| Show NEWS FROM ENGLAND A vew pew FACTS RELATING TO THE work WORX IN EUROPE the millennial star St arin ariD in urging the elders in grest great britain to vigorously prosecute prose cute cuto the outdoor out ont door preaching campaign alludes to the effect pro deuced by an open air meeting held in birkenhead it says that as aa an evidence of the interest created by it one person had har written to the sla office for farther information concerning the principles advocated A large number of persons persona also j assembled on the samo same spot chere the 11 W t meeting was wail held heid three evenings later on account of having an un ferstanding der standing that the elders eiders would preach there again the following Is ia an extract from a letter from elder joseph A wes west ts dated april fth which appears in the same bame periodical 1 I r reached london on monday morning after an absence of twenty four days elder bunot left me at culos and went into switzerland to visit his cifes relatives and before forche he returns he intends also ti fj visit his brother at lyons from whom he last separated about thirty 3 ears errs ago I 1 expect him to be in london by the date of our coming conference we have had an excel lent time during our absence and learned much that is worth remembering during the first few days wa were unknown as mormon hence were treated like other people in fact jaet I 1 may bay say we were the recipients of courtesies at tha the hands bands of different members of the party our companionship nion ship was eagerly sought by those entrusted to making up parties for the diff different erent trent compartments compartment but when an opportunity was offered a few days afterward for us to tell who and what we were the consternation of our fellow travelers was wonderful to behold in fact they were some moments recovering from the shock and they were inclined to accuse us ua of attempting to getup get up a veritable sensation but our oun ent and cosit lve ive replies replica to their repeated questions soon boon convinced them that they were really and truly in the presence of two live full fledged and undaunted mor mons s A long discussion immediately ensued and from that time on we had frequent opportunities to explain and defend our people and practices eB strange to say eay we continued to receive every courtesy from all who knew know ns no with but one exception and I 1 can truly that I 1 never formed more pleasant associations with any people of the latter day saints than with those who comprised cookle second edcur blon bion party warty to the city of rome romme I 1 lost no bear my mony mons to them when the proper time arrived in the progress of our conversation and to many of them 1 I have promised to bend send tracts lacta and church works on one occasion our party at that time aug augmented merited by several hundred were standing in the tho arena of the coliseum at rome romme listening g attentively to the archaga logical explanations and descriptions ot of the great celebrity mr shakes pere wood in the course bourke of his lecture he remarked that the colise um urn capable of seating beating depeo gators could be ibe emptied in the time that one eighth of that number could make their exit at one stair way A reverend gentleman immediately imme me the mormon tabernacle at salt lake city haa a seating capacity of and can be emptied in three and a half minutes not having traveled with our party and therefore not knowing our presence provence he little littie thought that tha t his remark was listened to by a couple of cormons mormons Mor mong mons 1 and when I 1 handed him my card a short abort time afterward he be manifested great surprise that Mor moua should also bb ba found in the city of rome I 1 almost think he be repented of his hla semi bemi com amendatory mend atory remark though he talked with me quite affably asked many questions and tend said but little derogatory of our people I 1 a afterwards f ter learned abat that he had visited utah about eight years ago in to re reply to subsequent In I 1 explained that our tabernacle at salt bait lake city was about the bize biza of the arena of the coliseum which upon careful investigation I 1 found tobe to be the case ili igl ill am glad to say bay my health to Is much improved and I 1 do not feel the need of any further farther respite before entering upon my dutley A portion of a private letter from elder john Q cannon who has been called by elder goss president of the swiss and german mission to bern to succeed elder J J walser as clerk of the expresses presses his entire willingness to re spond but also says K 1 I cannot overlook one very serious shadow I 1 refer to the tho loss of the opportunities for striking out into new now and untried fields or of pia pio pioneering s in the anticipation and biet blet experience of which I 1 have t inken liken so much pleasure lambur I 1 am bure sure B there is going to be a great work done in this part of the earth at no distant day and I 1 have felt that I 1 would like to remain here and help begin or take part in it Stil lit lii la Is all the lords wor kand I 1 h havo have eive tive so much faith that he directs it in all details particularly in so co important a matter as an that of offia ija P prowess crebb in that I 1 try to sink tny kny individual preferences feren ces at all times i the assurance abbu asan rance that I 1 will be used whet I 1 can work to the best beat advantage 2 bashop bishop 0 P F whitney wt arte te en tou ragIngly from london on korli 2nd and A number cumber of cf baptisms alj hi recently occurred in the north lon don branch the lambeth branch had new hall for meet meeting ingEry in a good joc locality allty |
