Show I 1 rapid spread ol of tho th gospel iu in hm hirt diosan do osan tetter FROU eaber WILLIAM WILLIS 2 juan B baiar z tar Z calcutta march 25 26 1852 S debrea brot brother lr with f tue elings linga of great pleasure I 1 pilfer auter once again into the regions of description in relation to mission in the first place we have announced and commenced tile the delivery of a course of twenty lectures in our new lecture hall which I 1 has been attended by a numerous and iii highly ehly respect able audience ever since with the exception of two pious missionaries of the london society who hissed and a youth who spoke and whistled during Q and L after the lecture all have been ve very gle quiet and attentive ten tive and many have applied at the conclusion of each lecture forthe for the loan and purchase of tracts and also to enquire many native babacos gentlemen have attended and behaved like such in every respect tte tile editor of the biti oiti a newspaper has as very kindly inserted a letter train from myself and also brother josephs article on oil letter writing also a friendly letter concerning the saints sainte from we the pen of a member I 1 of the church of et england gland who is attending the course coarse and will most like likely ly be baptized very shortly the church now calls consists ests of twelve europeans and twenty natives thirty two in all scarcely a week without administering tile the ordinance the passes lord is us with love and guity and t the he gif gifts ts of healing ac we now and the alvn bhear hear the low rumblings gs of the hie distant thi inder of tile the sectarian ministers min aiters provoked by the ahe attendance of sei several eral of their s upon our ministry aud and the circulation of tracts as yet the lambs of their flocks have not been ent enticed iced awa away y by the be wicked Mor mormon mom so 00 they the missionaries and finist ministers ers have not chewn their teeth of publishing at this flos place there is some prospect the standard publications of if the church at no very distant period if we can obtain leave to do so the work of translating lating elder snows ancient gospel restored 3 entitled ane only way to be saved is I 1 pro progressing favorably among those recently baptized baptized zei I 1 feel pleasure in naming our translator brother I 1 brigham 3 Pran Fran kisto formerly a brahmin and subsequently a catechist of the church of england who writes and speaks the Benga bennalee Ben leei hin doos doostan ee persian and Engli english sli tongues fluently and who has ha by ay 0 consent of all 41 biere been ordained oida ined to the office of a priest and has preached W with ith power twice to llis hii coull countrymen irv mail lie he is aso also translating the childs child Is ladder among the S agns gns of the times I 1 desire to men j tion the fact that the natives here are much more idols of mud ac careless than formerly about their natives in other parts and observances now than the with an arab horse dealer deale in of conversation course lie he said that lie he a fine handsome man mail a wilether wi tether lie was in w the doubted often fre greatly atly very afie hindu are not kept up ngat 7 way with sue such b spirit as the a tew yeas years yea s ago except among the lower lower orders tile 13 bahlin ahcin bills are we itie streets thio agh which in ill seldom woi wor worshipped shipped been numbers have of them roam but ba t vast many and hac kries and wa ons captured and yoked joked to wagons the natives not made to work for their I 1 living ivin which only quietly submit to bat ba illey even eve n drive them and when they wont go whip them ac about nire nir nine e hundred at ac agra I 1 have a distant distad it i elation gra miles from calcutta Calcut tato to whom I 1 have wr written ritten and delit tracts and who has returned a very polite h is filling a invitation to so 0 o there as soon is possible appointment and lives upon llis hia high civil apa mammell Mam moll worship among y Z all grades bradex liera here is me i ming ot the cau are e norm dutily bassior pas a 10 the resources the hands hand s of our beloved be in gr great t what lat will they in to con come ie L brethren e days that tha t this will be to believe I 1 h have e every reason THE PARENT OF MANY MISS luKS for in this city atly and the parts adjacent there ai aie e I 1 pei people aple of every aa nation tion plenty of tile black khair haired sons of It steaven eaven Ci causene Cau lincie sese who are mostly teis te i broken her in ill of ct the steamer having consequence receive received ed any cletters letters from t we have not yet hearing of Ena england laud neither have yet had the pleasure irom from elder snow I 1 1 trust that the work of the anil and that a spirit of home at lord is rolling on rapidly in our oar in bein for that un uni and love prevails I 1 the th these ai parts has put many inquirers from among to love union or