Show yke the british mission we extract the following from the willen Hillen millennial nial star copenhagen neri Deti denmark mark may 27 our jour journey ney hither was very pleasant nothing occurred to mar our peace the conference held at copenhagen began bean be an on saturday evening ins dinst at the saints hall frederick frederiek fre Pre derick the 0 on sunday we assembled in a very nine fine new hall capable of convening some six hundred people which was well filled in tile the morn morning n an and d overflowing inthe afternoon and evening I 1 never saw better attention the conference was remarkable far for the excellent spirit abounding the large largo numbers attending and the good attention paid throughout the day it was a time of rejoicing the tile native E elders I 1 spoke with great freedom and power jf on monday evening the choir gave a conceal on wednesday evening we held a priesthood meeting which was attended by some forty or fifty of tho local priesthood and fifteen elders from zion after the reports of the various branches were 0 given i in which were very encouraging prest 0 G larsen iarsen and myself addressed the brethren at some length brother Brothe rJ J frantzen interpreting for me again we had an excellent time the elders are feeling well and happy in their la ia bours awe we have lave had the pleasure of seeing ae eing cing the kings and queens of denmark and sweden the latter being on a visit to the former we are well we leave tomor to mor for stettin thence to berlin in cassel frankfort afrank jFrank fort base nase berne j geneva paris to london ondon Zi JosE josep JosEr josephir pir jr P F SMITH N nottingham ottin gilam may 21 tomor to mor year will vill have passed since I 1 came to labor under president lyman eyman in the nottingham con ference two or three months previous to ito that tiple fline my heal health t h appeared lo 10 bo be on the decline dealin e and my feelings at times were anything but bulc buoyant and it was thought by some that I 1 had bad better go home lime but that idea did not altogether meet my approbation for I 1 had an earnest desire to perform a mission before so doing that would meet the approval of heaven the servants of god who sent me and also of my family and friends A many times since then have I 1 been thankful to god who inspired my to permit me to continue my labors in the ministry and who appointed me to do so and tl that at too under those favorable ces cea ID in which I 1 have since been placed for in a short time after my arrival here I 1 was restored to my nay former health anci and buoyancy of or E spirits and have havo been greatly blessed in my labors over ever since on tuesday wednesday and thursday of may ath ath and ath I 1 held hold meetings in the open air at the following places in lincoln shire eaford sleaford SI Swine swineshead shead and Wig loft and had attentive audiences at each place the following t sunday may the ath I 1 receive received d instructions by letter ietter from brother lyman for me to hold meetings mee tings in the open air nir and to advise tile the brethren in in mv my travel travels to do the same during tle the fine weather and long days from may 2nd and to the I 1 held seven meetings in the open air and was greata greatly y blessed with the rift sift of utterance while addressing thern them and at which in all probability I 1 bore te testimony stimon y to the restoration of the gospel to more persons not of our faith than I 1 would at thirty of our indo indoor in do door meetings the eithe saints have been exceedingly kind to me and have ministered to my wants in a rn most P st gen erous crous manner and have given me a hearty welcome to their homes llly my isly health is excellent and my spirits buoyant it is the same with my genial friend and fellow laborer brother george ii farrell elder W A 0 bryan arrived liero here yesterday ye berday in good health and spirit spirits joire JOHN SQUIRES iz QuIl res tEs rl manchester or may 24 there vs a timo time when the bian Blan manchester chester PI branch anch was equal to any in the british mission but we do not nuche t BO sa many today to day as wo we did twenty five years ago bianche blanche manchester s has furnished its quota of saints for zion we are well represented iu in utah at the tho present t it time me I 1 believe we number about 0 one no liun hun dreu dred members the maj majority arity of I 1 them being alivo vo in the faith and trying to live their religion we are under the able presidency of cf elder john miller a veteran in the cause of truth wo we are adding to our number by baptism wo we had a picnic on whit fri day on the farm of elder john K R downs at near manchester che ehe steb prest samuel brown teacher bushton rushton and myself were the committee of management elder downs kindly furnished the children with milk prest and elder holbrook were present JosEp JOSEPH ji dew Drw DEWSNUP 13 it may 26 ri eora rora or a few weeks past we have in iri mamy places commenced door preaching with very good success it is our intention to hold camp Mee meetings tines this summer in places where there has been no preaching by gur our elders for several years feeling confident that much good can be accomplished complis hed thereby A few weeks ago I 1 engaged a small hait halt at coppice on very reasonable terms elders smith halliday and myself attended the first sunday and we had a very good audience since then we have bave been there a few times separately rii ril tely distributed invitation circulars in hi the neighborhood ana preached I 1 have arranged for one of the local elders from this town to bo be sent there to fill appointments every sunday when the elders from zion cannot attend atten d the prospects there are good the proprietor of the hall has not only kindly lindly loaned us his harmon harmonium lum but himself and his generous wife also a young man have volunteer ed their services and assisted in singing and discoursing sweet music bic for us on sunday last three persons from that village viii c came to birmingham to be baptized also two from other places whom I 1 baptized in our font at hockley bockley chapel A couple of ministers this last week have helped to advertise advert ize our meetings at coppice by warning the public against coming to hear us at the Tem temperance perance Derance halla hall hail which to me is a very sure sign that still morewood more good is about to be accomplished in that neighborhood as I 1 never knew it to fail when they take a stand against us some of i their members br are e about to abandon them and arid obey the gospel we have baptized eight persons this month and there are several more on the brink of the water who have already expressed their intention to join without delay the prospects never seemed so good as is aap at present resent since I 1 have labored in this conference now more than eighteen months which is very encouraging 1 cei cEl eiders elders ders smith and labor with me are well weli rand fand they enjoy their mission lam pleased to say they are alive to their duties and do their utmost to open new places ph aces in which to preach the gospel of life and salvation 1 I wo have recently improved appearance of hockley chapel by painting and decorating the tho walls graining the stand ac which makes it look neat and clean and much more inviting iff than formerly I 1 B N V MORRIS dundee may 31 1 I am not very well weil in health at present but feel well in spirit and in the work of the latter days which work is true as god is true and will prevail in pite spite of all 0 opposition p position ion lon 1 I have tte the pleasure of st stating ting that I 1 had the satisfaction of baptizing rix six very fine people last wee week k all in the bloom of life and lively in tho the faith of the latter day work the spirit of god is working with many and preparing them for the reception of the truth PETER SINCLAIR 11 leicester juno june 2 I 1 write you a few lines to let you ku know w how I 1 find things in my native town I 1 am happy to say that in paying visits to friends and relations I 1 have been received with the warmest st affection I 1 have many invitations I 1 I 1 shall not bo be able to accept on this short visit for I 1 am anxious to get to my allotted field of labor all enquire about utah and aud mormon affairs I 1 am very busily employed in conversing with the tho people I 1 have concluded to I 1 stay till su sunday aday to meet with tile the saints and talk to them a little I 1 have not made myself publicly known only by visiting my friend friends and an d relations yet I 1 see announced to the tho public by placard in all parts of the town the ithe arrival 0 of f mr mellor from TJ utah tah 1 jax jai JAMES s MELLOR sen bell lna in ina a word say the texas teas papers there is a promise of a year of plenty such as has never been witnessed |