Show M 1 aft tit T r J j t 11 ll 11 14 x 1 til kil i it 1 f 1 t it a tit 1 ily lip by the kind kindness hiess fiess of Elder Wl Wilford lford iford woodruff we make the follo following agg ei extracts f ae tk from a letter to himi him written by elder franklin p richards kle Kic hards dated 1 liverpool january most of the time during this mission I 1 have been blessed with excellent health especially when I 1 am out in the conferences and preaching I 1 am also alio blessed with greater vivacity of or mind when out and more active than when co confined i more closely in the offlie for any length of time and have therefore so arranged as to spend about four days each eath week in the office and sund Suno sundays ays ayA generally out in some conference I 1 find that my visits are appreciated by the saints and priesthood As a general thing they are blessed to awaken the saints and give a fresh impetus to the work in and about the places visited in some instances I 1 have realized that it did the elders much good by refreshing and renewing 1 their er energies teries so that thai their labors would s e em to take qui quite to a b liew new start and they would commence baptizing zilig for a while past my visits have been to those conferences Confer enem that were most run nun down and where least seemed being done although it has appeared difficult and almost impossible to break the thick strong wall of prejudice existed still our labors in this mission have not been fruitless aside abide from strengthening the saints there have been added to the church by baptism during 1867 in the british isles 1072 in the scandinavian mission in the swiss and german 64 and in holland hollanda 29 2 29 09 making a total of 2046 of the 1072 in the british isles were baptized in wales vales and in scotland although this is not so great a work ft ork as we could like to see still if half of this number shall continue to the end it will be a matter of great rejoicing both in heaven and on L arin arlu artil ashmall As small smail as this work gee see seems ni B and as much as it has cost our ratio of increase by baptisms I 1 really believe to be greater than that of any other church in the united kingdom dissenter protestant or even roman catholic not excepted it has lately been a matter of dispute in the papers between a catholic and a protestant minister whether roman boman catholicism cism was not diminishing away from england the fact is all religious faith in god and in hisholm word and work is sadly diminishing among mankind generally where I 1 have traveled except among the saints among A mon them it is growing and 8 strengthening contin continually nally while scepticism in fidelity infidelity and the grossest of sins are running wild and gaining power over the people in every station and condition of society year after year the condition of the poor becomes worse and more precarious while it is now a common report to hear bear of this that and the other one who has starved to death for the want of food a woman found nearly ni aked naked having pawned every article of her clothing that the broker would receive she stretched at length on the floor one hand grasping a chair leg and her teeth set in her own flesh a man his wife and chil chii children drell deliberately libera tely consider whether they will consent to be separated and go to the poorhouse poor house and have a subsistence or in their affection for each other cling together lie down in each others arms and die the poor house with its merciless separation seems more dreadful to some than death itself the suffering from hunger and death from starvation ju jin east london are fearfully appal ing the te saints in this island have in other lother years consumed more roast beef and plum pudding than during the christmas holidays just past but they bevier rejoiced since I 1 have known them ithem as they have during the last month or six six weeks they feel as though tho u h the salvation of god was coming for fop forth t h unto them out of zion the me meek 01 are increasing their loy joy oy in the lord and the poor ador are rejoicing rejoicing in the holy one of israel aholt I 1 have ave been careful mot to publish anything in the sim Stor that could create I 1 any hopes which might riot be realized i about labout the emigration but they get letters all over the kingdom kingdo lii ill informing them what the saintaine saints install utah are doing doinay and W what ilat the president says about clearing out the mission and calling the elders eiders home and und they iare lare are full N 01 delightful anticipations many who have held back not wishing to go are now getting dreams and otherwise lec lee becoming convinced of their duty even apostates come como repentant trying tring to gain gaill admission into the tha church r rhe the spirit of it is growing when I T told the saints at alf K sufficient means coul cog dibe raised not 06 one latter day saint who wished t tago g would be left leftin in england they bro uro broker out in expressions of gratitude and ands praise that showed how deeply grateful they felt feit SALT sant L LAKE im CITY A I 1 I 1 February 27 1868 E ing mews mems S sir ir I 1 atten attended d e d i the he lecture lechtur e in the ward assembly rooms last evening and was wasi much i pleased and interested with remarks the of mr W P on the thet subject ok switzerland its government and in I 1 the manners and custom the people T r believe the audience were perfectly satisfied now what I 1 wish to ask is this istl isit is it wise or called for in any of the com corn r cittee after a lecturer has divested himself of th subject matter in ble manner to wind off oft the performance by reflecting upon the remarks of the lecturer it is ls my sincere bellet belief thain the esti estl estimation mation tation of the audience last eve ning the remarks of the last speaker were entirely uncalled for a aid ard 4 d out of place if men rien are willing to walk up to the rack and humbly endeavor to 11 ll edify their brethren and sisters should it nob not be the policy of all concerned goncer ned to extend lenity rather than cast cash reflex v eions ti ii very respectfully respectful lyl A young MAN |