Show ft 11 uie hie U toil inal SAV SA FRA scisco api apt il ia 1856 1956 em TOR OF fil til ill STANDARD DEAR dean SIR II 11 cou rou courance lince dince rince w T h A solicitation made to me b rt 0 9 lai lal i friel riel 1 linow dinow I 1 now pleasure pa basure devos devote e a f w v moments 10 0 communicate ti A sketch of my mv m v yas ivis IMs wis forth i adf four yea year 4 for the perusal ft the reade a of your highly esteemed and worle wor lv perio perlo dl oti fn an th or october 1852 myself in com p fn an nw nv h som sow arty six eiders elders left our moun 11 hines h meg mes fo foi he the p purpose of perform performing ing i 0 3 to the tha dt d Y pt nations of tha th earth ten ry rif us is myself u i i ded destined to south ansa ausa 1 did oid we lepri r i p df d as soon as practicable to 0 r fid ti gid 1 I of lair hiir Z ir being being li brally assisted by 1 JP ap c thren on 0 ir way eldor elder john M iworner a J J 1 a 1 broths booths of san sah jose taking a av very er ac v p rt in aliw asim as isling 11 us as also many others 1 I 1 can never heir he ir without feet feeling 1 g a t a s I 1 n of gr gasrul amul amui srul i td towards them S fro i tw thas port oi the 2nd and of P feh feb eb iro wt we arria d in sydney n on the fhe ah of april A 53 in n A which ohi cafice pa ice we W 6 found quite a number of bi b dpn hen ai a i s 3 irs rs who had received the th irso 1 oller wiler ku yd rs J marloch Mur Alun toch loch and C W U V an n ils ilg alls adi adl in ration in la this place I 1 re kenw bemp iny my aj al poi pol inina I 1 idi ini lit tit to travel in comp r luy gih wih E ler ter ja r v 4 gre ure Gr harn barn ai it the he districts district ff 0 of t camden and pr pw rth nth in the colony of new ne w souli souil wales ri in which plas pias pla pia s and in isminy i m uny iny oiher other p arts of i II 11 coony colony wei wo have endeavored to I 1 libor bor faitel y ganv have r C v pd our testimony s P mil wil I 1 ilg the anny in LL nv false and evil reports re orts both t rini d and v i bally hally asser asserted td aali and circulated oy v hose those who no ko themselves our enemies and i t with 1 ft 15 c luse and they know not why foi if su qiu i it n had one spark of offee fedewa feema lii lil iii of f h ansly ns I 1 ii I 1 that could be aroused to ac ln n and th tb i wi with h an unprejudiced mind bod wod le e the principles princ ioles luies of the doc IP I P pi 0 hsui christ as yoheved believed in ted a d prom pron lafed by bv his ilia properly authorized servants ailed died of god as was wag aaron and lid jid wid ail ull uld ild like ilke their former evil ways he c i td d trad t ions oi t s of men raw be baptized for i r tinion of their own that they might r civi 1 i the tha iri irl gift of the holy spirit a by v olis be t aught of the things bertaini per taini ti it if it 9 org ded ned kingdom King dodt dout s t up upon tile the di th he comin coming of which was one of the ni s prominent th digs that christ instructed instruct ted ho 1113 to pr ly for alid that for foiL which almost a 1 1 I arcs esons have been i j pi i y in the I 1 41 oving lathage lat aage page 1 father let fhy hy kit kii adom dom c me mica and thy will be done dono on ib b 9 it is lii ili iii lla 11 ii heaver ac they would odain uni ubi aun know knowl ae do for fr themselves that rodj ww dd c caust use ahrn to 1 y asme asae their beelin fe elings s tv 11 a ad d ilke fike P F il it of old turn torn around aro und and be e is ts mos active sin porters alpa lr hai hav we ever tholia th oLih of the ideas r luia igia a ined in s payer p ayer in thir proper lihi li hi IV laire hi h i e beel beell i h t by our parents p are n ts an andies d te v h i or clergy ir is i r you please to ask our ile lie hev tv py 1 I ly F ia ther cherto to hil hll q to past pas i a principle on v e r a al lo 10 not in ur oar hearts alone that W ii 1 it 5 il iid tid cone rone ro ne even cven in the day when we are s si 1 p F all inu i to 8 1 upon the earth and we are 0 ay iy nor n U K to acknowledge and re 1 u sam samp iut tut turn from ii it wib with i ip ap unity aud and not nol 2 ive lve it a hearing helring he tring iring that thai v ia io hr as the apos assir P say sai sas s prove all things icv would I 1 i tand t rd agh figh ng against ifa I 1 r ct g it atie tle tie vv thin for tor which we ld b bi fu a v ays t ht tto to pra pran 13 r pr p adon oli rura gilr TT MP editor for I 1 must aci alo wyo wf d e P that I 1 ave h ive di digressed L somewhat i rt 11 ny fly riv subi IL 2 f fi n far car f C far ar dr of intruding upon qa irti ule uie ano sa s v n return I 1 abts abis ab is 1 connection wib wiil wih rn tn br b taren as ast abt f r s pc ss odle rile baptizing bap ba izing zing in it ci ill iii elih tb 1 9 1 cements len ien lentS I 1 Vi StEed and endeavoring to build wild up and the saints saint and frequently vi ia ng also our nar yar quarterly terly conferences held in sy iney ar at oie ole oae of 0 held in the month of jely 1 I WAS appointed in company with ll 11 eider elder james graham to retarn return home in a col coli pany of sal sai ats from that c ony ny we embarked on the american barque bacque julia ann and set sail from sydney harbor on the ath of sept with a small company of some thirty souls bouls elder jqhn john Penn Perm fold foid sen ha having vin charpe charge