Show correspondent CORRESPOND eru ENU prom prom from the Ur burnion nyon nion switzerland RUE DU gneva geneva G neva switzerland B inov rov hov 6 1856 1850 5 daar dear Drother brother george albert abert on my return day before yesterday 5 ay from zurich I 1 found lying on my table about twenty letters waiting walting replies and i antong among the mat pat yours committed to the care of eider stenhouse and this mornings post bro bi ought tight yours from st louis luis luls enclosed to prest 0 pratt for me after having havig answered chose that required counsel and and ind instructions and made my report to prest pratt I 1 take the pen to drop you ou a few lines that you may know how I 1 prosper in the arld alid arid land of the reh ref renowned william tell in the first place tiace I 1 will say my health is good edd end I 1 am a i m heavier than I 1 ever was in my life on the lah of last month I 1 left geneva on a visit to the german swiss saints and after passing through the routine of steamers railways ac I 1 arrived safely in and ana an met with about one hundred and twenty five saints on sunday the but as I 1 had learned my german from the grammar and the swiss swigs germans speak so differently from the people of germany it was with much difficulty that I 1 conid could understand or make myself under understood stool I 1 spent the week until thursday mailing Is itin the saints and oida olda ordained ined one elder I 1 never enjoyed myself better in my life than while visiting vi the saints in zurich and dodging the police on thursday he we in company with elder eider daniel bonelli I 1 took train for frauenfeld canton of Thur govic about abort 40 miles distant in the even inz we attended meeting ordained priest jhn john acier keter an elder and appointed him to preside over the branch in that ilace liace place I 1 here made an attempt at addressing the arnts in german for fifteen xi minutes mutes and ana some tome of them could understand un der staid me tolerably well on saturday I 1 returned to zurich and ip lri the evening evenin met with the priesthood tind land gave them all he te instruction I 1 could the following we held a conference about one hundred and twenty persons were present mostly saints authorities of or the church from the prophet brigham to the last member of the priesthood hood hooi were unanimously sustained ined in their callings I 1 addressed the assembly nearly an hour in in german through the f aith faith of the be saints and the good spirit of almighty god resting upon us I 1 spoke many words thail that 1 had not learned but which were comprehended bythe by the saints afelt I 1 felt to thank and eie eje lord for his blessings bestowed upon us its and wid the alsista assistance nce nee he gave me in all places where I 1 had hart to speak of the principles pr anci Inci ples pies of truth you may be assured that every esery right tight I 1 found myself considerably fatigued with answering questions and twiste twisting ear eav my tongue to the german I 1 found many things that rejoiced m me and but very few that gave me ine sorro sorrow xv the saints manifested a spirit to do to right and follow every counsel and instruction that was given the words of our gur father upon my head bead were literally fulfilled where he said althe tie tle people will worship you it if you do not etl eti fell ell them therb better I 1 had to otten often say thank the lord and not me fory tory our cur blessings bless blesi ings ingi it gave roe joy to know that the saints loved and appreciated the deachin teachings s which they received through me do not think dear br george that 1 I felt proud or lifler lif I 1 ed up for I 1 assure you jou ou that all thee these things caused me more than ever to feel fesl my weakness and dependence upon the lord for his spirit to give me words and to tell me bow to act on nhe ahe h I 1 went to berne derne the capital of switzerland where I 1 stopped one day and ascended the highest church in t the he place built in the year 1400 had a good view of the town but the weather was too foggy f to seethe beethe see the mountains and scenery nerv 01 0 1 the 1 I walked w alk ali ed to thun 24 miles mile visit vi sit ing ng some of the tile saints en route on the of november I 1 went to gusten glisten 5 miles and staid with elder bubier the president of ti the ethun thun branch on sunday the ad I 1 held beld a conference organized reorganized re the berne conference and appointed elder buhler president pAk par ident I 1 addressed the saints one hour and had the satisfaction of learning that they could understand what I 1 said on the ath I 1 arrived in geneva and found the saints heie here all well during my visit there were tere baptized two persons eight others expressed their ipa iea readiness diness to be baptized the first opportunity I 1 laid hands upon over thirty parsons por wons sons some bome not in the church and all were heaed healed according acco iding to promise I 1 consecrated about twenty bottle of oil for their use in sic sickness sick kness knees the faith falth of the he saints seemed deemed as they would receive a lri iri ing if they could once take tatie prest J L smith by tho the hand I 1 had a chase from the police but I 1 walked faster and turn turned e d m ore corners than they did and arid thus escaped ei the spirit of the lord was with me during my visiting and I 1 never enjoyed myself better in the same length of ilme time in my mv life I 1 look forward wi with th anxiety to the f ime time in to roll round when I 1 shall be able wio lio to pay them hem another visit but I 1 must roust wait artil the excitement dwa dies away which always attends a V visit isit of a mormon elder from a foreign and land I 1 r rejoice in my roy field of labors and pray god to I 1 h hasten asten the time ev evea even c n before betone I 1 leave these lands when iron rule may b be e broken so that we can blow the gospel trumpet and make the he ears of the he people to tingle I 1 have filled my iny sheet nearly full and written enough to tire your patience for one time I 1 was very giad glad pi ad to learn that cousin courin samuel was on a mission as it will do him good for no man can learn so much elsewhere as in the lords vineyard give my loveto love iove to hrs erastus snow taylor stenhouse and all the he saints you see that know me may god bless you continually is my constant stanty prayer ravert and preserve us that we may meet again yours affectionately JOHN L SMITH |