Show to ah at tho the Count koung ryThe erlie breach french inc ine baptizing grod good health etc l birmingham 1 t 1 b 21 isze yo adear president I 1 have been in n fir far faross oss off count country rV between four and five months during which timo time fi my iyabor labors have been engaged in 16 the birmingham I 1 conference which comprised six 13 counties nari narl namely iely lely hereford worcester northampton maryv warwick lck ick staford dand and since I 1 came beret here I 1 have havo travelled and visited a great many cities the principal rInel par pal ones of which are lir birmingham wolverhampton Wolver hampton dudley dadley and a number pf af smaller villages in what is called the 06 blaek black country in which the manufacture of bf hon iron h non on brass fc cIs Is the principal industry which trade at the present is very alack alkek causing untold distress and suffering fering I 1 have also visited northam Nort northampton ham bam pt on wellan Welling ruki rug i ain aln fe cin north worth monire somme borne beautiful 1 dutiful tracts reline of a agriculture g r groves of timber ruined d castles ac greet you on every hand aiso also beautiful flocks nocks of sheep the fl nestI finest I 1 ove eve ever arsaw saw the principal industry Is the manufacture ot of shoos shoes which are made a 4 great i many of them from our american alleather au leather and the trade at present in this branch is very good on account of the heavy demands fram the army ithe the saints in this conference are very much scattered batter edu eda as we find a few Jul Almost every town town toWA aad village and they really appear like i hp the gathering of grapes when the vintage is done asin as ia a great many instances most that are able have haye been gathered out since I 1 came here J can noayl bay say I 1 neve enjoyed n ay i belr beir self better and feit felt faigas As muoi much biest blest of the mhd lord aa da chave I 1 have while emilei traveling fahd and preaching the gospel to abe the saints and bini sini singers kers which h I 1 have never let an opportunity slip of doing when presented which hal ha hai been very often when we could not get got an opportunity of preaching in public we have called the thea ints to together gothe i r in private houses and nd the saints really in the privilege of our visits with yilth them in some come places we find they are not privileged to have a meeting in lif their having been forbidden to td dor da so by theril the clergy ergy and adit ana land landlords lords a at t tho the risk of their bread and dinner didner and being turned out of doors particularly ticul arly ariy if lf they are old people we have been wory wery wery very kindly treated by the sain gain saints tg and a great arsi ensi ers ens who invite us to their houses to pend the evening that they m may bearn particulars about our country by and people nob not wishing so to know much batt about our religion but generally before beford our visit terminates ates atea wage we get t Z an opportunity of telling them all about our principles and anti they almost invariably invite us to renew oun our visits and many many aa loday I 1 today to day are investigating the vie views w of our faith in consequence of those vi visits tsiu while religion of any kind is ng nat much called for only where there Is money in it still we are arel adding a few occasionally to our D r church and the spirit of anve invests 84 i gatica gallon js Is bil ull on he the increase 1 had the privilege of baptizing some myself ut northam northampton last ast week vit vly very respect respectable We i people i and the pio plo prospect is that a number n of others othern will be suii buli added from this section the of gathering is greatly on the increase so amongst the saints in this country and they ima bre are doing all they ean can by saving their pennies to bring about their deliverance some na are anxiously looking for assistance from the friends and relatives rela reia lives they them have havo in the valley could they be encouraged to assist them em it be ei a great godsend god bend send send bothem to them for the poverty and ana IS auble which stare them in the face aind and the dar dark k aspect that thai is 19 before tadini them ate very dis disi treb ising and bespeak harder times bryand alf all kinds of evil olvil are greatly buthe bu on the increase in this country coun cou tsy the saints in utah cannot too highly p prize gize and appreciate their ure cre and peaceable e mount mountain ain aln hames nies surrounded with plenty as they afe aie are gom pared with ally any of the gola that I 1 have as yet seen peen X came b to this country my lii ili aith alth has bas been exceedingly good probably am twenty pounds lighten than what I 1 was when I 1 eft bait salt lake city citi 1 I 1 can an ti travel six su oy OF eight miles and rinch riach in the even lug log without being much fatigued I 1 have been greatly blest of the lord since I 1 came and by his help heip I 1 do not intend tb thal that at the time shall pass without me being busy in doing all the good that I 1 can Brot brother lier iier george atkin of tooele thoele is here and diligently laboring in conj unction with myself for the of truth and for the good of the saints of this country elders wheeler of