of the same by bv appointment from president dentA A farnham Parnham we had rather rough weather for some days after with strong winds from the E N E B which caused considerable sea bea sickness other than this we had bad nothing nothing to im impede our progress but our barque bacque rode rodeo ravely oer the mighty dee deep until our fatal accident oi on the nuh of the ad 3 d of october the of which I 1 am told yo lb ib ive and the incidents of IN III ili inch C h are too painful ul for me to unnecessarily rehearse we were delivered from our exiled and des situation by the untiring perseverance of captain B F pond master of the barque bacque e julia ann oi icca with the charitable good feel pity pi of or cirtain capt nn latham master roaster of the schooner emma eoma packer that came to our relief we I 1 were taken off the scilly isles where we were i wrecked on the ad of december making it two months that we were left in this lonely situation on an uninhabited island I 1 need not attempt to arst ribe our feelings of gratitude and pi praise als ais which whit h we fet to ne to the god of israel for ills ilia goodness and mercy merry in in thus work working a deliverance for us its for I 1 have not lan ian language guage gnage to express mv my own feelings much less the feelings of those around me suffice it to say I 1 am thankful to know that his mercy en dureth for ever as the prophets said to those that are willing to obey him we were taken first to one of me the society islands thence to tahiti where we found as it were an asylum for the destitute through the kindness and charitable feeling manifested towards the distressed passengers by the catiz ci tirs tins ts of tahiti the united board or 51 1 bisonic lodge took immediate measures me to relieve our wants by providing or finding shelter and food for all th this Is act of humano humanity and kindness was deeply felt and in our feelings if not publicly express expressed gul fil abd add I 1 I 1 now feel as I 1 have hav e ever felt to implore the blessings of heaven upon all such as have put forth their hand to assist those who were whre so tin unfortunate fortunate as to lose their all of this worlds food goods good s 1 As the consuls of this place said they were not authorized to make any provisions whatever for passengers under sueh such such buch circumstances myself and elder oer graham continued with the se schooner hooner and returned to andr and after tarrying there thare one month met with opportunities each in in different male maie ships to go to honolulu iono flono lulu luiu myself on board the Alonte montezuma zurna D tinker captain whose ambr and kindness in numerous wa w a s will ever aver be remembered by me with e emotion en fotion after rem rein bining in honolulu some two weeks we e were enabled efm ern bled bied by the assistance of elder eider evans anti and others who reside there to engage our passage to this place on board the frances palmer captain stott we had rather an unpleasant passage ge of twenty three days the vessel being verv very much crowded landfare and fare none the best beat yet I 1 think the vessel a good one oneall and w with ith a gentleman in deed as well as word wool for COE commander amander nm ander persons might make it 4 a pleasant passage but I 1 I 1 must say tile tiie me treatment rity iffy friend and myself received was not at all ail 11 commendable I 1 must now bring this communication to a close praying god our iia ila heavenly venly father to continue to pour his blessings upon you and all connected with you in ahn this great grea work atsa aisa that ile he in may mry av inspire the hearts of the saints and all lovers of truth to tb lay hold a aad d encourage ap sog so glorious clorious an undertaking aa as th that t you have tn engaged aed I 1 in that is the publication of f the noble standard J remain your brother in the gospel covenant JOHN 8 ELDREDGE eldriedge froin broin the western Wester ft standard StIn dard SAN FRANCISCO april 1856 DEAR drother CANNON R is with beelin feelings s of thanks to the author of all good that I 1 communicate to you yon and my friends at urae a anze through the medium of your stand standard ard a sharl account of the privations and trials endured by the passengers and crew of the amerian amerlan amen an bark julia jula ann an ri ca captain tain B F pond master bound frog from sydney sydne S wales to san francisco upper Cali call califern forn fifty six BIX souls on board the chief part of whom were mormons cormons Mor mons on their way to great salt sait lake city utah territory ie we left b sydney heads at 2 fi pm on the of september 1855 with the wini wind wind blowing blowin in irm binm in the N E and uninterruptedly pursued pursued our oui course without anything of any consequence occurring until the ath of october when captain pond expecting to pass between kopea and the scilly isles set the watch in I 1 I 1 the foi e top the log was hove about 8 em pm a and nd the bark was found to be making k t td s per por per hour horn shortly afi af erv era ards ims the sea bec cime affie roli roll ell eli and tind in in about an hour hoar the vessel with a tremendous crash dashed head on to a coral reef she immediately swung round with her broadside to the reef and the sea maae made a COM complete breach over