| Show COMMUNICATION V FROM LONDON LUNDON George l Q Morris Morrs Writes Inter Interesting esting Letter Latter to Mrs Alder Af CONFERENCE CON I J I 1 1 I L 4 0 of or Prominent London fill ni i l Attend ike be de s V A by lie he SoloS Time Tho following letter was received by Mrs Mra Lydia L D 13 Alder AIde of or this lila city dt train from George Q Cl Morris who rimo Is la time tho president ent of L the London conference Your letter of or September HC 28 to hand band recently and was WUI read rad with wih much 1 1 mind find Ind myself mrs lt frequently thinking of ot those who have ho n nu atil a I 1 often oron wonder how h w they are arc all nih ni on Word from frol any UI of ot them very ery welcome X I aln thu reminded that with you who have huc J C your ur old ol fields this tendency to think of past associates and the tin thet t In which I you have labored may nino mi bO be still stronger thrum than with who us are arey lre y Yit yet t hero here timid thu the desire for Cor news nos from them may be keener than Ihan ours To Tous Tous 1 us U who vh tire are going on In much tho timo usual wAy 4 occurrences seem scent s om not hot very cry lueRY newsy To you they would bo be vI of ot great interest J I have lul remembered your request for nn of or our to o be ve sent scat to 10 tho timo News as line hasben been beyn the custom for s past 1081 If I you yo still here It I could have hare been easily at ac accomplished atc c but none have hao taken up your pen lIen your roar departure now How However ever 1 shall 1111 try tn to let you know how things imo hAO gone with us During tie the past summer Hummer coUple with our other oilier labors we have carried on n a 1 ery cry active outdoor work Much preaching has been done dOM In the outer districts I te throughout many miny of oC time the te towns und anti villages The Time cry cr of ot time tho Gospel GO Jcl warning has filled tho the streets of ot the towns and anul has found Its way WY along the Into the open door mind and win will dows dons of ot tho the little village cottages cottage as na Uio the people pe plo have be been n titling Sitting about during the summer evenings In the lie larger cities Ites Including In London very ry man nuan M have hae he bf n held and thousands of or people have been able oble to stand upon their own 01 strom timid lJ he hear the principles cf of the tue GOSK and time the Lat erday given Nearly five fe meetings have been beet held this season Benson throughout t the thc conference I IThe The results are ore now very sery cry apparent in tho lit open and ami determined opposition that tha t Is lb I being met in tho the various parts of or tin limO the In Bedford Dedford antl Monnon meetings are sr being held In Ashford time tho papers are publishing Ie I itt I us and anti some same for Cor and lucre here In London we WI have hat beet been nicotine opposition from frau oil all ul sides l es The Daily Dall Express one ono of C the time leading parent of this big blA city attacked us In Its Is editorial while of the lie small local ra and aim the time religious weeklies haw have bean n much about us IS usually against us A number ot of local workers have ha organized o are regular In nido anti and out at ul which H ii l exposed cx oed In the usual way vay a Two To lec c lures tures Asen wera er recently given In II tie tle Unite M I Fret Free Church te In 11 North florin London the tho subjects ts being The Tue of Mormonism and nd Their Vile ile le System Jarman wa was the standard authority of or the lecturers 1 Tile street and park nark sleet meet leet ings began In lit the middle of or tIme the season and tiara havo helped to draw dras People to 10 our meeting when we seeded needed then them Ih m most The worst treatment that we received was 6 being mobbed out of ot I park one Sunday It I was wae In the mOral mom Ing we wo were ivory driven out alit tn In n the after afternoon Iter noon uon of or time the tle same day we baptized baptised seven persons Into time the Church So io the thc press and time tho people are troubled by the time of or the Gospel It I has hns been Just n a little lItle encouraging to see eee that by the tho preaching ot or the word worde we e have hn e been able to stir sil even e n London the tho biggest and most Indifferent city In iii time the world worl During the past six months we ve have hare had the pleasure of at performing baptisms so 80 something more than a mere stirring has Is I been accomplished little though U it I Our conference Just past was very ery successful tul In many respects It It was quito extraordinary and attracted much attention What helped to make makeI It I to so IO was Apostle posto i I man visit and the presence In London of Elder Edwin EdwinC C Tout and his talented family and nd Sister Sl ter Emma Lucy Gates The latter hatter with wih Sister Lucy B R Young oung were on their way homo home teen from Berlin but they very nr kindly consented to 10 remain over oer overto overto to assist us u Having nil all ni of at these with us we were able to 10 advertise and give ghe a n very fine free Cre eon con concert cn cert on tho the eve of or conference Another pleasing feature connected with It all 11 was that time the conference was wa wa held on n October of Ir all nl dates date the one ono most appropriate for a 0 fall fail conference c As Af you ou Were together In the time Tabernacle we were wee assembled In the Finsbury Town Townhall hull hall hal Apostle Lyman may have been greatly missed in 11 Zion but bul on that tha Fame Caine day he ito un was highly appreciated In London Our conference really realy opened with the tho concert on the evening of or the eth th thI It I wm vs hold lid In that magnificent m Lar Large o hail with wih Its 18 richly decorated decorate walls wals and ceiling Its Ia ornate orate candelabra Its Ia numerous figures and gilt glit glittering git mirrors This brilliant hall hail with witha a seating capacity of ot over ner five th hundred I was wa full rul to overflowing Nearly earl six gix I hun hundred hundl tire dred dl people remained and tind some come turned away uway IWar The Tho program was WAR very ery flume fine One On r circumstance connected conn itI was wa the no