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Show ' A YOUTH'S EXPERIENCE. Oontlonrd. To WilUm nnd Rachel Atkln, on their depirture for America, February u, 1855. Dear Comrade as you're Kotng to Icnve The land where yon whp born, you'll leave your friends behind to grieve, Myself, I feel to mourn, Tis true that you are joined td one, And now she is your bride; And when that from this land you're Kne, Hay she be still your pride. Hay the God of heaven bless you both with peace and prosperity To dwell away, on Amerea's coast In love and unity Remember the time is drawing nigh ". When you must bid adieu "To this your native country. And those you love so true. And when that you're far from this land, Perhaps you'll think on me: As long as I shall draw my breath I will remember thee. Then fare thee well, my comrade dear, The truth to you I'll tell; The nations they begin to fear When inornons 6y farewell. Then till we again meet aceepj my love For it shall never die No time nor change shall ui;ir its trace When far beyond the sky. for Philadelphia, Pa., and w set sail on , th laafc day of February, 1855; it was lovaly day with a fair wind. In the afternoon we Raw in the distance that beautiful Emerald Isle, the home of the Shamrock and Ivy so green. As night came on, the wind rose and the old ship pitched and surged, and a good many were sea sick before be-fore morning, among them was my wife who was Tery sick and she continued very sick We were overtaken by a very heavy south wind and was driven out of our course to the north, and the storm raged but when the wind did cease, it wag a dead calm, not enough wind to steady a sail, and the sea rolled mountains high. My wife had been very sick all the time we had been sailing and for the first time I took her on deck alone, all the time till then, two of us had to assist her up, and as soon as we got on the deck, the old ship shipped ship-ped a very heavy sea, about filling the decks with water and swam both of us bumping back and fore,, until a young man named Hector McQurrie rushed to our assistance. Whether the salt water was the cause or not, I cannot tell, but she continued to improve from that time on until she was nearly well when we landed. One night when the wind was blowing we were all aroused, by . the gauid between decks, giving the alarm that water was in the ship and it was thought that the ship had sprung a leak below water mark. So sufficient male passengers were placed on deck to man the pumps, and all others were brdered below and the hatchways fastened down, and there was great excitement among the passengers. When all was in commotion, the second mate, who was a very rough man, both in language and actions, opened the hatchway, and, at the top of his voice, shouted, "the ship is sinking and we are all going go-ing to hell together P Rhondo. To be continued Then may that liod that "reigns above Grant you may faithful be. And get safe home to Zion's land, And be saved eternally. Then farewell to you nnd your dear wife, May the Lord you forever bless; to dwell In Zion's fair aud holy land In truth and righteousness. , 1 . 1 And when that we again shall meet , The time I cannot tell Though now I must conclude this piece And at present say farewell. And we bid our fathers, mothers, relations and friends farewell and started out for Liverpool, about the 15th of February, 1855, calling on and spending one night each with iny wife's sister and aunt, and arrived ar-rived in Liverpool about the 20th, and arriving thtre late in the evening, we went direct to the emigrant's em-igrant's home, where we found a large number of Saints who were to sail with us, had already arrived. , The ship on which we were to sail was not yet loaded and those who had money stayed on land and those who had none had to go on the ship and live until it was loaded load-ed and ready to sail, and we were j among the latter. When we were ready to sail , Franklin D. Richards, who was presiding over the Saints in the European Mission, came on board and bid us God speed on our voyage voy-age and said "Although we might be dismasted or our ship loose its rudder, we should land safely at our destination." As the Steamer came to tow us out to sea many of us went on deck and joined in singing sing-ing the hymn on page 241 of the Latter-day Saints Hymn Book: . Yeg my. native land I love thee, All thy scenes I love them well, Friends, connection, happy country, Can I bid you all far well ? Can I leave three, far in distant lands to dwell. Then as we were being towed . along by the steamer and many of us looking back on the land of oar birth for the last time, we sang the hymn on page 239, in the same book The gallent ship is under way To bear us off to Bea, , And yonder, floats the steamer gay That Bays she waits for me. fcc. We were now on the old American Amer-ican packet ship Siddons, bound V |