Show I 1 i CORRES correspondence I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 channel islands mission I 1 i i I 1 1 7 loins COTTAGES iest ST I 1 I 1 sep 31 1854 I 1 5 PRESIDENT BRIGHAM YOUNG I 1 beloved BeQir ed Biot brother 1 hiir I 1 again sit down to togge div 1 ah a 0 ac account 0 11 nt of my doings in in this s strange tr it 0 ge land of darkness and so superstition ILI 1 ine firest place bearg ve arg are eteh and i inythe rii ali ke I 1 1 I enoy enjay inen pien f ai of the lite cirit spirit of pi nr gr mission flaex baij is the only american jp 4 e elfr that I 1 live have jbf m me iv now t ile he has ahe residency of the I 1 C channel bildne I 1 islands C conference airen c lt it lic ludes four islands i sl inas je jersey r ile thel the rant ia 1 conw I 1 49 S p opil aion 0 n of ya guernsey has about antl aboul 1 I in q all of tile e ij islands as we 14 alv hive e bran branches ch of the church Jh organized Th there ereis is still another island igau d caller sark sark t 1 where here aire are some fe few w members mak alin all in this his conference 6 branches wi h members including 2 high priests 1 qi seventy venty 28 elders elder 4 8 priests ets 5 ted teachers chers and anaf afons deacons As a 9 general thick the native elders here will c compare willi those of En england torland or of else elac wil where e re tan diria their remote and isolated isoe condition some of f them never having yet been bee off of the isla island iiii which they were were botn born and the largest larest of tile the group is only 13 kilps long ad 6 miles wide they ard are generally P and very poor and ver anxious to getaway tret away lo 10 ithie ya Vil vilay lly jy or oradine naine part of A ca liere th maybe may be with the church I 1 JL i iq 4 mare n ir e industriously inclined iDelio ed than the english pd nd scotch in fa fat faa A I 1 ti think ink more so ahn than aby any people thail that I 1 r k 1 edw it is rather diffrient dif Frent witti with tile the french they art are very fond of if sporting and pays and idling I 1 away their limp but a jersey man makes 11 his time lime all count fr fir so fol nothing hink I 1 I 1 elder eider thorn is aliez liez presides in th the I 1 d 1 conference Jon ference he is ia a young man inan of 0 sound natural as well as acquired abilities faithful to 0 hia duties and has the confidence of the hers beradini in I 1 priest lioon OT or ciul ind and I 1 0 of 17 the whole mission elder eer john parson hao ha hid had the orosi presidency dency tho the paris Conf orenee he is an englishman hut but lie he speaks tile the french very vely well and is very useful man mail he is well known in ii the english mission h he has been a verv faithful laborer and has done much good lie ile could not do anything in in more than lie he has lie he has laborea Vi diligently gently and we have given him the privilege of I 1 going goi nr I 1 t zion lie ile will leave with ith the ship that 1 0 Ridi ards an fil tic pates a riding out i in n october or november and join his wife and two children who have been sent out by the emigrating fund fond but were too lite late to erosa cross the plairs pi UPS th they y were in in elder rich richaird ird cooks company elder cider james jaines hart is is also there he was w as fo my first farat counsel lor and is is a very worthy man the Coofer conference onee at aivre has 3 elders I 1 priest and 15 members the P iris iria conference line has 3 elders 1 priest prinst and 11 members benibe rii tile belanger conference has fins 2 elders and 14 demi mem I 1 hers thirty six six members of the church emigrated last year yar beside other members of famili families 7 un der age or not belonging beon aing to the church elder louis alphonse bertrand is is a very worthy brother and possessed of good nat iral abilities well educated and translates the eng lish into french admira admirably lAV he has haa been of great worth to me here anil and honors the position lie he holds lie he is is ono one of my counsellors coun we have transited tran sited the book of doctrine D canne and covenants the voice of warning and the articles on celestial M image into the french language and I 1 had made some arrangement arrange menti for far publishing but blit for want of the necessary funds I 1 was obliged to defer it for the present I 1 have halve thou thought glit to pise to presidio nt Rich richards to turn birn them thein over to him and let hain him manage the publishing of them it seems to be his is mind also that of br daniel spencer that it is is my privilege to go home next season in regard to the work in in france it moves on very slowly and under tinder the existing laws and government of that country it cannot be jtb other er a IL J t waa bad hen I 1 came and it has seen een getting gettin gr worse an lina ana 1 woree voise ever avle 1 3 and 1 d havre are the only places in in which we we are with holding meetings and in them we have to do it by stealth but in in those large places we are not watched ais as in in the country or in in small country towns tile the minds of the peo pie are in no way inclined to p the subject of religion tile TIC spirit of war var has seemingly so an captivated them that they cannot think of any anything thin else and they seem willingly ignorant of th the e principles of salvation salv I 1 in this mission during the past year we have baptized about As a general thing they are rather of the intelligent class and nd most of them have moved in a very respectably sphere among them are two uncles of br you yogi know them thein nu no doubt they are men of some soine considerable experience in in lire they with their father and family will emigrate this coming coining reason their i name is pill and one of their brothers joined the church in london list winter and started to the valley nalley last year with C ider elder J fl hirt flirt but died of cholera in st se louis bouis ilia his name was henry pill lie he has left a wife and one child you are daily remembered before the lord that he may give you strength to endure all your increasing labors arid and cares that thai you may be blest with til ell the blessings of life and salvation so that you may administer to all both saints and sinners in due time that portion pro parly belonging to thern them I 1 rejoice much to hear of the prosperity of zion that her walls wall are being built her stakes strengthened and her number of cities increased and already has she bee lecomp mp a wonder to the nations we e have recently had some little persecution here but we have seen been the hand of the lord I 1 ober overruling over ruling so ao tha thai goold I 1 haa ax roh aw oi oj of it as aa we ee behave have in a number inar inc Fhe h e barch cihi 4 iod nd our reberter re better attendee aw the matli of the bt to 0 have ineas cd vIli 7 I 1 have ave recer recently atly bid a visit fisit from elder D spencer iveel good r and bod pray the lord to bless ilat ais bails feMi ig orbera ka y alp main gme p ahe yet ji ake he eares cares i I A have otay braind 1 pot weir that ro gresa res s that k eui df if my mind was liberty emer elder oakley aclo j algo making korne progress ogress auh possesses no natural disposition 1 ln ado adopt t a a gor foreign ru language the accent seems I inuos si it le for r et him im to get elder on oakley kl ey loira boina me in kind to you and those associated bilyou in in the Pre presidency ency N baythe 1 the god of acael bless As s you with hay ich and strength streng tb ind arid V n 4 all aalthe the blessings of the heaven s abife ab atlef cl tha th good thing earth ism ismy y prayer yer I 1 am yi yours br 8 most aiva jiin abely NT JT 40 A L LAMOREAUX 1 |