Show glorious success of the truth in Hiu doostan I 1 FROM ELDER WILLIAM WILLIS 21 dajuan juan bazaar st calcutta may 5 beloved brother in christ I 1 gladly avail myself anys elf 6 11 I 1 of the pre present arnt appo opportunity of sending you a account of my indian brethren who have since christmas day last increased from six to one hundred and fifty and if we were to include children we could show more than three hundred indian saints of all sizes colors awl and languages tint not to say a word j about dress and undress idress vv I 1 I 1 am picking up a tittle little of both bennalee beagaler Ben Bea and ri having baptized some scores in the bennalee Ben which is the vernacular I 1 tongue here among the ryota farmers who raise paddy rice in its rough state all these baptisms have rendered it necessary that I 1 should ordain several priests teachers and deacons the native brethren being widely spread among the paddy caddy fields within a range of twenty miles of calcutta lit in the midst of them the sectarian missionary preserves r erves who are very angry on accod account n of our intrusions tru and tell ell their flocks that it if they join us they will become and be obliged to have many wives wives ac and that joe smith bought three hundred thousand mormons cormons with the gold he found in california ac al although they have industriously circulated these and other false statements the peo I 1 continue to join he church for they hear that vis god is with us arid ara I 1 have the pleasure asure to add that as soon as we can visit them there are other villages ready for the rece reception tion ol of the gospel but as tho the e laborers are few antall and all the llie officers less than three months old I 1 am alu obliged ed to make g eat exertions to fulfil fulfill my town and and I 1 go is not over tile be smooth roads roada oi of old england but lites literally all clodhopping which is ia very fatiguing under a burning sun and very often a violent storm storia in 1 the evening evenn of wind thunder lightning and rain A few evenings ago I 1 slept in an indian hut but on the floor upon mats which had its neighbor blown down by the wind there is no khamw shaman sham mn r bere herein irl relation to storm storn iq they are that in the highest dem degree e tile the meetings in calcutta are well attended I 1 have nearly finished a course of twelve lectures which have roused the parsons who have paid us several visits and spoken and interrupted our meetings but they e have lave been een put u in into a the ie newspapers which lc have largely ex exposed aed the errors of IMor monis soi 11 which has saam shamed them for they never allow brawling bra in their sanctum but I 1 took it very quietly arguing on oil infant baptism brighams Brig hams ninety wives ac until they have held their peace and when one of them questioned the fact of the church having the gift of healing a gentleman not in the church at present pre sent who was present when a young hindmo was healed testified in the presence of this ibis pious brawler and the assembled audience that he was quite satisfied that is was so having been an eye witness 11 great coldness and indifference are tile characteristics of the ditTer different erit sects in this place notwithstanding such enormous enoi eno inious sums have been subscribed by y tile the english public on behalf of mission and within my country district there are hundreds and for an anything I 1 know to the conti ary thousands of children without the benefit of or schools I 1 speak from ac knowledge after afler a few hasty visits if you 11 chink 1 I it ll 11 C this th s worthy a place in iii the STAR that iso Is u my liy d desire e s ire i if f not simply use the following statistics statistic and I 1 diall shall bee be equally well plea pleased pleas seth pd three elders 8 priest 9 8 deacons mem beis I 1 total rata 0 ir 1 r love jove to all the dainis and earnest desires for the spread of truthy and the prosperity of zion in the name of jesus jesu amen I 1 remain affection affectionately affectionate chrizy at atly yours in christ jesus lus WM WILLIS president S W richards |