Show 0 correspondence I 1 W alwy 0 A nappy happy new year to AIL moin boin to in i 26 TENBY STREET 1 birmingham jan L broff cowans ae john brethren odthe council and 4 lu all atz the saints of tooele F latay iby lay tho the peace of god be with you and greatly be multiplied to you during the year upon which ivo iio wo have now entered that peace and plenty may ay crown all your labora bori bord being the first day of the year wo we thought we would like to communicate with friends and brethren with whom we have enjoyed many happy seasons through holidays and at many other times under lider varied circumstances ince since our arrival in liverpool after two or three days rest bro george started to louth his birthplace to visit Tela teia relatives tives and friends 1 while I 1 I 1 proceeded to birmingham J tile alie place assigned us troth looth to labor alnas as traveling traveil nc elders thinking to take a little time III in the summer to visit isit my birthplace I 1 arrived in birmingham november SO 30 mad made my way to tenby denby street the conference house brother wheeler from cottonwood cott Colt onwood who presides here was out visiting some of the branches I 1 soon became acquainted and was installed in business preaching in ili bird Bire birmingham ingham visiting ahe ac and on the return of brother wheeler ieler leler I 1 visited max toke tobe wolverhampton Wolver hampton dudley west bromwich and other obet localities preaching to the saints as op alty presented and encouraging them altheir at their homes occasionally J eing favored with the pres pros enca enc ene of or those that have not yet embraced our faith but are earnestly inquiring after r the tiie truth the power ower of god and had the tilo promises of flis his servants being every very e day l ed in my behalf there aro a great many that believe belleve in hi our faith but through their circumstances leqve nave liot not moral courage to embrace it balrig bound down by task masters Jand landlords lords and ancl ele cle clergy gy fearing lest they would be thrown upon the world if they in aily any way favored dun our dur belief as it is in llo lio way jar lar this Is a very extensive conference embracing herefordshire Hereford shire P worcestershire Northampton shire part of warwickshire Warwick shire and staffordshire the saints number from to who are i very much scattered in boni some a instances having to travel 10 miles to visit one family which causes a great deal of extra travel which has to be performed a great deal on foot which chic I 1 am not so well adapted for but I 1 am improving in every everyday liny liay as I 1 am getting some lighter and tind can travel much easier ensler than when at home brother george arrived hero dec we were much pleased to I 1 greet each other aga inand to relate our experiences during our three weeks separation george has visited a good portion of lincoln shire n and aud eid fid nottinghamshire Notting hamshire found quite quito a number of his relatives with whom he be was ads well treated ad che procured a number nu m ber ben of I gie gle gies sand saud and talked c mormon mormonism ism as wisdom dictated we are now co laborers and arrangements are made mide to travel together for eight or ten of the branches Where wherever ver we travel amongst the saint saints Q we wui aro are universally well received and kindly treated in many in instances they feel as though they could lot not do enough but they are generally very poor and they distress themselves to contribute to the elders we feel much blest in conversing with them by their nire fire sides as it seems to warm up their hearts and increase their determination to gather home to zion as soon as us opportunity pre presents itself at present there is much depression in business many being out of employ and having i to pay very high prices for pr provisions ovis lons ions and rents beef ranging a from to per pound mutton and pork in proportion just I 1 recently thero there have been a few heavy shipments of meat from la Is bringing down the market some flour if anything is dearer than with us they having to ship the principal part of bf their wheat from america or elsewhere the malting and brewing business is ls extensively carried on here almost every englishman and woman depending on their pint of per day regularly as ag the day comes with a great many thousands that indulge more extensively ten making the brewing business very profitable wages for common labor range from to per day bents rents are for single room very inferior Infer lor sects per week thus thus you see if a h person has constant labor it is as moch much as a bargain to live b but ut frequently they have to tio be out of work as trade is very dull at the present they have no potatoes wheat bins cows pigs or the varied etceteras to td fall fail back oni oril but in those extremes tr they have to pawn their furniture and clothing these cases are not very numerous amongst the saints but very common with mall mard many ay iy taking all things into consideration aidor Alder atlon the latter day saints cannot too highly prize the many comforts and blessings of their mountain home in every i lar hr we sincerely hope these tew lines will find you all in good healt hand in spirits as this leaves us at present never