Show I 1 1 1 F brofft rons a letter f from rom elder jesse havert I 1 CAPE copf TOWN cape of gd good od hope jan 10 I 1 my axy health has not been y very e r uh good since tot liot weather begin heg tn lam iam weak w which is a common I 1 complaint compla tint iut of all here who have come from ft a cold elin elt late I 1 arn am frequently so an weak after walking I 1 I 1 a mile that I 1 lain am obliged to lay jay down goolet sometimes mes while in my roona room reading or writing a weakness corlies comes over me with a trembling and I 1 va am obliged to quit and go to bed I 1 I 1 many abany of the english who come here bore take to drinking wine to cine care their weakness but the effects of it tire are similar to applying a whip to a weak horse tk the a natives use wine but bat not to that excess the 1 english do many have tov told me that I 1 use nse tod 06 much cold water but I 1 believe I 1 sh ahall i all try it a while ahil e lot longer er in in preference to wine f many I 1 good resl respectable c jbf e englishman English nn come here and after they have been aeu here A while they a are re almost daily intoxicated this thia is not all A largo large portion of tile the men here bere especially those who call themselves gentlemen practise not a plurality of V wives i vea hut but a 01 plurality a baitty of women notwithstanding chev are almost ready to put cut tile the throats of the latter tay day saints aud and consign them to eternal hell fire and brimstone for defending a doctrine which the a ancient prophets practised practiced with the 1 approbation of god I 1 I 1 I 1 banys of tile women bore nere as in many other places would liki like to join the latter day saints if f they held to a plurality of hu husbands stands or men I 1 instead of ca a plurality of wives in u many of I 1 the hot climates the mi minds n ds of the people are so weak I 1 and their agnal passions pah pats lons so preponderate that it is frequently impossible to got get them to give the subject of religion a serious thought since lot liot weather commenced we have not done much in spreading ig the he gospel it has bee been a I 1 ap as much as we w could do our own health al and nd the debility of both wind mind and body to lies keep p ourselves and aid the few we have baptized alive wh we have had to six of the forty five we they run well for a while awhile but they could exall I 1 not withstand the temptations that surrounded them I 1 I 1 know the saints appeal booths hearer and answerer of prayer for the aid elder ons of isrrael who are laboring on foreign shores seeking after the pearls of the human family amidst the mth filth and ions ons of this corid and I 1 ask the saints in 11 the valleys to contin continue ve to pray to him who never ale peth that the fishers s and Nu hunters luters ot of the last days may be preserved from rom the wie wickedness duoss abominations and corruptions corrupt ions that surround them on every huid hand that their garments may I 1 remain unspotted their their hands clean and their hearts pure before him whose eye can pierce au all the creations which he has made amae I 1 my heart bleeds waft I 1 pass pam the world and behold the degradation of the human fk family mily asb and wickedness of the darkest die at the cor vier ner of every palde arrogance and treachery stalking forth at midday clothed a ann i e and pharisaical garb and when I 1 consider sider thedarl the dark recesses and houses of infamy in the large cities and towns of the old and new 1 corid fitted wath the degradation of thousands 6 of f females who came into tha world innocent and I 1 m might ight have been ornaments rits to society had it not hoen baen for demons in la human shape whose study has baa been from the days of their childhood how thay they could lead astra astray the innocent and aad unprotected daughters daughter of men I 1 I 1 am not net surprised that when enoch was V L I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 wrape in a heavenly vision and the lord brought before him all the doings of ef the children of men I 1 down tot to the heMil millennial lenuial reign of christ as he loo looked W upon th earth lie he heard a voice front from the bow ela Is thereof spying saying awo wo wo is is nie me he abe mother of i I 1 am pained I 1 am weary because of tile the wickedness of ray my children when shall hall I 1 rest and be cleansed from the pithiness which has gone forth out of nie me ahrn will T my creator sanctify me that I 1 may rest an and 0 righteousness rap for a season atie abida upon my face facea 1 I 1 I 1 br leonard is a goodbroth good brother ei trying and willi ngao do all he can to forward tile the work br Walker jas gone to grahams town distance 1600 miles br john wesley teacher has gone with him I 1 ACCOUNT of ofa a pir nic nia party part by the 50 n also Is 0 f Africa fit the cape of good hope monday jan 24 1854 itile the saints of cape conference with a few others who were invited between 50 I 1 and 60 met in tile the avenue on oil tile the premises of brother henry stringer for the purpose of spending thew the day in in singing orther or tyer speaking feasting rejoicing and praising r a isi 0 g the lord the a assembly asem K y w was as called to order at 11 a am m by nicholas paul priest who acted as marshal dl of the day under the direction of prest haven the exercises commenced by bv ringing angin g prayer byrider by filder smith sinith singing elder S smith inith gave a very interesting discourse on the gathering of 18 israel 1 breet haven nia deery interesting and ap prop tte address on oil the past present and future fatur e condition oatha saints of god A collection was then token taken for the benefit of prest haven aud and elder eider smith tile the saints then sung the spirit of god like a fire is BeRe benediction diction by prest preat haven 