| Show elders ERS ees correspondence 0 i 11 I 1 ENGLAND I 1 I 1 fro hider eider elder matthias cow coo ley to enier eidel joseph cain L D J sint ksir St NT T CHAPA CHAFEL ft t panis pauls opening Open ine inc city if vf I 1 norwich lotwich Not Noi Nort noil ft MB ila I 1 ever since ince I 1 left lift home I 1 hae hag enjoyed m id ling good health considering the different change changes of atmosphere I 1 have had bad to encounter I 1 have ilive felo fell all the time lime like this I 1 am on business for my father rather in heaven and while I 1 per fru frn my duty and do and speak spek to the glory of god with honor to the church and to in sel sei self rell f I 1 am eis casy e els is come lire life or come death all is 13 well weil ft ell eil lie he will take tale care of his owenj jf it was not fir these coun countries coundrie trie would have ijo dlo no charm for fb me 1 there here is is no man or woman ihal thal is is not here who can rea ize the ditre s wickedness corruption famine arid and other dec Der Dc ilist deeds too numerous to mention anch winch prevail here and are enough to con condemn denin all the world I 1 am not astonish ed in the least at these things taking place olace in fact I 1 have looked for thel thil them them BO so that I 1 may insy know that the cup of their iniquity is fast filling up and is is pretty retty ingli melt full 11 it must needs be that thit of fences come corne but woe to 10 them by whom they comeil come also a houe hoube house divided against itself cannot stand amongst all eim fin black hiack om nn er dr joseph bior jonm is la rolling rollin ahead and riving raving ninny many from the a fui ful calamity ca amity that tint is about to commence in the these lands lind A night or two amo ago ago while in my study the mt of the lord referred me to the revelation on the pa ay iy e of the book of doctrine and covenants I 1 rea tea read d it on the same evening to a very larne large assembly of saints S lints and strangers 1 it created in them a spirit f inquiry and they feel fee l as though the end wa wap war nigh I 1 labored in the birmingham conference under the presidencies cies cles cf elders Ilar chant and bramwell fr twelve moti months thi aa as falth faith faithful rial as I 1 knew how bow and enjoyed the spirit of god all the time then I 1 hb inn reil red in lit ireland Ire land lind with elders eiders ferguson fergnson mcallister McAlli str bondy dondy nond hond and some other others for about six ix weeks I 1 there received ived my appointment to the presidency of the no ich Conf connen errice ertice nce nee and in entering upon my duties perta pertaining ining to raid con ference ferente I 1 realized my own weakness witness and nod inability more than ei ever erl eri I 1 did before but having baving the confidence faith falth and prayers prayers of bf the saints taints aid nid ald aid servants gervan tsi grodd ef cod and a de giro piro irb lre ire to obey ohey consel and to vork work righteousness all the time I 1 expect to surmount sur eur mount and conquer every obstacle the opposing spirits may ngy throw ia ir the way I 1 it the lold 11 ll more inore a jilin man is is exalted the more huml humblet let iet he 1 a 1 fee eeli first beekin q g the kingdom of god and ita itai righteousness and thenA then attwill ai twill lal go well weil tt ell this confine conference nce nee is a large one and will keep rn me busy as 29 1 I wish to bea be a I 1 the time in doing the work ot or the lord and building up his kingdom it contains au ag branches and nearly one thousand saints norwich Ko rAich contains about inhabitants haupers paupers pau pers 36 parish churches nearly as maily many chapels belonging to dil Terent different sects and nial alai alaice ge thedral cathedral ci the saints of this conference are a kind and affectionate people andare and are desirous of doing much more than they are able and their prayers are continually for the welfare of zion and that the day may sonn soon come when they will be delivered from tyranny oppression and the mighty grasp of penury which they have hive been laboring under all their life crne though they did not f fally faily illy realize it until they embraced the gospel which made them ahem feel feet free there are thousands thodis ands in in this country praying every night and morning for a speedy deliverance the saints sainty say 11 send our love to somebody in the valley vailey for all the love weve got must go there 31 tell evig ever body fiody that I 1 am w ell and 9 right light sid sido side a u up p w with ith care and ind expect to ts remain remain so until I 1 get home horne and evi evl ever lifter SOUTH AFRICA I 1 from eier eller jese jesse haven to prest pret joseph young latter BATTER latier latler D dr DT T SAINTS OFFICE w brav 4 mile mlle from j I 1 cape capa town cape of go d ilip ll 11 pe e fi feb 12 1 ISM isu there aie lie now in lit this barren d hot desert land of ham ilam 3 seventies 5 elders 5 P iesta lesu 5 teachers 3 deacons and 61 members totals total 82 VV e have hive not ac h d BO so much aa we child have wished the skittered battered satt ered condition of the inhabitants and the fatigue of travel ing lii iti in tius tins ht lilt climate have hae been barriers against doing what t have hafe e been done under other chreim birc im stan stin es e yet I 1 t elleve we have done the best we could considering the circumstances under which we have leen been paled kaied if the priesthood that fent tent us here is satisfied with what we have nil nav e done I 1 am and I 1 trust and hope that the lord is I 1 believe here