| Show the growth of london the ee leisure sure faour in speaking k na of the growth of london says bays afi the the metropolis of the british empire the largest city the worl deVer saw covers within fifteen miles runles radius of charing cros cross nearly square miles and numbers within these boundaries inhabitants it contains more jews th than afi the whole of palestine more roman catholics than rome borne its eln elf more irish than dublin more Scotch men than edinburgh the port of london has every day on it its waters 1000 ships and sail sall ors upwards of persons are add added e d to the population dall dail daily dally Y or yearly a birth taking place every five minutes and a death every eight minutes on an average twenty ight eight miles of streets are opened and new house houses s built evl every ry year in its postal district districts 8 there is a yearly delivery of bf 2 V lett iett letters rj on the police be ile gister rister gister there are the names of habitual criminals increasing by many thousands every year more mere than one third of all the crime of the country is committed in loh donor don or at least brought to light there there are as many beer shops and nud gin gln palaces as as vai would uld if it their fronts were placed ride side by side reach from charing cross to portsmouth outa ald aid a distance stance of seventy three miles and drunkards are annually brought before its magistrates the shops open on sundays would form streets six bix sixty ty miles long it ii Is est estimated in at ed that there ar are aro above a million of the peppie who are aro practically heathen wholly neglecting the ordinances of religion at least additional churches and chapels chapela would be required for the wants of the people the european mission therol I 1 lowing owing are from the june 14 bristol june GI G 1 I have bave enjo enjoyed ed n myself I 1 s elg eig loa ioa ly JA my mv vl visits islai to not ting ban han wales and london con ferencek feren ces on leaving london I 1 went to southampton where I 1 remained over night at sister juan xuan R an dolls dalls all we th e famy w ra nyal it reay reny leveng Leay jn y went ment tp to swanage stanage Sw anage berei v herel herol delivered twp tap out d p or lectures on n sunday p V may ay there being leing from froin ipg to persons present ai qa of whom paid excellent attention tion tiou crand mrs tippett rocil rieti received ved me rile V ery very adly luid land assisted all ali they could gould in making arrangements for our meetings Lea leaving swanage stanage Sw anage on monday I 1 proceeded to blandford and held hold meetings tuesday evening may at brother hei E X olivers from this point I 1 wend wende edmy steps to brother hunts st or five acres near yeovil keovil where 1 a also aiso sq held p meeting may there being several strangers present all of whom paid iver very y good attention while here I 1 baptized brother hunts son alma james jame s lii I 1 now traveled to broadwin Broadi broadd broad winsor in sor sot and on sunday may blay soth i arr if com corn pany with elders J vadon radou Q G otie otle and others of the brethren and sisters sister weep wen tp to a small village about five miles dis illa tance f from rom Broadwin sor gor the be loca jre been there recently and jr preached ae e leay leav fagan lagan an appointment jor for J or that day A geu geri liep aleman la n g gave ave us an invitation to come colne coine on to his hia premises premi prem isea sesto to rifcah about people assembled to hean hear us elder read fr froin froia 0 M mal mat thew seventh chap chapter terr ing g a at t the verse after which elder wheadon coil coa gre gation J I 1 followed for about one he hour discoursing on faith repent an ce and baptism for the remission of sins ons to which the majority p df 1 l the people paid very good attention we returned ta broad wi wins n orand helda held heid a good meeting in tile the evening at East down de devon ion lon von elder vm win Ler wiland family awili j iare are te rejoin I 1 inin ngin fhe the truth I 1 h have a ve bia fia baptized hi ila lia daughter mary selila sever t very favorable to the work in that vicinity Ik wherever I 1 travel I 1 find that the spirit of lul lil inquiry after the gopel gos seems tob lo labeon beon eori the increase CB B H WATTS wants lor lop london I 1 dodi juine 8 I 1 returned late later on saturday eveni njg from fron I 1 a vist to the abe saints ori ois on the lle lie ile ie of jersey there ar are e some ame good ook people the there re but they much need the tho labors 0 a good faithful elder among them they are so far away from head quart quarters ero erV that tiley they seldom e enjoy J 0 1 y th pr of a avisia from an vi eider elder der den that has hns come from ja new gepert generation mon oon iras gr 0 wh up since there was wag much ifancy if any preaching an on tila the ilia island by the latter day saint saints we had an el fent tent ti m aki oki h ere on sunday last ile lle mee irit friga iniga it t tov 1030 1030 1 30 30 a nta ata atanat nid jab iab jat v ille which was guite quite generally atten d ed by ay the Ir brethren ethren at 2 p mi m I 1 bap leed sized ave eve persons joeie some of them re baptisms and ud at G p M in the meeting rooms looms especially of vict chite ite ito ch chapel apeland Nort hlo bLo u di 0 were betten better filled than we hamp ever seen them begore before the faints truly trilly had zi a time ilme of dt rejoicing cewe we intend io hold a district meeting la 11 aa sunday saday next at the east eastern er n hall hali amarge ra ige hall ball an on the east india dock road in iu w which some five or orsi gix of the branches in london w will unite E elders iders binder ad and fowler are both in excellent health and spirits and are enjoying fully mhd theopi spi rit rift of their mission c J FR t BURTON leicester ei cegler jilce 8 I 1 have been een visiting deiv everyday every day amongst my kindred and friends and not a day has lids passed buu but few or many have haie been seeking me persons having friends or fela heln relatives tives in utah to enquire after them thom I 1 often smile at the various questions ioni loni asked about the many false statements that have been put in hi by our enemies and apostates respect ing prest vohn yohn young anid arid the mor cormons mormons man at salt lake 1 but u t J am arn satisfied that all hako hake h ave gone away feeling belter better than they came i for some time timo past the faithful saints sainta in Leicester have been beeri meeting in 9 in a private libuse to receive the sa s1 sacrament C rame nt of the lords hords supper now they harej list taken a comfortable froomin a respectable neighborhood in which to meet for public worship jt it was opened on last sunday we vo had a very r respectable congregation at the evening service ervice JAMES MELLOR ses BEN |
