| Show RYDE EYDE isle of wight england june fth 1883 editor deseret mema wems at the request of president joseph A west I 1 send a short ashert account of my missionary labors I 1 was called on april ath 1882 and bet sev apart by apostle moses thatcher on the loth and left end and the loved ones behind on the lith iloh af after alter ter parting with missionaries going to england I 1 stayed and via cited omaha as I 1 was appointed to labor in the united states first next day while waiting for the train at the depot as I 1 waa going next to chicago ch my attention was drawn to a family of emigrants who seemed so BO down cast something told me to go and comfort them I 1 did so and asked if their son bon was sick as ho he was lying down the father soon came toward me saying yes from drinking so BO many kinds of water 21 I 1 pitied them for fon there was such a distressed look about all of them I 1 ventured to ask are ilare vou von you yon traveling yes 31 was the reply from the faar fazy father where are you going I 1 again naked asked 11 to utah t laid eaid this hon est loo looking kings but poor man to utah I 1 eald eaid are you mor mons yes he said aso bo am in I 1 I 1 am just going on my tny mission 21 and I 1 took him by the hand with both of mine and he was overjoyed over ovey joyed and said to his wife ershery is a brother and the countenances of both brightened up op as he introduced me to her and his six children some romme of them quite young women I 1 then ithen asked if they had bad got goi anything to est eat judge ray iny surprise when the father said no 31 s he then related his hia circumstances they were from the southern states had bad been a long time delayed on the way wry because the bridge had been washed away and putting hla his haud hand into his pocket showed me a 25 cent piece and eald eaid it was all he had got in tho worl dand ho he was over a thousand miles from utah when he could not keep back laek the rising tears tean I 1 told him I 1 had got a basket with some luncheon in it and would divido with him I 1 commenced to do so BO but soon boon stopped and said take litake it allford all ail for I 1 can buy more I 1 then gave him two dollars to buy bread on his way I 1 then begged him an other dollar from a brother I 1 was waiting for thus his hia heart was made light and his family happy for I 1 soon saw them eating cating bome some had chicken one was taking satisfaction out of boiled ham and the youngest child was sucking an orange he read to me a letter of introduction to a young elders father living at bountiful or sessions I 1 think I 1 felt just as good as aa he e did and nd thanked god I 1 had made th them e m BO fio I 1 happy 1 appy taked I 1 shall never forget it and donl dont don t think ink they will I 1 traveled several thousand miles in the united states going BS as far east cast as waterbury conn and providence RI BI and then labored under president W M palmer in company with elder thos brig briggs g si of bountiful utah for about fo four u r months in the state of wisconsin when his health failed I 1 was released to proceed to En england kland bland and on september esth issa I 1 landed at liverpool and was waa appointed to labor in the birmingham conference I 1 am now attached to the london conference and appointed with a young elder by the name of john willoughby to this island to try and introduce the gospel vears years yearb ago there were a few saints on this island president west accompanied us here eleven days ago and succeeded in renting a hall hail in which we held three meetings after we of 1000 hand bills and inserting a notice in two of the papers of this town but few attend attended td the two first meetings at night one hundred persons we are the surrounding villages and leave our testimony with the people mople if they will only condescend to allow ua to talk to them they are high I 1 have eni ended ed my mission most of the time b bt t think this island is a hard place to live in as there is no one of our faith here and everything is ia so BO dear wonie we are taken for tourists and thoy thay want two prides prices for what we eat and for beds the ox ex mayon mayor of this town is reading the boak of mormon and told us last night that no impostor could have written that book boo for said he no man could write buch such a book unless he was inspired I 1 say amen your humble brother in the tho gospel of christ WM H wright WEIGHT |
