thu nmount of turned tur-ned nmeitl jut on the mrt of a mlisluu-arj, mlisluu-arj, 1 hatuUtui fretutntly told that the peer lu lu Utihdtre not write to their (in nJs, and the tilt iho of tholr friends has been utud to siibttanllatu their lllon, and nil Itr thneclrcuui. ttaiuta what re Ij caii 1 make? I have iioiluubt thetauiu oudlltoiis nro met with I j many If not all the traveling l.ldeit, and It Is too bad that this stumbling stum-bling block should eiltt w hen It might bo inlllLaled, If not obtlated, by an oo-tanlonal oo-tanlonal Utter. It Is ileutaut lo us to know Hint frajtrtarudilly being ulleruil tu (iod u behalf of the mltilouarlis, and ilout tlcts ninny nf the dear frit lids nre slnieri ly fluvohd to tho cnute, und nuullbeglad to aid lu Itn ndvnmu iiuut, lu turli, nml toulltliu Iiatbr laj rialnls, I uuull hi) thatoneof tin luoit tlltcilve lana In which the) i jn lend nttUlauce Is to tagin right uowaul uritt to thtlr frlemli whir evtrthty miy be, and glvothimn itutltful nud euiui.t ttatetueut o( Ihelr i ntent condition of life. An I Hun should It bo that there nre mln tlunnrlts lu localities wheru their friends reilde, kindly rrovlJe the I.,er with Introduttlons, nnd solicit for Hu m a re-pertful and ntlent hearing hear-ing of the principle which are nd rocalelby thoawln of (lod, and In Hils manner I assure them the) will grcntly ontltl the 1' I lert, ami will li tiienuaus ot liavlni their lettlniont villi their friends, which will lesvi them without txcuno at tho last da) I should IH:u alto In call the attention f my readers lo a few pattages lu the Doctrine nnd (Jovinnnts, Heetlm 10, vtrsn 0.1; Kecllon 2"l, irmii S ami 0, and Section II, Versti 21 nu I !B, an I atk Hum to tnedlttleiiiou the utter nmea which they contain. Tlute are Ihoaonlsof tholord, anl nn Mthful nlhereiits to thn rlnclples of then ttorcd (lotpcl h are bound lo give them credence I wllliUote two sen timciilrom Iho htt notion referred In. "An 1 1 will not sieiru any Ihatninnlii In llahylon." "When lore lf)o lie. tlevu Me, ) e will labor wldlu It In culled today." riiere It a ttrrible sUiilD-i sUiilD-i aura In the first rt of thltijuvtallon And I with lo at pen! to tho true-hearlcIHnlnts true-hearlcIHnlnts to ta It Into ronddir-ntlou. ronddir-ntlou. I woul I tlut Ihcui tu a I Mud In Ihelr own til-tot) whin sullirltig from undue reeture from their eir-plo)irt, eir-plo)irt, nud shu niml by thote mar itt tlii'in, tiny ra)iil for dtlhir-auce dtlhir-auce from Hal,) Ion, nud when It wnn accomplished by the bhstlngs ot (lid nud often Inn rimnrkabl) lulracnloun maniKr, with what Joy did Iheylll farewill lo Ihelr native laud, nnd what songs of njolclug wile luanl a. Iim Viatel sailed out of ril Manywelo the romltea made by them Inthetx-ulwrauce Inthetx-ulwrauce of their delight Ih it Ihosu left thlnil lu Ha ylou thotil I not I) forgotten; bul thu first thought should be their dollvernucu after their mora fortunate brithren and sitters liaagot Ktth-li but alati fir the hj-t thus rnW-l In Ihuliiailsofthowlell. ho soontr have the frleuls gonnUforu than a furgctfulnttsof their i retlous low estate otertakee them, anu sutliii thing as a IttUr to tlulr former as-social! as-social! s is almost the last thought of. And this Is doubly sad when the thought will rolrudo Ittelf that many of them have leen the recipients uf suliitalillal anlttance from those forgotten for-gotten nma. Many havo toll inowhn are still heie thtt the menus nf nttltt anco they havo rendered lu others would have aggregsted sulllclent tu milgnte Ihiimelves. That such n state of things slioul I ealtf Is rather a sad commt nlary utsjii the aupivicd wlllluguitsorthu l.atter-day l.atter-day Manila tu favor emigration tu Utah. I nm sorry we nre not nn aealoiis lu thli rujicctnn our inciulef give us crellt for. lu all tho plans adopted for I lacing mniiMud upon n I lane of self-siipiurtliig self-siipiurtliig dignity can n parallel to the succtttof the one rettalcl hylhe lord and eitmpllllud by the thouinudt of hnipy hornet (lu Utah and the surrounding sur-rounding Htates nnd , Ttrrllorlts) owned by the Latter diy Halnta bo produced? pro-duced? 1 think not. Inllvldunlly I thank (lod for what It lias doiiu for mo lu giving me a ha p) home of in) own, whtre my dinr out a nru sale front the stings of imverty and dtgrnditlou. litis, however, Inn m con lary cuntldtr-ntlou, cuntldtr-ntlou, the evolution of the soul from spiritual darkness Ulug the i ro-.nil- li-u, uvjrci. t The same bono and slm w which lm u so tuotstlully battled with the union un-ion ard couiltlons of thu wttlerti wlldthlthertu are still tu if met Willi among the poor Halula lu theauijult, nnd 1 earnestly amnal tu thow whu luituiecelvnlihobKiistng of the lord tu think of tin lr Irliuds bc)oudtho tea, nnd whllulho way Is oiii, and before Hie Judgmenls overtaku the wicked, see tu It that they are not left to rnrlaku of tho coming Urrois. Indl-tallons Indl-tallons of Hie noar a roach of the end are evident on overy haud, and as our (lod has said lie would not sjaru any who are left lu llab)lou, let un hbor wltllo It Is called day, nud wo will then bunbio tu rijolce Hint wu have bten "saviors upon Mount Ion," ami our Irliuds will also njolcu at Hu ir do-llvernnrv. do-llvernnrv. -tow , Jutt a w ord to thu Kldern w'io linvetrutelid ill these lands, and who have intrtaki n of the ho Itullty of the triple, both Kaltitt ami strancers' hero ate Hie many romlnt to w rilo to the friends liere? Jirethren, lit) our minds run baik lu the Hmu when you were traveling here and tlurr, nnd re-memlier re-memlier Hie delight )our jirusince treated in the luarts of some iKwr brutlu r or sister, and J ust sit down nnd drop a line lo them, an 1 thus give tluuiiouifort. Mauy of them are get-tlug get-tlug old, nuil )ou can cheer Hit m In their tilh In the grave. Don't forget. Keutlbl) realizing, ns I do, tho nearness near-ness of tho last sctmsof miFirthly drnma.l earnestly pray for tho blessing of the liord tu abide with all, and trutt nil tuny remain faithful nud truo tu the cud. Vour Mlow laborer In the tauso of truth, W. (J. UllMlA. |