| Show correspondence I 1 switzerland ERLAND I 1 RUE DU genoa deb dec 18 1856 dean DEAP BROTHER I 1 take the pen peu to drop you yau a few lines that you may know that although so far distant I 1 have bave not forgotten old friends foie frie yet my s eeling negligence may have made you yon think tha that t 1 was not a very punctual correspondent my health is excellent for which I 1 feel tila the more thankful when I 1 think of tile the cramped condition in which aich I 1 loft tho vallies for forEn england giand glaud you can appreciate my condition my aly labors are not of avery a very stirring nature as I 1 am compelled to do tho greater purt of my preaching by lly letter which gives me a great deal of writing todo to do since in my arrival here I 1 have issued 19 12 numbers der per marsteller dursteler Dar Dars steller teler 1 in german geman I 1 have obtained through tile the blessings of the lord a li partial artial knowledge of oi tile the german language amu and can understand the tile greater part of what I 1 hear ilear in the lie F rench french but do not speak it much this month we are issuing I 1 some copies marriage and morals in uta utah I 1 in the french igge iggi language and we hope they will do something towards toiv aids awakening the people to the tile subject salvation the work still rolls on in these missions especially ally so in tile the german part of switzerland dand the elders eiders E iders are baptizing nearly evely every week and considering the watchfulness of the tile governmental governmental authorities we vve are aging toler tolerably ably well the elders elder occasionally get a chasing from the police but the they thes generally take the wrong track or their eyes are blinded that they cannot see the servants of god and und pass them by frequently enquiring of them thein for themselves ill in the tha month of october I 1 visited the saints in zurich bernse iliad all an excellent time it was my first attempt at speaking Oer german pian plan although I 1 had confined confine diny iny studies entirely to that language and closed iny my ears to the french which 01 is spoken in geneva it was ws a days before I 1 could ifould make myself understood MI in one week I 1 acs abla aule with willi the llie help heip of tila llie to address the saints insomuch that they able to understand me tolerably welt weir this ms me great griat gri at joy and causs dine to 0 thank the loid more and more for this tills great blessing I 1 was never happier than I 1 arn am in laboring the advancement of the interests 0 of f the kingdom of god I 1 rejoice in it and pray that imay able to anun the many temptations that tite tile eiders elders while abroad and come home honorably if I 1 cannot do this I 1 have no desire to return except I 1 can meet the ilia authorities of church in confidence knowing that I 1 have my iny duty as well as I 1 knew ilow how I 1 never wish meet them the people in lle ile lie the french part of worship at the llie shrine of mammon and und care 0 so little about religion and their salvati salvation oll that it truly sickening to one that knows the value obeying 0 the mandates of heaven in this last dispensation pensa tion tiou 1011 loli the papers are filled with awful yarns barrs ya tile tiie and ans their r dreadful doin doln doings gs in utah and ill all seem to vie via one with will the other in in which can tell the biggest lies all thit this serves call tile the attention of tiie ilia people to the subject mormonism that is what we want only a investigation is necessary to open the ea ees as of ilca lica honest lesk test in hear heart my aly kindest kill dest love to the presidency your family ta the elboym el boys in tile the offices and all enquiring friends I 1 remain as ever yours in ID the kingdom 0 god JOHN L SMITH |