1 after the benediction benediet ln the marshal seated the assembly at tile table which ivas was abundantly I 1 spread with such eatables as the country afforded having pure cold water for drink c after dinner for two or br three hours the time thile was spent in singing conversing and in ii innocent i amusements then all were refreshed by tea and I 1 cakes after which aich the saints retired to their homes rejoicing expressing their full satisfaction and saving frying that they never spent snout so happy a new bew year before THOMAS clerk only a few months ago I 1 wi my brethren landed here friendless homeless penniless surrounded by mobs and those who would salil par our very hearts blood if it was at ilot for the laws of tile the land and the protection th ahw god of heaven had thrown around us we now see sea gathered around us a few true hearted friends who are ready to hearken to our oar con counsel noel and receive instruction st from our ii lips a willing to be guided by the holy pries priesthood dhoot and willing to do do all that I 1 lith heth in their power tho poor to lo make us comfortable for table I 1 feel to bless and praise the lord his watchful care has been over mr me and tho thoa in a foreign land away from those I 1 hold noar and dear dar appal the he earth barf h I 1 feel to rejoice ind thank the lord that I 1 am considered wo worthy atily to tear bear the gospel of christ nations of pathe the earth and my prayer I 1 is is that it may lie be mylot my lot from this time forth to point out the wa way of 4 life and salvation to my fellow creatures either in my native I 1 tive land or in some foreign clime the few weeks I 1 was in england I 1 enjoyed myself e 1 I 1 found tiie the saints there very kind I 1 am ya 1 willing ll 11 i to labor where the lord his servant says sava thol tho a hot is not very congenial to my fie health alth yet if the lord wishes me to wear out my y life on oil the deserts of africa amen to it il it matters but bat little where we are in this world nor how soon we leave it if we are only doing the will of god phabe no desire to stop in this life another dayi day unless I 1 can do 6 some good by so 0 o J H EXTRACTS 0 of f a utter aglitter from P 0 Han soft to prest B H C I 1 maya may 6 1854 I 1 often wish that you could get the news about W hata going on abroad in in the earth fis as we do but I 1 ho hope eyou e you yon get it fast enough and I 1 hope the in inhabitants of zion arp are rejoicing be cauce of their exceedingly great blessings and lV when they hear near of the great ina increase reasi of af wars and itna bomm commotions eions among the th rations of the earth my greatest sorrow is is when 1 I 1 view the idmon dul ss and of many who haw have promised beform and mofid faithfulness and made co venant ven antto to that efell but there are some who are wide awake and aad exert s to learn th their pir duties and dothene dot heni a and nd this ibis gives us ane PP that our toilsome labore will not he be alto other gather fruitless the lord has hitherto 1 I he heard d my mv prayers and enabled wit me to persevere abt withstanding my trials have been hea heavy vv enough to take m me off from the face of the earth had he not willed that I 1 should live longer andi and 1 mu mut must t confess that I 1 am often tempted t to indulge in home forno sick richness ness longing for zion thin thinking kina of her her brivil privileges and lier her intelligence li gence while le all around toe me J jis da daT ar 1 kneas kness pre of war pi pestilence whoredom a and nd all manner of wickedness with ofa of a few honest bohla who are hungry after righteousness I 1 1 I have for a long time been very thoughtful and sober ip in my feelings and how could I 1 be otherwise so far from b home ome in ill the midst 9 af pf such heartrending beenes scenes aso as see and hear all the khe time I 1 I 1 effis affia city has assumed a wrather rather warlike ap of late guards have bec n doubled cannons m mounted ready for action and all 4 the forts and holds in benm benm and swe d din di n have been put in readiness with more men and bee heavier vier can cannons nobis 9 ane ne ships da nish navy are erasing crusing and watching what i is going on and a squadron of four ships of the norwegian fleet bet has basmat past theoli through 9 h the baltic bahie every thing ink indicates nates doubt and lear fear while the british et was laying laon gat at anchor ir the bay of aioge within bight of copenhagen I 1 accompanied cp compa danied nied tn br van cotton diott on a trip trio to seethe gee the fleet which was very inte interesting r estin g wo were permitted to go on boa rAille ship which wati va a three deeke with and ad men who seed cheerful and rejoicing bo bohaning hating of their match matchless leso strength streng ih noti no withstanding might in ii orie 6 hour send the ip to lo P we e kit af berwar leraas OD an board one of the danish frigates fi a sent to the danish coloni co loniea eg in the wet 1061 I 1 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 we 0 im haap ha had d etters from our emigrants emigrant they head he kiad ad fth air iosim passages I 1 gea ova over the atlantic but buffeted considerably from cholera on tho the mississippi river nver the passage being very slow because of very low water As A s to the work of the bord in n denmark I 1 can seyit say it is going ahead pretty f fast set in most places and also alad i in fu norway a and nd sweden not wit standing the great difficulties in thase two kingdoms kingdom ii since lust laA October conference there has bas wen been baptized bati aEed in in denmark in corva norway 55 and in sweden si en 64 1 Ws As to iceland the prospects are very dull at present i elder hogan has newly paid us a short chort V visit UR 1 I 1 he faith elined like a young ayoung waa man full of vigor ar 1 an |