| Show gravs QUAYS essex enex june 27 1583 editor deseret news As the travels anti and experiences of the elden eiden abroad are watched with great Inte interest iest lest by the saints at home and should be of brofft to hose hoze who may yet to be called to fill fili their part in building up the kingdom of god oil on the earths earth I 1 thought a few lines from myself would not come amis oar company of missionaries left salt halt lake city oty on april loth and was joined by one or two others on the way the routine of every day life on the tho cars between your city and new now york was gone through by us with but bat one unpleasant exception cep tion A can conductor ductor ducton named pratt early one morning ordered us to change from our car which was a elret claes to a dirty looking one in the rear of the train and to another employee on the tram irain he made some remarks about them thead d d cormons mormons Mor mons which showed plainly the tho clas cias i of persons to which he belonged when we reached new york the abe weather wai duil dull u ull uil and it rained a kooij good part of the tle time but the boys made the bet bee bue ot 01 the two days we had to t pend there by visiting most of the places of interest central park aming in for a good bhare share of attention the ocean trip of 11 days was spent aa usual sta sa bickness affecting all more or jebb jess excepting bother bothen 0 E angell angeii w who gho h 0 e escaped p t d without being called ocea otea t to co a account cc n t 0 once nce arrived at liver liven i pooi poal 1 1 of course 42 Is lington was the thu not cot chief eblet 1 1 f point of interest to at afier after ter ten a bearty hearty dinner of 0 good old english roast beef lodgings for the night wr were t tue toe lirot considerations to those who nere mere ere tired of a jue lue 1 life jle on the ocean wave tor lor it did fedin beem to some that the journey never would havo have an end although without an exception the offic officers erB and crew were as kind kinq and obliging as it was poe possible sible for tor them to be and nt at the end of at the passage mose those who desired it bad blank charta charts of the route furnished them which they could fill up from the chart ehart which was marked every day at noon showing the distance the vessel had made since the day previous the greatest distance run being milea in the hours we lose one half hour a day in traveling emte eastward ard aid and gain the same amount in trav aling westward I 1 tind tidd the difference between the bilt ball lake eind tind greenwich time to le bce about 7 hours and 28 minutes it looked somewhat singular to tb find tho iho time lime timepieces timepiece pieces a in the churches and elsewhere pointing to 13 12 noon when by leaking at my own watch I 1 found it was only about in as lake city time all the way on the evening of our arrival we were all appointed to our various conference and by monday evening all the english missionaries were on their way while those for scandinavia nav inand and ano other tarts latts did not leave till the next day 1 I with four foar othe others othera was directed to go to the london conference to labor under the direction of prest jos who Is ia allva to the interests of this part of the vineyard and it was only about an hour after our arrival at ab 19 But heiland street london before we were aboin on our way to hyde park to hold an open air i meeting in nyde hyde park paik where we gathered quite a few people together ther next morning we were assigned to our districts it falling to my lot to labor in the county of essex with brother geo fowler of parowan carowan Pa rowan iron county we have binco once then traveled together visiting me the few scattered saint saints and have distributed tracts in great feigt stebbin Bt ebbin ted and creasing also done dune a good deal ct cf talking to by the wayside wa yelde and given out quite a number of 0 41 rhe rhe the only true jio apel f to 0 thoss wo we converted with the great creat majority of the do not care for religion of any kind hind and chose who do attend church breem teera to do it for form bahe bake one butof out of many amusing incidents by the way deserves special mention atone at one house where wo called celled in Cr saing a lady answered our knock at the door and when N we a off offered ered b her er a tract she informed us she bad had lots of tracts left there by different le e legious and abd volunteered the information that she belonged to four or said sald 49 think it will bo be hard it if I 1 icart ican t be ba saved by one of them sometimes wo we are very abruptly turned from the door though in mead meat in atances our first tract is kindly taken but the tho next time timo wo we call to chante channe it tho the answer frequently Is 0 yog yol am arm it ft IM mermod ormon wo dont want aily nily any more but we are not discouraged aad and hope to dusome good here though the chances seem beem very blim slim at prea present went tent the few saints who remain here are poor and long for a helping hand from zion and it does seem strange that thal those who have friends here do not nol noi wre wro to back and let them know how they are getting along as they promised so faithfully to do before leaving it would be a great help heip to the traveling elders also if they would send bend them letters of introduction to their friends and relatives here the other day I 1 had the pleasure of visiting the east and west india dock extension which Is located at