| Show ELDERS correspondence arrom from Elde eldert iJames fjames james jgmes A littie little to elder james mcknight 7 january 24 1855 33 brother 6 I 1 hr richards has bas now obtained two more assistants assistant ki the office and the load begins to lighten up a little dorsol for some two or three week weeks I 1 reared that that my health was wa seriously impaired by the too close confinement which brought on severe pains in the chest and stomach stomachs made mah I 1 still still worse by a cold which produced violent coughing ebro this complication of disease t f sunk n strength very fast tor for a tim time but throb throy the tha prayers prayers and administrations trat tra ions tons oi of my brethren the powers of life lite raye lave ave been renewed htwe 4 within me and I 1 am again resuming my duties wita 1 satisfaction and daily dally increasing health 4 I 1 never before realized to so great an extent the direct Isles sings ot of the lord and the ilfe life iving power of ills spirit as I 1 have in this affliction iff itha riwa IsI iki true there is 18 some little belf self denial in going on a lin islon mission but I 1 tell you sincerely that the lord has blessed meal meat mehl me thousand na fold foid old borall or att all the littie little sacrifices I 1 have bare made the nearest expression espres loa lon tomy to my feelings I 1 can inake make is that the debt st af gratitude I 1 owe to my father in heaven Is abundantly increasing e ever ely day for he not only has blessed me with all thai that I 1 have asked fory rory for but with more than I 1 could conceive of I 1 11 1 I have bae felt seit great satisfaction in my ny labors and I 1 feel particularly thankful to the lord urd and brother I 1 for the privilege of laboring under the immediate direction and supervision ot br frankiin franklin the powers of life and salvation are in and round about him continually while the affections of 0 the heart cling with th the utmost tenacity to those brethren with whom I 1 have counseled and prayed and been associated in dangers on the scout around the campfire camp fire and in the nightly batchy watch I 1 am thankful that I 1 have the privilege of 0 increasing and extending thosa those associations inthis in this land which serve a so effectually lo 10 bind the faithful together to Jn those bonds of faith and fellowship which rill will enable us the more effectually to t overcome arcome the powers pow ers ot of darkness the brethren of your acquaintance I 1 believe are all enjoying J hoidn pretty good health and everything appears to be prospering with them brothers grant ferguson and wheelock have been here a few days of br wheelock Wh celock I 1 must say A word or two because his kaniv name Is had in remembrance by many for good goody or eval and I 1 fear fears the latter too often by some for their own good from the short abort actual acquaintance ingance I 1 have had with him here herey I 1 have formed a high estimate of his character I 1 know kaw of no one who appears odears to have a warmer heart hearts a more since sincere attachment reattachment to his brethren or to be more thoroughly devoted to dolfie good and building up this kingdom than he Is cousin joseph 4 k young toung Is now president of the bradford conference ile he can scarcely any longer be considered the joseph he be was while at home he has become a reflecting praying faithful mani man that begins to colitre comprehend what he must become becomes and the great responsibilities which rest upon him I 1 I 1 I 1 from elder wm win G young toung to his wife 10 BLEAK streety colbridge ey eng eug I 1 feb 2 1653 1655 S DEAR ADELIA I 1 am well and ani feel well in my labors in this t autry however it if it was not for the duty that I 1 have bave to P perform irwim knowing that I 1 am am engaged in the work ot at teford tg lh J eLord ford and and sent forth by his nis sei sel servants servants I 1 w would ouid not sti stry stay y here one week while I 1 am abi able to travel and preach I 1 feel teel well and it Is then only hat that I 1 can enjoy myself for there Is little else to be seen here than poverty aid and distress distress the fhe the times in england were never so hard bard before as they tikey now nw are there are hundreds of people starving to death and nd my heart aches for the poor saints in this place fou iou you 4 cannot form torm any idea idlof of the suffering that everywhere prevails it if I 1 bad known five years ago agop bow it was as lerp fiere I 1 would have brought many a poor saint saint raint out of this and I 1 believe bellive it if the saints dont wake up to thein their d duts duty and help heip the poor from this country coun the lord will bring brins trouble troubie upon them for tor the cry ot of the saints continually is that they may be delivered athe rhe the other night nights after I 1 had been preaching a it mall man cs came ta to me who had been listening to my remarks with much attention and said you are either the biggest hypocrite in the world or the best beat man I 1 ever ev r saw I 1 told mimy him that I 1 was neither a hypocrite nor the best man a the world but the principles that I 1 taught ivere the best a and na the only principles of salvation revealed to mankind tills this man and his wife ar are e to be baptized tomor to mor row rom vye lye we iare