Show ELDERS correspondence cor COB extracts 61 elf a aletter letter fro tro mElder alder joseph A young to hit bit hi wifel 12 CROSSLAND CROSSLAND st att leeds I 1 w j jan 18 1855 1835 f dealu deall janythe MAny The conference over oven which I 1 aa ani called to preside numbers number persons and they are ai as affection affectionate ati a body of saints as a sometimes after I 1 1 haya bave preach preached I 1 have fo to shake hands with two or three hundred anime my arm ana so larue lanie the next morning that I 1 cannot write the saints are very kind to me but they are are veny very poor I 1 see strong abl able bodik bodia bodied men working 0 tor for O r ten shillings a wee we kand they have large targe tamil famil les lei to support out of that and in addition it takes some money to support th tb work thus the saints have hare abou tSa tia much as they can do anila and K they stop a little the tiie load becomes so heavy that they cannot carry it I 1 take particular pleasure in t telling elling the peopled taho he that bell eveth and is shall be pe bavel gavel the work of god Is rolling forth quite rapidly in this coun country though there are not so mahy many b baptized as there used to be 7 the rhe tie lie reason is this the breth brethren ren now tell the people that if 11 they join us they must auit expect troubles and trial and before I 1 ib b plize any oney one I 1 inquire it they are willing trilling to tay ay everything upon the altar the tha is that those baptized now are a great deai deal betten better taken en masse than has heretofore been the cisa cise my health Is pretty good I 1 havey have however this winter heen been troubled with a severe cold and sometimes my lungs luns are wry ars bad bady but I 1 think I 1 shall be better when summer COMM comee my spirits spirits are buoyant for the lord bleses blesses me with his llly lily spirit lilt irit in ireat great abundance ange whai when I 1 my lay my hands upon the saints in cases of sickness ifie lord lieari my prayers in their behalf and they can do as they oseg to anciently viz carlsen arise take their beds a and walk one night nights not long agoy ago I 1 was preaching and tiko tuo audience commenced a regular row there were about in the room t had to go directly through the crowd to get out outs and they were going to take me to the pump i I 1 st stepped ep ped down from the stand and told them to stand back that I 1 wanted room to pass they were powerless an and n did not raise an arm against iney ines me but stood there paralyzed until I 1 had bad passed out when there arose a great disturbance one saying what did you let him go for ac i ac c I 1 then knew what the following passage ol 01 scripture meant ca one ane shall chase a thousand and two shall put ten thousand thou gaud saud to t flight george D grant and cyrus 11 wheelock are in liverpool well weil welly and doing well vm wm 11 kimball Is id la in london his health Is tolerably good vin win young Is in field neld his health Is 13 better than it has been heretofore and he is doing a grand good work vork E eils ells ellsworth borth Is in to bir laing laingham liam llam and writes that be je Is well and I 1 know by the spirit of his bis letters that he Is doing well james JamesA A little littie Is al at liverpool and enjoying very good health cousin francin and br spencer may god bless them for or their kindness unto mey me are not very well but I 1 am in hopes that they will get better as warm weather approaches pro aches br atwood ibro isso Is so faithful an elar elder that they are going to keep him another year he Is a little ma and very fleshy next month I 1 intend to visit liverpool birmingham london au c ac I 1 am much obliged to lima and john also to charlotte for tot the few lines hey they wrote a note vote puts me so much in mind of home my love to father mother brigham jr ary alice luna johnana Joh nand nind nand Char charlotte chariotte lottey ald aid and all nii friends I 1 remain your affectionate husband JOS A toung YOUNG icom prom from a letter to elder campbell froin from elder vm win 11 kimball 33 35 london jan 24 1835 1833 BK DR ROBERT kobert very many saints have emigrated and anti elany many will emigrate this year I 1 am gln going to liverpool the middle of next mouths months with with about iw two hundred and from that time forward the stakes states in the states stat will wll have bave a constant emigration ail the year but it does not seem deemi to 0 o affect much of a chang change gin gln dIn ln numbers as there are almast almost daily dally additions last year there were five hundred added in london and that Is no more than proportionate with I 1 other conferences the most nv ho are baptized now J oln oin for the love of the truth troth and to stand by it aith