| Show SANDWICH arrom arom jo joseph seph smith sod son ron ROD of hyrum to his bis cousin geo asmith if f 1 1 maul feb 6 I 1 am well and have enjoyed myself first rate rite since I 1 have been here the climate and food with almost eve veo t ven thing else suits me very wella well weli altho it Is som gom somewhat ehat ebat warmer than I 1 haye have been been used to I 1 feel to press my way forward in the discharge of f my ray duty at all ail time times for sor I 1 know eliat I 1 am engaged in the tha work of the lord in these the last days and I 1 pray play continually for the spirit of my mis ion lon lo nand and for the spirit of the lord to gude guide me in the way that I 1 should boand 0 o anil anki to bear me up at all times that I 1 may not go astray I 1 am progressing slowly in the native language and I 1 hope that ere longy long by the blessings of the lord I 1 shall be able to converse upon the principles of the tile gospel in the native tongue the saints are slowly increasing upon these lands and those who have experience here say that it Is jr easier to vy baptize this people than it I 1 Is taking care of them afterwards which I 1 think Is correct from what ence I 1 have AX arom from F rom silas smith to his cousin geo A smil smith feb 6 1855 I 1 am maklin matins some pro progress gress gresi in the native oan fan language guase guage ee bu buk but have not yet learned to preach in it ity tho thoy perhaps before before you receive this my voice w will III lil be beard in tile the congregations proclaiming proclaiming the princia principles les ies of truth and salvation in their own language mey wey according to the best ability that god has given me and with his bis spirit to direct without which I 1 am nothing but when his spirit me I 1 fear not the face of clay and feel that I 1 am upheld by br the faith and prayers pra ers of my brethren this cheers chars me up from day to day dalry and I 1 praise my father in hea heaven en for the blessings that he Is continually bestowing upon ine int gou aouila sta sla joseph and myself have haie been to together most 09 of the time since we arrived here |