ibre re baptizing some every week and the wark vs ark prk ot of the lords lord is moving 0 on in this country and our enemies car cannot I 1 prevent it when when f I 1 read the newspapers I 1 am el ei to exclaim the kords words af of the prophet joaeph are aro being fulfilled for what whit dow 10 lo we q behold at twe present time tareq ihre thre of the hobt po pow w e erful nations on the earth enga engaged ed la in a most deadly conflict I 1 I 1 apon closely examining the present condition ot of europe euro ro the reflection arises in the mind alad how effectually I 1 JL ard abd ad upon what natural and obvious principle can the lord his bis mighty purposes purpose sl does he lie gee see proper to pha gha chastise stise the nations swallow up in n destruction their property or niches riches lay slay their mighty ones low in death and send bend the voice ot of mourning throy the earth how thoroughly can an this be done and yet how liow naturally allN I 1 the lord has decreed a consumption upon the whole hole hoie caril carll and by the shedding of the blood of the prophets I 1 add and apostles joseph hyrum david and others thid thal that consumption has become Im moveably seated I 1 bu but the inhabitants of zion may rejoice in n the abundance d 0 of f peace and be glad luthe lathe in the hope of salvation sait salt atlon god hiess bless you and all the faithful saints it from arm a ietter jetter of wm 11 II kimbail kimball to his father sa w STREET london march Is 1855 1835 FATHER FATH rath E R sinco since my illness by the small email pox poz I 1 taken a trip in the country and visited one of my conferences in company with elder daniel spencer since which alch I 1 feel very i eny ery well weil w ell eli the tte small pox DOX is a dreadful disease but the mer let iet my heavenly father and the kind and attentive wre earret carret of fathel and mother malben and family with whom I 1 make my home in london I 1 lam ram am happy to bay ray that I 1 am without lingering pains and without mark marks for tor ft aich I 1 tart bart tant be too grateful to my heavenly father abes ahe I 1 rast wrote t to you the weather y artber was very severe since then it has beco become m in mild iid ild aw an pleasa pleasant n 4 which i lich I 1 am in hopes will enable the poor POO laborers to get employ employment employee me nt 47 thit that they may be able to obtain food to sustain themselves an and d famil families leg lei it itis Is enough to make a heart of stone bleed to bear hear and read ot of the suffering buffering that has been throughout europeans Europe and in an ep epenial especial ecial manner in london and lAver laverpool liverpool pogi large c companies have been been keen passing the streets following in a procession after a black flag and crying out STARVING TO deai DEATH TIlly with their feelings wrought up to such a pitch that they would walk into shops regardless gard less of consequences consequence and in appearances and actions more like hogs bogs than nien nten for they not only eat but destroyed and when men would condescend to pass bread out ot of their shops to them they would not be satisfied with that but hut break throy the windows and aid the proprietor in passing out the contents of his shon shop this course of proceeding lasted for several days until ome some 5 measures frere were entered into inta by the authorities to put a stop to it I 1 but these things I 1 need not trouble you yon with as they are a promised to the nations of the earth andee and we loo look kifor tor for them therefore we need not wonder at their appears appearance n ce 1 knowing as we do the he certainty 01 or the prophecies of joseph being fula fuld tul ful lied it seems kems that the eyes of the children of men ought to be opened but they are not they are blind to their own interest and apparently dorried to be so our prospects are apparently good goad for doing a great and good work this year god grant that it may be soy so for 1 I w with ith many others am anxious to do ido something and to make our way w ay out of babylon so soon as the lord will I 1 have bare got a very nine fine parcel of choice truit fruit vine and garden suds seeds which w alch elder john robinson will bring to you ou and I 1 wish them to be divided between you and uncle brigham I 1 also wish elder daniel spencers family tobaie to have some of them elder spencer has been with me about ten days 1 and will stay a day or two longer he ile has built me up much by his fatherly and wise counsels lie ile has concluded to remain in england another year and that is a source of rejoicing among all the elders eiders as his calling cal cai lingis Is to travel the various conferences in european missions to counsel the brethren and to help them out of difficulties should there be any anyo g in which he Is not backwards backward nor smooth longed it if the emergency of the case requires decision C and action this Tt orning I 1 received a letter from joseph A young toung he be is in good health and spirits and had bad just been to uv ltv with n ith a company from hl lit conference to emigrate to the sta es and valley and Is going again agam with with another company about the jath dinst N hen ben it Is expected that three vessels will sali sail with the emigrating saints I 1 intend to go down about that time