Show FOREIGN correspondence ar england englan d september elder IV woodruff dear brother several limes times since my arrival in these lands I 1 have thought of addressing you a few lines to let you know howl was getting along knowing full well the great interest you have alwa aiwas always s taken in the welfare of the elders and spread of the latter day work abroad abr in theearta the earth and having had occasion the last two or three weeks to travel through the same district of or country labored in by president young yours elfand several other members of the quorum of the twelve in 1840 J viz wiz staffordshire herefordshire Hereford shire and ana worcestershire and more especially in that part of herefordshire Hereford shire where you found old father kington and his ills flock brother john benbow and so fo many others I 1 could not help thinking how truly and remarkably thelong had bad opened up the way for the spread of his work inthis in this part of the tile landane land and how many people had bad been gathered home to zion from he here r e since the quorum of the twelve left nauvoo under such trying circumstances in the spring of 1840 but oh how forcibly that saying of isaiah camo came to my mind recorded in the chap 13 vs when thus it shall be in the midst of the tile land laud among the people there shall be e as the s shaking akin of an olive tree and as the 0 gleaning lean i n g 0 of f grapes when the vintage is do done only heie here and there one now low who dare listen to the truth or entertain a servant of the lord if there are those who would like to investigate our doctrin doctrines e s they are so situated as a general thing wa with th the proprietor of the lands an and houses they occupy that through the influence of the priest the they y would be turned out of doors and left dependent with their families i to starve still notwithstanding all that satan and his emissaries the apos apostates tates can do we baptize some and quite a goodly number are being gathered out this year as you are already aware either through their own means or by assistance sent from zion yet there seems seeing to be a great lack of punctuality among those who have been een assisted to means by the their i r friends here under the special pledge that as soon as they get over they would re refund fund the money with interest but it does not come not even the principal nor even an acknowledgment of the obligation although they can hear of these very same people writing back holwell how weil well they are doing and in some instances sending for things from here while these sacred obligations remain this is a fruitful source of bad feeling and one that lias ilas las jas to be met almost daily by the belders jei JEl E ders iders I 1 have adopted till the e idea iden of writing to the bishops of the wards in some of those cases hoping they would bo be urged to their d duty ut Y by the them in there has nothing transpired with me since leaving home that has given me greater joy than to receive the word from prest carrington to notify some of the poor saints to get ready to go to zion on the next ah ship 22 ond some som 0 of whom have been anxiously waiting for moro more than thirty years struggling with poverty now and alid then laying aside a penny in tile the poor oon fund and then perhaps thi through 0 u cip ZIP sickness or some other cause compelled to use it again and s still ti 11 have all the t time I 1 me been good faithful saints if there is anything anything that would give us greater enjoy joy jos it is seeing these poor saints removed from their wretched poverty in this land among those going in the next nest company are some baptized by j you ah in the tiie vicinity of malbern hilis hills fl ilis ills in ill 1840 one of whom I 1 will filan mention a bro john white ordained orua oraa ined by prest riest young thirty three years ao ago since the commencement of tho tile harvest until some soine ten days 10 ago 1 the weather has been very rainy and unsettled so that the tho farmer could not get his grain in A good deal of it has become sprouted this has raised the price of bread nield field almost r m 0 i st as soon as if cut by a severe trost frost and it is astonishing hovi honi S abon ibon it rans through the field and destroys the entire crop my ay iy health is quite i good and has been my ar arrival arnival rival here hero BO ro far notwithstanding the very great difference in hi the tho climate of this and our mountain country and I 1 have enjoyed myself mys elfand and my labors every dayta day das I 1 left home wit with mt I 1 that intention and if it I 1 can mili only have the spirit of the llord to to be with me and anda be enabled to td live so that he will wili direct me in my li labors bors bons to be the means of bf doing colb good among amo my feilo fellow creati creatures ire that is all t that at I 1 desire please remember me rho kindly to president youn young toung C and the members of or your ybur quorum and may the fjord lord the god of oe israel bless you all ail alla aila and na all the faithful and good who are endeavoring to establish peace and good will on bu earth da donot n ot forget to bless the lath ward with your presence and g good god od counsel as in days gone baand urge them to adhere to tok the fhe he lord peace 0 o Q all the righteous and boodt your brother oll eli 01 1 it BT T burton IT |