Show THE CRIMEA effrom the millennial star camp before sebastopol sevastopol Seba january 1855 DEAR PEAK crother drother E r ST artic q 90 f I 1 have tien llen li ben lien en with nith my re regiment ament in every thing in the front at all ali time times 9 when th there 6 re wa vai any t thing to ba be done but bat I 1 have escaped till now through the tot lot 0 my heavenly father with only a slight light bayonet wound which kept me only five days daya from my duty tt tf e division sion slon to which I 1 belong la is more exposed than eve ever tro trop p were before we sleep within reach of the sho gho h t and their thell I 1 hope with gods blessing to traverse inverse the ahe i ies les b before e many years are over some of the saints her ber here hero tiie elie are gonia gonn away ivay wounded and others othera have hate gone aw y to to with sickness thore those who remain here are tn food good health and spirits as far as I 1 can find them out for there is one of them whom I 1 have net been abla to see since gince we came up before Sebasti pol poi although he be ii is encamped pretty near us brothers Dr others othera mcdonald cDonald Sl and arid liay liny will nill be heroin boing cisine hf me to engla englad d in fit consequence olf lof f wounds we feel the cold odthe of the weather here very much mutch on ac cou t of the way we are ex exposed I 1 not describe the lit iii tuners trots ef clour our stua situation tion by letter but I 1 hop hope to be alo nio to tell yeu you of it dan we me sit at a comfortable fireside gether lether leth geth fr r I 1 a sm in not so bad badly ly off at prEen r gen sen t tas tai As I 1 was some time lime ago ao for I 1 take no duty as I 1 am ant actins acting as clerk for the paymaster you my cry know that we are bad bid ehni mr off when I 1 rhel ieli tell yon we have not slept with out eio elo treff ileff iless fraince since gince the of september and very few have been abla able it to get gel a shirt or pair of socks rocks xv washed asbed for more than tu two month patt past we I 1 ve live in fit a mess of adith and vermill vei vel mill and cannot get rid chit if we attempt at any time timo to speak sneak of shingi that tint concern a future state elite we are met with opposition and abuse so that except in fit our out own cases case i the king kingdom torii if is lit t a stand itil still i here sergeant drake died dred about two months aro apo I 1 never had hall an opportunity of speaking to him linn concerning cur vur doctone doc trues ilore than half balfor of he the men nho came with me from the 9 eind and 2nd have disappeared from this either through death or sickness I 1 am art bad enough with a cough myself myel fat at present but that will I 1 trust soon goon leit leave nie me the weather appears as ai if the sprin aprin spring g was going 10 open the warm weather will be welcome to all of us comes I 1 I 1 conclude with prayers for your welfare wel wei fure fire and remain your brother in tha the everlasting covenant JOH mclean before be forb fore sebastopol sevastopol Seba march 30 1855 1853 DEAR brother F D ric Kic richards hardi nARDi since I 1 lust list wrote I 1 I 1 have had many many severe trials to undergo but 1 am happy to say god in his ilia goodness and mercy has been my protector and I 1 have passed them with health and comfort of the holy spirit bly aly news at this time is not so pleasant as I 1 could wish but gods will ia is my will and t ican lean can only say 16 rhy will be done 0 lord about two weeks ago I 1 wrote to sister answer to a letter that she sent to teacher IV walker stating g in it that elder ross had been obliged to leave the crimea and go to on account of his health tins this week I 1 have learned that elder ross has departed froni from this sinful world dying in the full faith of a glorious resurrection poor brother ross roas has left a wife and twi or three children fit for but I 1 know god will protect the widow arid and her orphans in a few days or in other words as soon suon as the he brethren receive receive any nilon trion money e Y I 1 will remit you some fur for our sisters relief I 1 have not sent her word of our brothers death as I 1 do not as yet know the date but in my next letter to you I 1 will send you and her all the particulars I 1 can get when I 1 see my brethren called away from me those whom I 1 have so often hald sweet converse with I 1 often feel ve very ry lonely and wish the elme eime vas was come for me to return from this babylon our labors in this part tte the vineyard have been productive tive of much good but we ve have no time nor place to baptize or our numbers would be increased I 1 liveli live in hopes that the time is not far distant when vilen many who wiio have heard our voices will have the opportunity if not by us by some other ser servant vans of god to be adopted as heirs to the kingdom of god since I 1 commenced writing I 1 received a letter from elder celi cell who stated he was going to the valley may god our out father bless him arld and his and may he have a quick and pleasant 0 how I 1 wish I 1 could but see him by him it was I 1 learned the iho truths of heaven lily aly prayers are and always will be orais welfare isyou if you should be writing after the saints bairas please to give him my love and say it ia is all nil right we will meet again in this world or the world to come conle in his nil letter he told me that brother thomas ava f rei truing to england in the t amo tame ame ship as elder burridge brother thomas depot was wounded in the hand hind at I 1 hie he lie hatt batt e of inker min man I 1 have likewise to inform you that thai brother corporal peter lay depot left for england with wilh loss of an arm duth buth were in good standing anding Et but had no certificates as I 1 could it t see them after they were wounded priest brodlie died on the fael del I 1 f battle ath november ber lie ile was noted for his calmness when dying on the field by his comrades brothers brothen mclean melean sparr higgins indeed all the branch send their ih air love and alk ask ash for the interest of the prayers pm ers era odthe of the saints that we lay may anay be protected arid and that demay we may us uita ulta ite ita ourselves ours ourt eYves with them in thanksgiving thanksgivings 7 to our heavenly father for his goodness to tous tons ils lis please to excle elcue this BC se awl but the brict t act lil is iii I 1 have tim TIN the convenience nor time to w write rite much it has not seen been in my aly power to hold any mee meetings tinge but I 1 have done at all ail I 1 could t by y privately ope f peaking aking to any who would listen to me it i 14 ia now half past ten p m I 1 cune cime off the trenches at eight abter after having been there twenty ity tty e eight hour hours and shall have to go g again tomorrow to morrow at fur nur pm for forty eight hours more our duty is very har hard io bo please plead e altu to excuse excuser me may god besh besl bes i you yoo amen I 1 remain yours youra in the new covenant Y rossell |