cottonwood and nd judd of st george are also laboring in this conference your brother in the gospel JOHN A grasshopper machine tho the battlement nett hett rement lement SUBSET yavapai co arizona march 1877 editor neua while reading a copy of the deseret DESEtt ET NEWS a short time aga the description ofa of a device for the destruction of grasshoppers that was to place a keg or can of coal oil over the water ditch and to let theoli the oil mingle with the water I 1 think this a very good scheme and one that if put in practice would be the means of destroying a great many hoppers several year years ago sago I 1 thought of a very simple device for the destruction of grasshoppers I 1 will describe it to you and if you think it worth while to publish it in your paper you are at liberty to do so my plau plan is to take tabe a piece of scantling three inaho inches square or two by four will do i round off each end for about three inches make two small wheels heels about fourteen inches and not lebs jess ess than one foot in diameter and fit them them on the journals on the ends of the scantling ci centre and at equal distances from hom each wheel bore boie two holes and I 1 insert two pieces n aling for handles a take a of 0 boards hoards fasten one to the edge of the other fasten them to the scantling letting the one that is a edgewise come nex next t to the handles handies on the lower edge dge of ifie the board hoard that lies flat upon the scant ling fasten raaen a small strip of bf thin ibin ribber lumber so that it will project above abot the he boegi board an inch inch lach or two thi will 1 the machine all that now remains to be done is to procure plenty of coalter co coal altar tar and with an old whitewash brush brosh cover the thu face race of the boards with the tar and wheel the machine amongst the grasshoppers As quick aa as the boards are covered with hoppen mix ibm ihm them well with the tar and then go ahead again and so repeat the opera tion lion we are getting niong along out here as well as we can cati if all is well we shall have the water down to our dour forrin a few days distant from the dam about five miles the weather is warm and pleasant the health of the people is good our fall wheat is is coming up we h have ave about 50 acres of wheat planted in all brothers smith and balinger have ha IV i e left for st george to attend conference we have plenty plent y of room here fiere for good latter day saints wo we have a day and sunday school both well attended your youn brother i r in the gospel of christ georae DABLING q and prejudice i of the tenth unity and har lancaster copa co pa march 1877 1 president john taylor Dear Brother some four months since myself and elder NOff whitney ney quitted the city of the sa saints ints 11 mos time we 0 have spent i in luzerne bradford and la lancaster Countie Count lepi lepp sj in i this state spreading tho the s seed beed ee d in every available avail aval lauie aole manber manner to admit that it has fias been an an uphill business is a truism not j only verified 14 a our pur own per personal donat gonat ppe but also I 1 am m aed led to be eig believe leve ari in 14 the diligent di igent labors of many if not most of our elders NV W e are not nor have wo been despondent pond pon dent dunt e nt notwithstanding 0 our oun anear arear eari earl ear i i nest endeavors to do our fellow i creatures the good they most certainly need havet have not assured us of 64 very encouraging results it is 19 barely possible that affer after many days daya ibe the bread of life cast upon the troubled waters will return to us with gratifying fidelity 1 we u bave have hired places to preach jn n and paar ded the towns at my liy personal personal expense and when we have applied the second time to obtain the sameh samek aus aUa donihe same bame con wo e have be been m denied noti boti because our doctrines are aro tural or unreasonable butr but because we are undermining the very mud sill sills a of io ae tarlan ism and threaten inythe destruction of the craft and the consequent income of the modern pharisee in every respect the lords system of salvation and redemption demp tion in the century is as unpopular as tb the e same system was in the first century of the christiaa christian era the proud and selfish condition of society is such it seems ms that men will not net believe the truth in consequence of the doors doos of churches and halls balls being sealed against ua up we areber force obliged to content ourselves to spread the glad tidings through more contracted channels the prejudice against us is very great let lot an elder put in an appearance pe arance in a town city or county and the parsons are immediately in arms circulating the stories of apostates and if but one anti mor mon book is in the neighborhood J it t is bandied from house to house bouse as the bogk of books the preachers sermonizing sermon izing with much greater concern than from the bible in fact the bible is the very last book tho the sectary thinks of in his contests with the gospel of christ as taught by our elders I 1 need not amplify on this subject you are thoroughly acquainted with it in all its details having spent pent f a lief time in the vast field of theological science com batting the dogmas of sectaries sect