there is a foundation for fur a good work laid here and that much seed its iss 13 sown which ere long will take root downward and hear bear fruit upward I 1 believe the two brethren who have been associate associated d with me roe have been active and diligent in in doing the best they could my health beaith and being obliged to stop ner ne r oare care town to attend io 10 lit all ill foreign correspondence such as receiving letters also alo aio dooks corks stars stirs ac from liverpool likewise to attend to what printing I 1 have had done and taking liking the general oversight of this mission have hae prevented me from going out and tra velling among the inhibit inhabitants ants as much as my brethren have the di distance tance we have been apart for the past year and the expense of tra velling in in this country have haie prevented us from enjoying the blessin bes sinis gs of each others society and coun couns counse sl 1 the lat la t 11 I 1 heard from br dr smith the tha work was vi as spreading where he wa va and a few were ready to anih ate as soon as they could gei get pe a ship he be will wll go with them ile he was A as expecting to go on the ship that takes this iii lil s let ie iet arhut r but I 1 received a letter irom tom him on the lovi insl lust stating that he it ind id been disappointed in in procuring a passage pas sage sige is the ship was already full the ship shift now is at port ellza eliza belh where he lie is but in a few days will be at cape town bioni which port it will sail sill for boston it is very expensive to get from hereto here to america the lowest price fur w which it ich loh th the a ow owner n a r of th the a sh ship I 1 p would tak take a the tile sa saints ints to bostone hosto Bosto nw a 9 20 pounds sterling or nearly d 1 liars the saints have been taken froni from liverpool to new orleans nur fur about 20 dollars but few ships trade between here and america and those thoe few have hive no lations for far passengers except for fora a very few in in the cabin for which they charee charge nearly dollars doll doil ars irs these are obstacles in the way of getting poor sain sam from this land I 1 the american consul told me that fat he expected that next year american ships would ie be fitted up for the pur ass of tilling emigrants fram here to amend ric rici t irb irs if so othe the saints will be able to go from here for one ono half hilf or one third of what they can now ai br dr walker about 3 weeks ago stating that there appeared to be an opening for fr pr aching iii lit iii lii some villages vil vii lage lige where he had bad not et tt been but was going in ift a new few dasi dayd ile he said tt ere v were erb ere six ready reidy to emigrate is As soon as they could settle up thir A few here bare will wa 11 be ready reidy as soon as they chev can dispose of their pro peril perty the the saints are for the land lind of zion and are aloin doing what hey they can to acom pl li the object three weeks ago myself and another arther br then ther w wh can speak the dutch lan ian an visited a v ilage about so 30 mies mi ea from here ile he called on the dutch conversed with them and alo also aio preached a rew few lemein that ian lin gage lage 11 and circulated n t it kumher erol of dutch track tracts aspinall As in all ati ot other her places the majority rejected without investigation an and d the priests cried fide fude faise fike prophets but we i found round a few who were honest hearted hear heir ted and anxious to invests gate the work one wealthy Dutch farmer in particular ir treated a abed us very kin kindly adly was anxious to learn more about the truth and was sorry that we n e had not A dook book of mor mon in dutch ile he sald slid ile he would have hae been willing tn to hive given double price for tor one if we had bad mily wily one in that tint language anither ancher dutchman a 3 oung man inan of vf good abilities and the son wn of a wealthy Ct firmer riner said sald fali sali that he bell beli believed eved joeph sinith to be ft A true prophet prop liet ilet of the lord ills his father and all ahe the family treated us its kindly I 1 bea lieve an elder who could speak low dutch with rth ith he book cf of normon mormon and a few tracts in in that language lan guage luige would nid uld do much good arri among ting the dutch in luths this colony wa in I 1 shall thail out to visit 2 ora villages from 30 to 53 51 miles from here alier aller I 1 return I 1 shall thill in make mike 1 ke prep preparations orations or leaving this land I 1 now hinl hinz of going from here to england and of calling on br dr franklin tn to see what can be done for ting this ini mission selon stion I 1 get to england so lati iati that I 1 shall pru bably kibly stop thera there during the winter of 18 5 56 1 I do not think thiner it v for fur ine ire to tarry taffy here much longer yet I 1 shall feel sorry to leave b before fore more elders arrive as its I 1 expect elders ft rant smith will leave lene before iong long I 1 wih wish to so do what I 1 cm carr fr or this mission oar fir which reason teason I 1 intend to fee see ee br dr franklin lay before him bim the situ tion lion of thing here see fee if any thing can be done about furnishing furnish ng this tins mission with books in low dutch also in in cao cato cae no elders have bare been sent here from the valley to seb fee him about the propriety of having hiving r so ovie ie sent england I 1 my hir health for the last few ay dats dars a has his been rather poor the weather jabot is hot and will be tie fora forn lor for a m nth income to come |