with nearly jwo iwo hundred saints from the pastorate when alien I 1 expect to meet him and quite a number of my old associates and among them all of the it little tie tle company I 1 came to this country with I 1 brother FranU franklin ln and georgej i eorge corge and all the rest in n their letter letters swish w ish to be kindly remembered to you and famil family Millen lai lal star a CAPE OF food HOPE i FORT BEAUFORT sept 15 1854 PREST F 1 D RICHARDS I 1 embrace the present opportunity port unity of writing you a few lines iines in order to inform you of some things which are transpiring in this part lart partab of the world As it regards the present prospects of the work of god in III these dark deglans of the earth I 1 would that I 1 could write more favorably that the people were more willing to hearken to the message which god in his macy mercy has sent them and repent and be baptized for me remission of lins sins j an and d embrace the fullness pt of the everlasting gospel whereas a s but few as yet vet have complied of these I 1 have ordained I 1 elder 2 priests a and n d 1 deacon who nho are ps assisting all they can in spreading the gospel consequently antly the work is rolling on gradually and the cloud of darkness dar k ness as well as Is giving way to so some me extent no doubt yen are aware of my having hav ing been abi abl absent t some ten months from elders haven and smith during which time I 1 have been laboring on 64 the frontiers drontle rs 0 of f atric africa althe the I 1 borden bordern of kaffir land I 1 first labored two months in this place places and baptized 9 aftel after which I 1 spent sa some i nt e three thre e or four months in Gra grahams liams ilams to town I 1 procured a house and held meetings three months of the time times which were well attended tt ended at firsty forst first but some see seemed ged fully d determined elterm ined t to break up the meetings tb the e excitement was so great it caused many to stay away I 1 continued un until tit none attended except those vi hopt hoot werd were disposed di posed to make disturbance i ani and an when they ascertained khat that that thai no ione jone one gise else else eise camel came the they v were w ere satisfied to stay away I 1 received receive much insult and abuse not only that but two moi mot athi of the time timer I 1 had BO no home no place to get noy roy regular meals meair but I 1 used to sleep in the room where w here bere I 1 held heid meetings and now and then had bad an invitation to dinner or to tea A aho thoy thol quite a number said thai thal believed that it was truth ai that it was thedora the work of god gods 3 yet et none ione lone would repent I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 we read that the devils believe and tremble I 1 affen think the 6 ame is the ca cise case seith with many mant tot lot f this generation especially when ithe h they see the tit judgments tf vf god of by the 1 3 6 which ar arft 1 e being poured out and swe sw epig over the wh B hole hoie ae earth earthy so clearly demonstrated in this par pah part there Is a d dibease disease amongst the cattle berea here bere called the tiie which has been very ery destruct destructive ir ep and has caused much excitement amon st the people as s they cannot nind find out put any preventive or cure on its farst first appearance it wag was wa so claiming an and d destructive t ivr lve 11 1 that the governor issued a proclamation pro clanta tlona requiring ring 1 allcUt 1 lttie attle la attacked ly the disease to be shot and buried burled immediately when it was as ascertained and land authorizing any and every eveny person penson to shoot all such cattle when or vebe vibe wherever rever reyer found and stating that parties patties were subject to a fine tine of five pounds should they suffer buffer any such cattle to run or to remain retrain unburied consequently thousands of cattle were shot or died of the disease some men shot as higham high as fifty allty to 10 a hundred head and upwards but this did not stop top the contagion thus all medicines and schemes proved unavailing finally it was thought that inoculation would woul I 1 be a certain preventive consequently hundreds of cattle were inoculated allover all ail over the coun country and in parts where the disease was as unknown unk but instead of this having the desired effit it has bea bem l ca the very means meals of at spreading the disease more rapidly set net only thiap this but bat the locust locusts have bare been sweeping sweep ing over the te connary con r otin destroying 11 the grain glain i and na grass in some parts lea iea leaving v ing no nothing lit hin lin to tor for r the be beasts ats hio bio ea eat t horses norms hae h hac avre alre died from eat est eating illi liti the tic locust i J 1 thus afee wp see gee the word of god being ed j as spoken by modem modern as well as an ancient clent prophets la in spite of the puny arm of lilan ellan man or eved eted even eten all teea the s of earth and hell bell combined i 0 I 1 will fai fal say ray in n that 1 I in connection with the breth brethren reny have visited several beveral friall wil vil Tilla lapen gesy and stud have hare succeeded in getting openings in two or three places and have bare pred 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