althof it Is new business to iney ines me I 1 begin to see fee teet feet well there Is some of the best quality of the child children rih reh of god in n these parts and they would do much gool if they had cad the tha chance and it Is my mind that they have an 1 liitt 1 As you fay say this mission is i a great school and it Js by having my eye on the picture pt destruction that I 1 c can I 1 11 appreciate the peace prosperity happiness and righteousness of the kingdom of god in sri the valleys ol 01 the mountains fon for or when away from me the people called latter day saints faints I 1 hear of nothing but wars war war deth death deaths death and poverty froin frola elder james ferguson to eider elder robert campbell BE BELFAST LeAST feba fab 7 1855 BR ronert thoy ibo YOU yon will have heard pretty much alt all about me since I 1 left I 1 will give you a lew tew few items drs dunbar wheel ks fc and myself arrived in liverpool ea on the night of the ath to ath july tast last hiving having made the trio trip from G S L city in 40 traveling days after re erni trul trusting ting myself a little in scotland I 1 arrived in this town tovim en on the tha of august I 1 jailed called my first conference on the here and in I 1 dublin on the doth in the midst of innumerable inconveniences since that time I 1 it have haye aye been enabled to bet get the work started and 22 souls haye hava been added to our rank ranks s tala is not a very ery great number but when you are in ormed that the ag aggregate regate number tn lit the whole mission Is aly nil ail 99 good and bad had and they scattered over inore than miles it w will III ill seem I 1 i i eld lid r J D T mcallistair McAll mc ulister istir bas baa the th presidency of the I 1 ekart belfast conference which constitutes the moa niort important part of the irish mission under his direction are elders cowie cowle 71 Car can carston canston ston and kerr the two last named being eiders ciders ordained in the british mission br dr james bond UM charge of the dublin conference before these brethren were sent to me I 1 found the burien len en very verl heay heavy upon me nui lai dut but I 1 am now doubly armedi armed aad nd feel strong I 1 endeavor to be wherever I 1 am most and generelly divida divide my time alme between belfast and biblin le 1 nahn the opposition to tha iha truth li Is very bitter the magistrates haye have deviled us u their protection and we are arc compelled to confine ourselves ta preaching from am house cusp to house bouse this however will P po deter us and n d I 1 feel satisfied that what the lord wishes us to dohe dobe do ih will emble embie enable us to p perform at the besty best ireland ever hab has beena been and f evera er w 11 11 1 be a hard bard b ard place to preach the gospel but in buc sue buch such arlace a place the pleasure we B e feel fek in bringing the few to a knowledge of the truth Is BO so much the greater indeed 1 I 1 I 1 docot do not know betts betten better inlaying obstacles to bur BUT mount and find much lluch opposition to APT a against a I 1 ns I 1 th than thau au it eteve ve grything I 1 went smoot smooth it I 1 d erive feat peat re at solace I 1 too not jonly from the brave boys boy boi that are with me but from the letters that receive from clorer george giorge william joseph and br the boys bays are all kind and feel as tho tha they would gladly badly I 1 ft i present state stat affairs in this this country V s most fear fea I 1 fula horrid anticipation of oi soi sol something they cannot caffot 3 fathom seems peem to unnerve the nations and the tottering foundations of Euro european pian governments predict a general erash crash A spirit of gathering out of these countries it has a taken possession of th a M mann manner erand and po no sacrifice seems too great that they can make to set get igel out put klut my iny poor countrymen countrymen and those that do otey osey obey wi he troth are fior poor a add and D d their r scanty meals meair cannot be lesse lessened hied fied lur br made linorell more frugal rupal rugal to assist thein them away pod must Inter interfere fere fefe for them or tiey they perish here i efrom from elder eider J D T mcallister McAll ister lster to elder it campbell f BELF BELFAST ASTy asti feb IW nit hit robert RODERT I 1 arrived here bere Tov nov rov 30 atter after ft er I 1 laboring a W r I 1 one year in england where I 1 enjoyed thes the phit spirit of in my calling while the duties othe of tho same earn our conference was held heid on sunday sundays of nov when I 1 was appointed president of the same since in then I 1 3 ce have baptized three women gomex ana on one man and 1 I truly tt rt joicey jolce thatty that my labors ar are not in ii vain br dr jaines james ferguson oui our craitor