of ot Tout Toul which prevented t her from app a Ing In II her hor usual u splendid way wn Sister Bister s WAS WI In good voice olce and complete ly h won 1 the by I b her hr charming presence and anti her hert artistic ren rendition of or classic and popular long song AH All Al of or the numbers were of at superior quail quality lual ty t Little Lite Irving arid Ella Ela Tout rout five he anti and three HUMS years of or age respectively sang a n duet that hat captivated the audi cot enn The people were wert much Impressed ed hv hr tha marked ability displayed tl d throughout nud they the were free fre to 10 err e freu eec ress their appreciation cI ton A great ref deal l of If prejudice was wa removal by hy the beau beaUlIe lIe more mare 1 I think than Ihan could t 1 h by b any In ordinary m meeting because th i eoj ld noro nor susceptible to the charms ChArm of ot than to 10 the tho logic of ot dl e Much sympathy may rny ty hj enlists enlIsted music I believe 1 leve that could not nt be I through preaching Hv Ut B writing personal penn 1 litters letters l to about abul fifteen editors of ot th t leading dally daily dlly pa papera pern pera we Wt were W able to get press F nt at all Ill of or our nur gatherings anti and till the Dally Daily Mall MAli tb t paper with lIh the largest 1 Circulation of any nn dal nl ly ii naper In London and anc consequently In III ihs t world gave us a 11 very r favorable attractive Interview l two days our conference began Through thu thit 1111 anti and n is great creat d at of ot other h London generally was aware of or ort ofIn Jhc t In Tart ra t that there were ivere to be gather hits 1111 of or tIme the Ih Saints or Men Mor Mormons ol r rmon mon mons In London on Oct and sn bv liv the tilt way war 1 I lem that a dispatch published by b the Stilt Salt Lake Laire papers an announced announced the same mme thing ac accounts a accounts counts and hd interviews were given Riven In the th ulous an ri the general renera fair fairness new ness ne and nad Interest shown abon bv bT them wn A reporter r called ailed and In d President Lyman and put 1 ut a mm very cr cry fair account In his hue paper tho next day dayOn daOn dl da On Sunday morning we Wy held our first conference session s s lon It was wall convened In the time beautifully fitted up council cham cimatu ber vel In which the thc aldermen lucid hold hol their dignified sessions You have enjoyed time the comfort and und been be n delighted by vy tho the beauty of OC that elegant chamber and amid to so know how hew favorably wo v were located You see that in this and on nn thu tho ho large largo hall hail wo we were sere greatly favored In regards to 10 meeting places President Lyman ivan waa much gratified and told tha tue audience that In iii Riving giving us Uti the tM use of ot their splendid hulls halls they were treating us Just right e we are aro a Ii good people worthy worth of oC good treatment anti and In the habit ha viI of ot to tp others other the best of treatment lie IIo offered halls halle unit and choirs to 10 our London friends that might desire them hem them when they should come tu to Salt Snit Lake In Iii the time afternoon amid even oven Ing InEr we w yf met flet In Imi time the Large Hall and al although although though time the weather was as of or the home conference sort wet Wel anti windy we ve had good attendances At AI the time night lIght ser eel service service vice Ice all nil of ot the five firo hundred seats seala were ore occupied The meeting lasted two hours but tIme the audience remained r anti and listened attentively It was sas a 11 splendid meeting President Lyman I delivered direct and anti powerful discourses at all the meetings dwelling upon the tho char character acter of ot time the Saints their standing In the Iho mind and the restora restoration lion tion of or the tho Oo pel I thimi the people with the tho fact that he lie spoke as all one who knew of ot what he hue woe ns sneaking And that he spoke as ns one having authority One Onn man expressed himself thus lie He makes you yap 01 belle what hul be 11 li says sa a Press Prell representatives wire were present and to then them he ho directed hU hib remarks several times Umea Some Lon Len London Lendon don aldermen were also nl ai o present as na well wall wallas as all some pomo of or the tue most Intelligent citizens Much good was van done by time the conference Many people were effectively reached anti and the Saints were w re a n part p rt of at the tIme talk of or London for tor a day dy or two Practically all ull that Ihal was published was faU tali unit and would tend to correct the com corn common common cornmon mon errors crl ra prevalent On Monday we greatly s enjoyed n a council meeting of or nearly seven hours bours duration at al which President Lyman Lymam gave gate Valuable Instructions anti and nd In time the evening wl wt held h ld a sociable at ot 97 with all the th Elders and ond sisters present It will be Interesting tot for you to know kno that instead of oC time the th of or one year car carago ago affo we now number Still conditions art ar ape Improving and we hope for tor Increased results from fran our labor Old London L Is Ic moving mavins along In Its Independent Ind way It Is II still the thc big biS biggest bIggest gest dirtiest l foggiest slowest most Inconvenient but bitt most Interesting and mum attractive city it In the world With all Its lis defects It still teems seems very ery dear deur to the hearts of over five fire millions ot of pea peo people pip pie and vei attractive to all oh the rest Icat of or the time race The Innumerable busses and cabs still form Corm periodical block blockades blockade blockade ade ades In the th narrow streets the fine London policemen are still by b the mo mao tion of their fingers starting and und stop stopping stopping ping this congested traffic the pubs the Ilie cafes the tho theaters the factories the shops and offices and amI everything else elso In the London world worta are still as they were when you ou were here lucre a yar ago alSO I presume you are ar r content to ro re remain romain romain main away from them We are all I welt 1111 and an Join loin In kindest regards to all alt old |