aries in many countries atthe of the globe I 1 trust you will not conclude from the foregoing that we have havo not had any meetings of a public nature nia ria ture this would be incorrect as we have had a goodly number of very interesting and gratifying public meetings in which the holy spirit hab has been powerfully manifest on the side aide of truth and we hope to hold a good many more of the same sort scort I 1 I 1 can at i least partially appreciate the concern concer n of th the apostle in the spread of the gospel and et especially in the home development of the science of eternal lives while jt is painful rain uain ful tul to note ote the indifference bf quite a few of the gathered people of god I 1 it ia Is nevertheless less pleasing to to colt coll contemplate template the steady advancement van cement of bf the work gnats in its entirety I 1 maintain that the thi future prosperity of the i vork work cork depends much on the proper practical training and education of the youth in id zion if our children can be made to realize that in a few years the vet vei veterans erans both sexes bf df the church will of necessity transfer the responsibilities des of the kingdom to their shoulders tand nd that they bear it ond off those of an advanced state of adolescence would take this matter seriously to heart and qualify quality for the near future I 1 am m fully persuaded that the normal condition of the them saints id Is a primitive one in which U all ali 11 ll should td feel a dependency espee especially aily ally on the lord through their personal efforts to attain lo 10 such status as will develop into the best manhood and womanhood not formal personal ends but for tor the genearl good or good of the greatest number in past and current history we see that where class distinctions alethe are the rule of ot society a great deal of irritation and uneasiness always obtains and the further spread pf af the work is greatly retarded for significant pertinent illustrations vide book of mormon page pars 3 4 5 page par 2 and page par 7 hence the necessity of great unity and the necessity of such equality before god and man in dollars and cents in education ac a as s may be consistent with the other conditions of the people it can hardly be expected that harmony will obtain or that thad it can be successfully promoted lyro among a people part of which live in affluence ease and indifference demanding the anilde inside of the sidewalk and the highest seats in ibe the synagogue while the other portion is drudging through mea wea toilsome journey scarcely able to keep soul and body together suppose t these h ese two anomalous conditions existed in a s single I 1 i family the children the tife offspring of the same parent show how much harmony could we expect to find in lif such guch relations I 1 opine that which will apply to families will apply with equal force to peoples in cowin communities unities states and nat nations idris I 1 remain your brother in the gospel A MUSSER they tell the story in new tork york that a man inan dressed in demale clothes had liw his secret sei I 1 discovered because he t banked thanked a fen yen sen yen offered him bim A seal seat and aud experience for tha ghe the SANPETE Cou COUNTY rity liTy march 1877 1677 1 editor news in these days of fluctuations this one great fact la Is appa apparent to me that many of the youth are not far tidied by any divine knowledge of the work in which they 7 were born raised and baptized that the greater and preceding baptism of t he the holy spirit has not taken place A list of generalities and specialities can be pleaded by the older ones comforting satisfying and of converting efficacy so far aa as they are concerned but the young man stands confused when assailed and arid equally so when the doctrines of the church are assailed his lack of knowledge of the bible and the works of the church and of his power to combat the sophistry sophist ryu ryo of f the age urged by wily educated man sent here for the purpose of undermining the young men is apparent every day the young men by hundreds look not beyond liae the acts of men supposing all to be true of the shortcomings of men if to be born horn of the spirit is the greatest prerequisite of all things for testimony in dark days and hours when men betray men inen when men who have eaten the sop of the covenant of the greatest of all sacrifices rif christ together have fallen asunder when perhaps no vision no word the heavens closed as it were the apparently miraculous suspended fud man left to himself hanging on his own gross then the gium triumphant p ant baptism of the holy spirit is ls the all in all ail the unanswerable I 1 e arguments of holy writ in favor of the doctrine doctrines taught by joseph smith may convince but an argumentative conviction is not a colv conversion aslon neither isa is a conviction of miracles or I 1 provi dences for thesa happen to all conclusive nor tbt sayings or remarkable rebe arsala of bf what to us older heads beads are positive clin clinchers i chers and perhaps malm mahs makous us invulnerable satisfying to the young I 1 have noted in my frequent attendance on the Y M M 1 I A the dearth of acquaintance with holy writ and when distinctive fea tea features tures of our fa faith falth alth were |