Show foreign correspondence front a letter from elder george thurston I 1 no 6 market street guildford Guild furd surrey england nov 1854 iam I 1 am happy to inform you ou that thai I 1 am at present enjoying enjoying very good I 1 health e alth and am well in spirit as well as body all things as far as I 1 have advices advises are movin moving g on oira about bout right here in this and the adjoining is lands islands and on the continent the work of god moves with rather a slow but steady paco onward in the face and eyes of all opposition the work of the devil also appears pea rs to prosper exceedingly if we may be allowed low ed to judge from the present aspect of affairs in the world I 1 think that t the h e old fellow has indeed come down upon the earth in great power perhaps for the reason assigned assign od by the prophets I 1 I 1 knowing that his time is short Z I 1 be that as it may he I 1 has as opa oded in kicki ing up a tremendous row over here and that too among the most populous enlightened and christian so called natto naon our little globe insomuch that their combined armYe aare are marching forth continually to the field of deadly combat where they mutually engage in shedding each others blood vill till the earth and seas are crimsoned crim with their gore and th the e stench of putrefaction arising from the heaps of uncovered slain is contaminating the air with death and plagues to the great annoyance of those who I 1 remain fathers sons and brothers are being made victims to the horrid ravages of war while fathers mothers widows and orphans are bawa be waring ling their loss and 9 giving iv ing vent to their feelings in bitter groans and d floods of unavailing tears truly the earth is defiled under the inhabitants thereof 5 because they have transgressed the laws changed the ordinances and broken the everlasting covenant because they have slain the servants of god and rejected his kingdom with all its officers gifts power and blessings and have instituted kingdoms and governments of the crown in its stead giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of devils heaping to I 1 themselves multitudes of false teachers and turning their ears away fr from i orn the truth and turning them unto fables Abe therefore has the thet ord given give ahem athern over in the hardness of their hearts beatis to work all manner mannex of uncleanness une leanness and to dotray detray I 1 one gnotke another I 1 truly peace is being taken from ani the earth and the e time is not far distant when the words or of 0 vt id and ana martyred marty red prophet will bp be fulfilled full v here ere he declares declai r that th evry mans 7 B 1 sword shall be against aga liaf his brother and that whosoever shall reluse P to take up arms against t his neighbor must needs flee unto gia for safety I 1 I 1 trials this Is but bat i a dim pi picture of the present situa tiou tion af 0 ipos apostate tate christendom ibe is full foil of wounds and bruises and putrefying putrefy ing sores is fast fading eding she is bent and crooked croo ked with age and is is even now verging to the tomb 0 chrlie a other hand band ahe kingdom kingdo ra set up by the god of heaven alt although haugh sma i is vigorous and healthy her borders are age continually becoming enlarged and her stakes are receiving strength fruna from every nation kindred tongue and people that have bave learned to lisp her name the honest thi the upright and the virtuous og of all nat nations fons are ca can p flowing together unto into her their leiis hearts I 1 and hands are united and their interests are one the spirit of f god and the angel of peace abide in their midst conti bally iii illy giving them energy and activity adiv i ty in i fi all a ai their I 1 various various ca calli Ili rigs avocation I 1 blis sand ind pursuits our suits I 1 the th elders are going forth clothed with avith the everlasting priesthood of god which chis is without either beginning ginn i ing of days orelia or end of life ar and ld administering life and salvation onto anto the child causing the hearts of tile lire honest to ii gy while wh ile all the gifts and ble bl sings of primitive i christianity christianity follow those who bayee and obey the their ir words T thus aus receiving knowledge and testimony or thern themselves selves they are enabled to lift up u il their heads in the midst of 4 babylon and persecutions perils and barj wv j and rejoice knowing know ilig that I 1 nigh and looking forward to the time when the they shall be permitted to go forth unto zion the there r to mingle with the prophets apos le tle sand baud saints of god enjoy their so society ciely and receive the word of tile the lord through them that they may bp be P prepared thereby not only for these things that are coming on the earth but for celestial glory in the kin kingdom adom of god ican I 1 can truly sayi say that I 1 rejoice more and more vy every day of my life in the great work in which we a lre are engaged the more I 1 see and hear of this wicked world the more I 1 despise it while tile beauty be 1 auty and glory of the kingdom of god appears appear sto to brighten and increase in a tenfold ten fold proportion as the oe other diminishes I 1 grow stronger and stronger i and more fearless and can bear beai a faithful testimony that I 1 do know inow that joseph josep if S sarith rr ith was w a i prophet and seer of the most high god lap appointed pointed to tob build ui ld up his kingdom in the last days and to prune his vineyard faithe for the last time ti me with a mighty pruning this testimony i have always been enabled to bear but bat at first was rather daunted not because I 1 had less knowledge with regard to the fact than what I 1 have at the present time but I 1 was less able to realize the weakness wickedness and foolishness foolish negi of the present adulterous generation that dio disgraces graces tile the planet on which we dwell I 1 also felt my iny own weakness as I 1 also do now but have learned more effectually to put my trust in god and he never forsakes forsake ioe I 1 stand boldly before all men realizing that they are nought but bat hesh flesh and I 1 regard them not neither fear their frowns frown nor court their smiles leq I 1 have one roaster master and him only do I 1 serve and him alone do I 1 seek to please 1 I havia have no ho will of my own only t to 0 haye have it lowe dup in his and I 1 feel continually to say gay thy will 0 god be done I 1 I 1 am Batis satisfied fied and contented with my lot fot and de strat to tiff I 1 shall have accomplished complis I 1 hed to the vie I 1 ig ed me and the work I 1 have to do and should I 1 bathus be thus highly blessed as to behold the day when I 1 nan can again mingle in the society of the saints ot of zion and knoby that itis in ae ordaneo with the will of goda god I 1 shall still be contented with my lot and I 1 trust be better enabled to ap pre preci elate ate the blessings tha t are there enjoyed the climate here is very oppressive to foreigners i and many of the Amet american ican brethren have poor health there has been beef much sickness ne as of various kinds in this country during daring the past summer among which the cholera has been first and foremost in the work of but has now subsided the small pox is faill ra raging ging very badly where I 1 am I 1 am surrounded w with ith it on all sides but care not for it I 1 put my trust in god for safety and he has thus far sustained me and will preserve from every evil |