having enjoyed ourselves better both in health and spirits for a great many years as we feel that the lord is with us blessing oui our labors and pouring out his spirit upon us abundantly we feel to thank him that we h have v been called calletto to perform this missi mission 0 n as it beems seems like a n rest from many cares carea and anxieties of a temporal nature to have our minds set on the great plan of salvation is sweet indeed and we hope by the blessing of god to fo do his will while here and bether bother be ther Instrument instruments ai of adding some few more to the church as we are occasionally we hope you are feeling well in the work of the lord and faithfully discharging the duties devolving upon you and hope that it may be winter for you and the saints amongst whom you labor that ail all may be stimulated to the performance of their several duties devolving upon them as I 1 realize that the only way by which the saints sainta can be blest is by so soi doing ve wa hope the young men of tooele will refrain from visiting places bf tuf vice drunkenness and aud aud and debauchery agthe aa the tho results result sef set of these things bring ruin disgrace and death turn their attention iii in that way that will qualify them to become useful instruments st in the hands of bf god in doing good promulgating truth both at home and abroad and become a general benefit to themselves and mankind at large jarge we shall be pleased to hear ear from you as ab a council or from any 0 of you as asu a word from home will be fi gratefully grate faily fally received by us at t any time may way the god of heaven bless biess you all and enable you to comfort and aud bless each other is the prayer and most earnest desire of f your laborers hi iri fhe the gospel 0 of peace I 1 jonn JOHN A 0 ri GEORGE alinn t oue our dir fir great bliss mission edic edit editor or duref cus eus i twice irethe history of the world d it markind is ts record pu tah tat a portion of or llian mankind have abeen brought into harmony with each labh other and stood upon a common leyel of 0 brotherhood io tol r sta bligh this condition for the third and last time is a work allotted to this and more especially to us as a people shall we do it or leave it to othene othere the requirement would natt hobt be made madeia if the capabilities domeet to meet it were nob not in us and our ohr surround i lags greab great men aro arc the usual instruments st by which Provid providence enco develops great changes S P if proud nations need humbling some military hero comes to tee the surface whose ambition places him in antagonism with his surround 4 ings jager and whose genius circumscribes the known laws of warfare tf if it is necessary that ome state should for a time rise into peculiar prominence a pitt a cavour or A a bismarck endowed with u unusual n sagacity and foresight appears pe ars to lead the tho na tiona councils if it long established religions need changing to give impetus to pro eress aress a Zoro astor a mahomet or a luther is ready for the work vork it if a divine dispensation is to be inaugurated a loses moses an apostle peter or 01 a prop liet joseph smith appears with power to move the hearts of the people the records of the world teach us that god is in history his having fitted men and circumstances for the fulfillment of his purposes in the past should give us assurance that he be has prepared for the present crisis in the worlds affairs perhaps as latter day saints SaInt we seldom err oftener in matters of grave importance thau in ia not allowing I 1 sufficient weight to the words of living living arbi prophets we too atten pell neil permit pre precious clous cious tima time to pass and de 7 A 7 1 celop ve 0 p the importance I 1 of 0 f warning w arn 1 I IN n g an and instruction before we compre hend its legitimate force the follow following ilag liag from a discourse by y president B young published in the deseret weekly mews news of september fth 1876 ia is significant and should in connection with preaching of a F izilar nature by our leader induce much thought and reflection lathe in the minds of the saints said he you elders of israel do you see the necessity of an advance do you not see that wo we have traveled just 09 ab as 09 far as we can without adopting copi the revelation the lord gave at independence jackson county namely the property of the saints saint a should be laid at the feet of the bishops et etc c and unless this was done a curse would befall them they refused to do it and the conse consequence consequent quene was wags wass they were driven from th their el r homes we obey these revelations thio the people will decline in th their faith and they will leave the fai fal faith falth th fifthe of the tho holy gospel it may be well to often note progress by reviewing our past bast in order to discover that advance we have made above the ordinary level of mankind from which we started while it is neither designed design ea nor desirable that we should lose our personal identity or responsibility in a practical union of interests we need to part with some of that excess of individuality us usually itally termed selfishness that old adage every man for himself and the devil for usall usail us all nil 11 convey more force than elegance an idea