there is no where they say bay have been the stare and in consequence tience thereof tuey til al almost persuaded that we have the I 1 right plan enill circulated have most though their parsons the story of solomon spaulding an ana a co from the pul pulpits its march 29 1 last sunday I 1 baptized a young matt man named Bei david Bayn soh the lie son salt ot at a retired cc captain P beejamin jamin in the english floyal al navy a hi highly aly educated and intelligent young ulan man to dr dwarkin D introduced last saturday I 1 was as member of and native physician nath bans baas a the royal college of st surgeons jr geons london wil buo 0 having in tile hie newspapers se scandalous reports seen some the streets driven through about brigham having hu his wives of deseret in a long van vai with sixteen of ani the me breast and at and fourteen of them thein with infants all and another of the also that hat he had ninety wives in brethren thirty the account appeared to 10 mm so 80 astl suai ancee ige asked fur cur tracts tract S that he be cams caine to lo see me to 10 inquire purchased two series and I 1 tent lent mill him the voice of warning garuin Va ruin he drove me in in his carriage to the medical ahei al college which lie he conducted me over ove r and wards me at his house an and d introduced nie me to several of his friends 1 who also obtained tracts of the B brahmin caste of a ay the doctor was forme formerly christian very verv bi high bih h family and d vv was s conver converted teI to the christian faith faath by 11 the scotch pi presbyterians rians april 2 of his bis company at acra a I 1 have had the pleasure 1 I and d during w which aich time an parm farm th last four days our native sister anna have piled our means for bringing him to the obedi obedience te nce of truth he states that lie be wishes to thol thoroughly hughly examine all the 2 attend tile the lectures an am I 1 dhe iche finds all things right he will obey and use all h bis means and influence to I 1 spread tile the cause of I 1 the he redeemer may god bless him and lead him into all truth 1 I am thankful to say that one of the dissenting ministers has commenced to shew his teeth for one of his flock who has constantly attended the hie leee meik to his elioue house tures tares and invited roe me and brother has been called in quest question ion for it and havin having tile the audacity to teach liis his grandmother to suck eggs egg s 11 by of the amor mor sending the aforesaid minister copies 11 he has looked at annn eels for fora a reply that thai them but dont believe them to be true ac mormonism mormon ism is oi of the devil this ge gentleman nt leman who has bas been a member of the church twenty years has received two visits from his pious pastor and then lie he of my f friend being sick in haq sent far consequence 1 bellive h his wife and family will soon join the church when the lectures are ended the people unwilling to leave the room many of th them seem beem very cout constantly antly wait behind to be shaken by the hand to be talked with and to obtain the loan of tracts ac all the people who con converse verse with us concerning 1 the there is a tabt of love churches different liffer ert say and union unica among them 11 I 1 cc could uld write twenty sheets full at 0 xoa good thins things it if time and space would permit monday gh april I 1 baptized eleven native men who came from a distant villa village ge they were named orson john parley thomas wilford amasa geoe george lorenzo erastus franklin and william orson has been ordained a P priest iest john a teacher and parley a deacon af after ter I 1 had baptized zed them they took their departure highly delighted and m made us ue promise to go and see them on thursday next A most sin singular ular coincidence occurred with re regard gard to the satin salting them apart art to the ministry B before fore they were confirmed I 1 had ad requested brother meik to select 1 three abrea for the purpose of or darning them to the offices of priest deac teacher her arid and deacon he did so but did nor zelf tell me which aich of them should be called to office and when I 1 re reentered entered the room 0 any particular who should hold the I 1 proposed to east cast lots as to different offices W accordingly car t three bree slips of paper were offices them they were tur turned tied used havin having the upon upside down dow 0 n and whan they were examined the bearer of each held or one lo 10 exactly answering to the private anin arrangement gement brother meik had mat made e which caused in much ucb astonishment so 10 our midst nevertheless atiat the spirit of unity it was a testimony to roe me and truth presided over our yesterday I 1 baptized baptize ed a young scotchman named am ed thomas mclachlan tan from edinburgh farewell may god bless you and his own work amen affectionately in christ jesus I 1 wl WILLIS to president F D richards |