Show I 1 THE EAST INDIA MISSION LVer lit effrom fronz elder N V jones 2 juan bazaar street calcutta june 1833 deu de u brother S W richards elder joseph richards is is nw new with us is elder willes is is still sill up the country conn liy doing all he can towards reclaiming the he honest in in heart on 0 i the 29 ii of april we held a conference the nine nine elders were distributed as follows R ballantyne lan tyne R skelton and it owens for madras W r F carter and wm ham for Dina dinamore pore T leonard an 1 S A woolley for Chin surah there to stay until we could hear from elder findlay of bombay if tile the field 1161 there is is s sufficiently large E elders iders leonard L onard and woolley will go and assist elder findlay F adlay in in that part of tile the vi vineyard nevard A M musser and myself were appon tei i to tarry at tins tills place I 1 hive have Writt written ert a procla proclamation mati 0 a directed to the citizens of calcutta Cilc utta and vicinity the proclamation was gratuitously gratuitous iv published in in the citizen a pa paper I 1 per printed here tae made some same very ery unbecoming in remarks there has been a pimp pamphlet lilet entitled 11 mormonism unveiled sa very widely circulated throughout the I 1 c city ity an I 1 country tile production was so vile that the author was ashamed to attach his name to it I 1 we have however found him out and I 1 am answer ing ins it it is is like lika all other pretended 11 expositions CK positions of I 1 mormonism 5 without the least foundation or a were mere collection of newspaper trash bennetts I 1 lies ac ac and yet it is is sent to the world with the approbation of the pious long iong faced chris tiana fians our regular meeting appointments appointment are on thursdays and S iday lint b it we ha have e a limited turn out few strangers st ingers attend the white people in this country are very verv aristocratic t they hey live in the best style an aal I 1 think it too much a condescension to hear the li humble timble servants of god anere are very tevy few poor amongst these people the natives perfectly monopolize the labor they will toil all day ion long for a few pike pice 2 cent piece and board them themselves selve s in in the bargain elders carter baiter fotheringham leopard and woolley le y have been in in their fields of labor some time elders ballantyne skelton and owens will get cret off in in a few days two of 0 the elders for siam eliat that came with us from sin francisco Fran Frari cisco cisro ludington and savage are here yet but expect to leave for birmah to narrow the other two west and dewey have gone to ceylon on the of may I 1 baptized four fou persons viz viz arthur mcmahon his wife and two daughters brother me mcmahon mahon has been some time investigating the truth he and family belonged beloi ged to the baptist church arid and made many cool frie friends rids in in the change the powers of dai knes are very verv thick in in this land priest anil and teacher are on the look out for mormonism notwithstanding all this we expect to do a good work in in this country I 1 am glad to hear of the prosperity of the elders and saints in in other parts of the vineyard elder J P meik and sister meik have done all m in their power to mike make the elders comfortable he has been the stay of the branch and is is worthy of the blessings of all good saints the saints all feel well and happy and nave have a great desire to get et to the valley sickness cholera is is very bad here at this time from reports report several american captains of vessels have died of it within a short time we desire the prayers of all the saints and in in return we remember you all may the lord bl ms ss you and yours and save us all in hib HI kingdom is my prayer I 1 subscribe myself your brother in the h covenant of the gospel I 1 N V JONES president of calcutta mission |