Show I 1 missionaries sion aries elder orson spencer arrived in cincinnat t ti i se sep 6 and writes under date of sep 19 that he saw some of the apostates in st loa louis and that altoe 1 of the Gladde were very sor sorry they left the valley valle yand i abid intended t to return elder banks was wag at cincinnati anahis and his health poor elder bassett was also there though linvog in springfield ohio elders wooley were tarrying for tho the present wit ameir friends I 1 i oh how I 1 happy are the saints in in the v vallies a I 1 of the mountains MB mai they be thankful and humble bumble themselves vii daily because they are so far beyond the reach of plague hunger war riot murder mur derand and tempest peaches ire are almost as dear as aa I 1 i in athe he valley water is selling in some i places fes at a dollar a barrel i I 1 and people have to go 4 an and d ine ir extreme cajas caga 40 miles mile to it aj I 1 ge get I 1 I 1 I 1 he thinks that place to be an eligible ele gible ite bite fo for ah the base baie of Ms hia operations buthal but had not I 1 yet had time I 1 to fo learn what the public 1 feel 1 ings will he be in regard to his movements his health and feelings were good the been fori forwarded vardia according to re I 1 aes bost Y I 1 by ky letter from elder jame ferguson to 10 genez 1 H wells doted I 1 dublik bubly X aug 49 31 we learn as follows ile he was was only 40 J 1 traveling days in rid reaching lehing liverpool july 31 ho be left liverpool for belfast where he spent two sundays baptized three persons band and left I 1 more inquiring quiri fiZ he had been two weeks 1 in i n dublin Dubli ii b baptised sed three in and 4 a aroused r I 1 a spirit of inquiry man a aliye I 1 feel I 1 good when I 1 tel 1 people est brig 1 ha mYoung and the great work of t the hid last I 1 I 1 dayse feel as thoi could run turoa A broor 11 th the po brotop rot was severe severe and the cholera very destructive in places religious bigotry area and the pride pria and degradation of all manner of abominations make it impossible I 1 to op operate lerate upon I 1 the minds of the people only as the lord opens th the a way still ip in the Q I 1 midst of such gross darkness Elder ferguson rg 1 I 1 is is rejoicing in his mission and I 1 is ent enlighten ig aten ed end sustained by the spirit of th the e most high may the god of israel guide gaide and uphold him and enable him to do a great and good work in his native isle I 1 elder richard richaad ballantyne writes from madras ju 1 4 that his health I 1 was very poor on which acito account he had been ee counseled to return home and purposed ie d starting 0 at the first opportunity by way ivay I 1 of austrilia eleven persons pel sons had been bap I 1 tidied and three or four more more I 1 d desired lil red b 1 ip P tiam which would probably be administered i on the following sabbath sabbat two of 0 the natives I 1 I 1 tives had been out cut off from the church the saints at madras enjoy the spirit of the lord and are anxious to gather out efrom from the gross daran darkness ap ss an i 1 abominations which surround sui round them A mr mccart mccarthy by formerly a 4 baptist been bap tided ind and ordained an elder he understands the tela 1 oo language ga which is extensively ten spoken in that region and give him great facilities among the natives there was prospects of baptising baptizing bap an european who understands the tamil language I 1 elder skelton was preparing to go into the interior to bangalore beelary Bel lary ac |