Show cors CORI LONDON june bishor BISHOP JOHN joun beloved brother believing that a few lines from the capitol of the gentile world will not be unacceptable I 1 write you a word or two hoping you are in first rate herlth and rejoicing in ili the great work in which thank god we are privileged to be engaged I 1 am well and doing well ank and and feel that the lord is with me strengthening me for the tha work whereunto I 1 am called I 1 realize more than ever the privilege a person e enjoys noy s who lives in the valleys of or he the mountains f far fer r away w ay from the trouble troubie and add turmoil crime and of darkness aran of this so called civilized world truly truls this generation is rushing on oil to destruction fon for iniquity increases with fearful rapidity and the elements of society are fast parting asunder here in this city of prostitutes and where houses of ill il fame meet your all quarters where the drunkard jostles you every hour of the day and night and where you are under the necessity of keeping a sharp watch vat ch evry step you take lake leet left your pockets s should uld be eased of their contents you will hear the cry raised oh loh those horrible hoi mormons cormons Mor Alor mons ohl oh the corruptions corrupt ions or if utah oh ohl polygamy oh that dreadful bi bagliani liam llam young and the groaning hypocrites who wh read sermons for money and arid look sanctified for hire who keep keel their mi stresses by the score and arid guzzle their bottles of wine by the dozen will lift their shaky hands with horror and throw their eyeballs to the roof of their heads as it if they were wele shocked chocked at the awful sinfulness of the people P le of uta utah 11 w who 11 0 woul loulu d lay their heads on the block sooner than commit a single act such as many of these wretches revel in to show that crime crime is is increasing rapidly here I 1 will mention the fact that the city of london b have ave decided to build another prison on an enormous scale to cost prisons lunatic asylums and churches seem to be fhe the building order of the day there are many old houses here and they chev frequency fall rail in and sometimes bury the inh inhabitants abi abl abitanta tants lii lit in the ruins 2460 dangerous structures have been reported yet here there ae some magnificent buildings for all kinds hinds of purpose purposes it is is calculated hat that in in england there are at least persons who have no home but tramp round the country and some who have w what flat fiat they call a home live in in the most deplorable a cond condition tion stion cases come before the authorities almot almost every day ol 01 places where a dozen or more persons of both sexes sleep in in one small room five and six six together in one bed and many other rooms in the same house occupied in in a similar way no wonder ye hear of fever and disease the air air here is is heavy and sometimes so thick you might cut it with a cheese knife it rests witti wild great weight on my lungs yet when I 1 stand before the people by the tile spirit of the lord I 1 am able to ue use them in IR defending the principles of truth there are some good saints S here who are striving to keep themselves es from the iniquity that surrounds them and to live their religion many of them are very anxious to flee glee to 0 o zion ard and we are showing them the he way to deliver themselves by their own exertions viz viz by savino saving savins I 1 their pen nies mes and handing them over to the presiding elders to take care of for them for if they kept them themselves they would not keep leep them very long but spend them if they were pinched the i eiders elders send seno the cash to liverpool and it is oil on band baud when required I 1 am truly rejoiced to hear of the spirit spir t of the reformation in zion it makes my heart glad to know that the people are working righted ard remembering the lord the tile same spirit is is prevailing here in my travels among the saints I 1 have been greatly blessed in endeavoring to hick kick the scales from their eyes for they had bad accumulated I 1 aud and reached a pretty good thick thickness ners but they are opening their eyes and seeing the importance of their duties ae are a e repenting of ther their slothfulness and commencing anew to serve tile the lord and work out their own eternal salvati salvation or and also their heir temporal deliverance for they ale aie real realizing iziu that u upon ou that depends in a great measure their future glory i the elders are forth without purse and scrip ip preaching the gospel 1 to the gentiles and doing dohig much good and nj all the faithful saints aro ara warning their neighbors by outdoor out door preaching tract distribution or cr their living testimony for the tha truth the devil s usual ia is bu busy 1 sy opposition is rife the fires fired fire firo of persecution begins to burn and the spirit of animosity to inspire the tho wicked the rotten hearted priests who live and fatten upon the hearts blood of the tha poor til toe too a people to resist the servants of god and the editors are helping them by retailing the wholesale esaia esala lies manufactured inn ili the sates states i and by the in inventions vent ions of their own puzzled b brains rains and evil malignant hearts I 1 feel vry v ry much the he necessity of stirring lip the good saints S auts to escape from babylon for truly there will be trouble for them unless they tiley flee for sas safety fety to the chambers of zion the destroyer is is abroad the elements of war and tumult plainly appear ili in the worlds atmosphere and nd ali all tae things a betoken the mighty struggle that will soon take tale place lace between the powers of evil and the tha power of the almighty oh that I 1 could with a 0 o ce like the he thunders of eternity sound to the end ends s of tho the earth a testimony of the things t thet that are coming conling to pass the tha plagues the famines the earthquakes the awful conflicts between the tha nations the crashing of co kingdoms and abe the distress perplexity and anguish lai isi that will overtake tile tha wicked surely then ilja tha honest would awake from their slumber of death and obey the he lord and the saints lints S with a bundle in in their baud hand would bid adieu to this truth hating god goi despising corrupt generation and flee to the tile may alay god bless the faithful in zion may peace ba be in her border borders may her barns be filled with plenty and her habitations with g may her prophets be full fall of the liht light of revelation her sons be clothed with mighty s strength and her daughters with the pure robe of virtue may alay her enemies be wasted and consumed and their names be blotted from the earth and may the nations oon be compelled to bow and acknowledge that god is with this people pray for me that I 1 may be able to accomplish my mission in faithfulness and return when wilen it is finished to the odi oni only pure spot oa on tha the earth the tha mountain home of zion E T benson |