her at every swell directly after she struck captain pond ordered all the pa 3 agers hi 0 the after afler caa caim and dad u T ni iii fhe he f mals females ill lil dring of hun him and his officers m wh whathem hat athey shey should do they were tola to cling to what they could until some plan could ibe be davisa to coave comey commy y them theia from flom the vessel to the reaf reef in a short time one of the crew suc sue coded in in c ry a I 1 1 nc ap and making it fast h I 1 i pon pen the bhe re f P iv I v means me ans ins of which many a i e I 1 in m ko j I 1 th h j r escape in comparative I 1 safety from the vessel I 1 have se seen en matheis nursing their babes in the midst of fallin falling masts uld aid and broken spars while the bie ble kers were rolla roling twenty foet feet high over tbt arp arpik I one laidy loidy s ster hams hags ppe pre preparatory ti to leaving the fhe s 1 p wilh with her two camren children tf tib oldest of which was iss vvs two years old tied the ot onn ingest gesh gest a babe of six weeks old to h hr har r kast mast breast breash the vessel immediately afterwards broke in two across the main hatch and the waters rushing in herself and child amid the fhe th e str sir eggling waves and dud timbers of the wr k there ws w s another lady sister er 11 ir ophrey who oho ho had three children when the vesa sessel vessel l struck she told her hr r friends to pro protect her ner children and convey them safely to great salt C L lake 1 city for her ber earthly caree r was run shortly a r sho shiy avi v h oie ole 0 IP fb r children chii chil dien dlen w ws is sw p by a sea sed into luto til the doimi j s iff and ana they gre wre vve ave e seen been no nige vine there was also a young morhet of seventeen who manifested true co courage urae during the dreadful icen scene her husband took their child and lashed it to his back and struggled to the reef on a rope with w his wife cloae COL coe behind behn J hun hlin aid AI ald d th tik three were wi e saved tinh i I 1 mist hei hel re i ark that aw dunall annail 1 1 i all ali these those awful and ap app paling auns ahns scenes not no a shriek s friek of or d despair s air was heard from front one of those these th so loders r 10 hers and gildren children by about midnight th the principal part pirt of the passengers had reached tile the reef with the ex coptis i of elder eldee el 1 r jimes jlmes graham and some of th brethren soon dt the tho broke to pieces and the part p iri tri they were on was providentially carried bigli bagli upon the rocks and they were landed in in safety all hands had reached the reef excepting two wo women and three children who were drowned with our bodies much lacerate lacerated dr by the sharp coral reef and with 4 dreary waste of water without land in sight our situation was 11 pitiable ili but when the light burst forth from frol th the eastern horizon we discovered at the distance of about twelve miles the outline of the scilly isles it was then ascertained that the vessel had dad struck on the S W reef of these isles and b by a it was ascertained zat yat that the true position of the tile scilly isles was wag sixteen miles from the place indicated by the chart I 1 at sunrise all hands commenced to make a raft with the fragments of the wreck to convey us to the islands by about noon the remains at a quarter boat was also fixed up with canvas and copper to convey the women and children to the land still the menbere men were compelled to remah on the reef two days ard and two tivo nights without anything to eat or drink and Ms thus under a burning tropical sun tho third day we ave succeeded iz in reaching the island upon the raft and found that its only inhabitants were rats rata and bea sea fowe there was no fresh water to be seen in any direction by scraping holes however in in the sand near the waters edge with a pearl shell we e were w ere enabled to obtain water which by filtration through the sand was rendered comparatively fresh and palatable we kindled a nare fare by the aid of a sun suu glass and roasted some shellfish shell hish fish and made a very light fight repast after we were svere all ali landed on the island captain pond called all hands to order and delivered a address stating that as we were cast away upon a desolate island gland that a common brotherhood should be b e maintained and that every oran otan sh should ouid hunt hant birds and gih gish fish far our common sustenance suster lance to which proposition all assented the next momin morning we found lound a a turtle upon the beach that weighed leighe td about three hundred hunared pounds this tills gave ave us strength and confidence fi to exe exert ourselves ives with energy and we plated placed sentinels around the island islan dlo to watch for turtle and wild fowl too toti much cannot be said in commendation of the saints in this trying try ing situation I 1 have seen anold lady upwards of sixty years of age oat at night hight hunting turtle in this 8 situation aaton we remained seven weeks by that time the ships carpenter had repaired the quarter boat so that it was thought that she might possibly live to perform a voyage to some innabi inhabited teu ted land thih after great difficulty was launched over the reef and the 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