pastor isnow Is now with kith me mearil and I 1 truly rejoice ingils indis society ai studies dies adles tie the interest of the servants of 0 god M and does he cia cla can to enhance the welfare of the work elder Matt matthias lilis cowley Is also laboring with me I 1 in this conference and feels feeks to do all th that a becan tor for the thearl ad van cement of GAds kingdom 11 in this 2 isle wl ilee assigned hl him in to the londonderry district werch iran the extreme north of ireland and be he W was a s ve very ry while 16 I 1 ahery there an angeld ld idl j i er ferguson fergson deemed it wisdom om to call him in and latter lafter atter after recruiting a altje itle let him turn his atten attention tion to anthe another 1 part of the conference nearer belfast elder croston from the liverpool conference has a the Co counties unites of Fer manag managh nii gli armagh ai at d 0 monaghan Mon agban I 1 s bome some ready for baptism li last sunday we called calia a native elder and nd apart art for the work of the ministry he wll will start out the farst first of next week and I 1 feel that he will do a great grgat arr elder ferguson and are py I 1 tae the help of gody god and the assistance of his servants our brethren I 1 to give ireland a faithful warning we eed need your youn pray ers rs my dear brethren for we h have av a to 1 face faoa a ce a 0 coldhearted cold coid id hearted I 1 people made BO so by the tho and superstitions 0 of men not no toniy only tonly of the roman rhian catholic church but by the hireling siergy clergy and of the protestant church who are ante alike ani ani whose iron hand bani at present holds the strongest grasp I 1 I 1 have had bad word lately from Elder riders vm sym if IT kimball dball G I 1 D grant Edware edwarc Martin PC P C merri merrl C cb b webb edward I 1 bunkers Bu niter uTter J D ross boss jas carrigan and many others of the elders from staby utah who are all enjoying goo good dhe health alth aith and the of their offelo and callings i i all desire sire to be edem remembered ered to to their families tandi and the be sa ints hints at home homey and especially to presidents brigham young toung heber lieber C kemball and glin Glan grant tand and ve we all pray the lord to bless them continually nUnnally co with everything J needful of a spiritual and temporal nature t tha haills his nis people eople may ingy inky still ie be blessed with their presente presence and in 1 froin from elder john barker to eldor elder nobert robert campbell ampbell mp bell beil I 1 r I 1 cheltenham feil fell 3 1 neak PEAK I 1 PER mer f expect to leave angland ung land earlin earlan march marchy for philadelphia from thence theopi cincinnati I 1 and st louis to the camping k around around this is the new route selected for tor the the saints to take for the present I 1 tind find alno aano that Is canvassed among those who vito I 1 carry high heads itis forcing attention upon the wealthy classes of society and editors spead a little more respectfully resi I 1 of the deluded mormons cormons Mor mons 13 I 1 A coul coulse couise so of lectures is fi delivered in cheltenham which has caused the adversary ad to rats raes lu in the shape ot of opposition fon lon lectures elder dille dilie first arst ol 01 the course subject uras joseph smith sent betit of god this the following week weel apparels appeared yi the cheltenham j free fres a account of lie lle q rise and progress tr ogress 1 of the church its besent present condition the cumber r of missions now now established in the he various par parts of be he earth the numer emigrated 2 the amount tt itt meney raised fur and an th the beauty and ind cider oder of the organization of 0 I 1 the church ail all atut some exceptions s tolerably correct corrects it I 1 if I t I 1 delivered the second lecture on athe the necessity of bf revelation in the last days the third iv was a s on priesthood I 1 two opposition le leture lectures ture s were delivered delivered in the town haill hall i ly by a person named bowes next thursday elder dille edies gives a lecture actu upon the political liti li cais cals socials social and religious institutions pt utah ac elder ei cyrus wheelock lately lectured in london by request on the same sube subject ct id td about people peoples or which he received a vote ot ol thams thanks from the audience I 1 the present winter la Is very severe bevere and is said to be the hardest winter known know n in england during the last 14 years ears multitudes are ate are out ol 01 employment inconsequence ln lapon consequence sequence of the he severe frosi frost trost frost and the w workbag cusses suter very much want many of the saint are out of work and are in a I 1 state of great want for food as atay t mosny live from hand ti to mouth |