of the present condition of mankind philosophers and had philanthropists have s speculated emulated ecula ted much as to what man zuid should be le in an organized social capacity they have devised many mady schemes for modifying the worlds antagonisms their schemes ernes have failed for the reason that they have sought sensational in religion and intellectual development the sol soi solution U of social problems instead of in the higher impulses of divine inspiration the organization of our government marked a new now epoch in the tho worlds history it originated in the principle of mans equality it was a bold abrupt departure from froin the governmental policies of ages ominous as the day is of revolution and change the heavens have decreed that we shall not go back to barbarism from the present must be evolved a future government very far in advance vance ivance of equality greatly neutral iced as it is by a thousand aggressions which the law fails falls to reach one ono of practical fraternity and brotherhood characterized by a oneness of purpose and of interests where the tha enervating effects of wealth and the grading upgrading dp results of extreme poverty will gra gradually duall duail disappear before higher a and purer civilization the student of history is reminded that the accumulation of exorbitant and its attendant luxuries have ever indicated indicate d the tild culmination of a nations greatness iid lid did pure and ennobling religious sentiments guide all the tho ties of man kanj lis his its progress would be constant and and aud infinite national like individual A gr eath has so po far aver ever culminated in maturity and decay but are maturity and decay necessary results of national growth cannot the laws of life and continuous progress be handed down from one olle generation to another and become a national natio naf heritage the solution of this question lies in the future and in its successful solution ll 11 lies the only hope of the thip redemption of mankind from their manifold mise miseries rles ries jt it is a world of antagonisms anta and a spirit of aggression has ever ruled mankind resolution and sacrifice were wore necessary on the pait part of our fathers to establish civil equality aud and now so far to 10 change chango ch arige social conditions that all ait who can appreciate the boon may enjoy the means meana of de will doubtless require many important changes and much sacrifice the ond wad of personal ef fort instead of ot individual agaran be the general good extremes As force antagonisms they must be arst modified then thin avold ed eda an ah exorbitant monopoly of wealth by bya byn a few means the other extreme e of want wint for the many neither sub bub serves vba the best interests of the species with the first men nien are apt to pamper their appetites and passions and produce degeneracy and sterility in ln themselves and their children ahe the process in may ay be slow alow but it leusu is usually ally aily sure the other extreme pinching want vant means weakened energies from ex toil toll exposure unhealthy habitations and insufficient food this condition induces recklessness a weakening of individual responsibility onal and consequent moral debasement A and crime in proportion as thes these e elements increase political and so social cial clai organizations are weakened these have ever been a prominent factor in bloody revolutions a fickle merciless tyrant in democratic governments in constitutional tut ional ones a ready rendy tool for unprincipled ambition and of necessity in despotic governments sometimes food for cannon and bayonets our inspirations teach us that our more moro perfect union must develop national institution institutions the influence of which will over overshadow shado w this thi s land of promise to accomplish this the affiliation of hearts and interests must bo be more perfect around the tho hearthstones hearth stones of the people and extend through our wards our cities and villages until a broad noad and deep foundation is laid for the great future either thib this or a failure in our lifes lines mission the facts of history tho tha known laws of physiology point to the intelligent laboring man whoso choso sleep and food ale aie sweetened by reasonable toil whose energies are kept in healthful action in the great race of life as the tha real strength of the national fabric the source of its prosperity in peace and of its ita defence in times of peril he is the fountain from which the ever failing aristocracy of if wealth is recruited and he may be ba forced by oppressive and degraded conditions dit ions into the lower strata of society and add to the elements of revolution and decay labor is the normal condition of man society should furni furniss fur nisi sli sil ao no drones all its members should return an equivalent for what they consume to accomplish this the extremes of society must be brought together by a gradual process of assimilation all should labor for the advancement of all the whole giving to each individual that kind and variety of employment as far as possible that will develop the whole man to the highest possible intellectual and physical condition while intellectual equality is bot toot attainable it is possible for all to enjoy all that ia is |