tilbury a short distance north of tilbury fott pori which la Is now in course of construction they will I 1 am informed be the largest docks in the world covering an area of acres one basin will cover 35 acress acres and another 15 acres the water to be 40 feet deep at low water so that the largest vessel can go in at any time 58 aeres neres willbe will be devoted to theory the dry ory dock deck for barges ete etc which will be without water when the tide is down they will all bo be floored with concrete and the side walls will to t e 10 feet thick of concrete and rend brick on the top of which will be placed large blocks of cut granite very suchlike much ilke like the granite of which the salt bait lake temple la Is being built there are over 1000 bands handa working day and bight night and the number will son so n be uie increased there are so bri ven large steam navales at work each capable of removing and loading g on to the trucks yards of earth every 24 hours besides thes thesa there are ere a number of other cap info and iba rna machines chines chiner at work which with the laborers shit shift t about yards of soil por par day clay there are about five miles of rail rall railway way in uee use on the works and 16 locomotives besides the engines for working the five large and the electric lights altom gether gelber it requires something like 00 tons of ocal per day to keap heap kea them all going the son poll from the excavations Is used to raise the embankment men k along the river front the docks docka extending about a mile and a half halo the whole distance round lound on the three sides will be enclosed by a brick wall 20 10 1 feet high the docks are to be opened in december issi 1881 but it is expected to take ten len en year yearn 9 to complete them the contractors for this immense undertaking are kirk randall ran Ean dali dall of wool and the payroll pay roll each week amounts to several thou thousand sand Band the NEWS comes cornea regularly to hand and Is ia greatly appreciated b by all who read it yo your brother in the gospel 0 DF desney deney 15 north STREET dundee july ath 1883 1833 editor deseret xe news in the star of JL july ily lly and 2nd th there ere appears pe arbie arble he death notice of Bro brother thier shadrach jones joner one of tho the Eldera eldora that lef iet mb t salt bait lake city on the loth of april last which took me by surprise not knowing of his being sick until the notice of his hia death appeared in the star when we left salt bait lake lahe city ully on the loth of april I 1 knew very few of the tho brethren never having seen brother jones to my knowledge he was a stranger to me but when we lett left he cime came into the same bame mat sent we got to know each other etheri he became very much attached to me and I 1 thought a good deal of him on the second bayout day out oui ho he eaid eald to me 99 brother T 4 t ta nn ehn eln aea and I 1 want awant you yon to take caro care of me I 1 told him I 1 would do the best I 1 could for him he brother john cartwright of the ath ward salt lake city and myself wore were in the same room in the ship he was very bic sic sick bick alithe all ali the timo time on the tho bes bea and wo did everything that wo could for him that would help him he would tell us of his labors on the te mple as well as other works that he had done for the work of god gody and iu in sp speaking aking of hla hib mis MIA biasion SIon blon to groat grea t britain he wab waa proud to have the boror of being called to go to his native country to preach the gospel and in talking of leaving his bis home hii wife was very fearful that he would take sick elch and die and I 1 am very sorry her beara have been realized 2 and I 1 assure you it mad mads a we me very sorrowful when I 1 read of his death for he be was a od kanj man as he expressed t himself s hla his heart hear wab was in of god but the lord has feen seen fit to take him to himself into another sphere where ho he can work for tho the interest of the kingdom of god and do as much or moro more good than he be could conid here liera I 1 hope the tho lord will blesa hla hib wife and f family a efly and 0 comfort 0 in fort them in their bereavement bereave mani mant I 1 also eee beo by the star that elder john T alexander has been mobbed in georgia because ho he wag waa a mormon elder and hm been be envery very veny badly hurt I 1 wonder when the servants of god will receive the rna nna 3 peet that they deserve for leaving their homes and tra traveling elang by em and land to preach the gosnel of christ and that too without puree or scrip I 1 rejoice and am ex esc csc cc coding glad that I 1 have had the honor of being called to preach the tha gospel of peace pence and goodwill to all men if they will not receive it it rests with them and their god I 1 find in going among the people that they do not want the gospel as aa jess sess taught iti it but are full of nonsense I 1 must say bay I 1 never saw sai daiy such a wicked lot as there Is here drunk ennema and debauchery 0 of f every kind prevail and yet tah Is 13 a so go called christan Chri chris tan atan country they have their churches on every conners corners corner but cannot stop the tide of pollution that 13 18 ia 13 sapping their verj very foundations praying that the lord may bleha blesa all the saints la tho the mountains mount dins and any that the kingdom of god may grow grov until it fills the whole earth I 1 remain remains your brother in tho gospel pel pei of christ SAMUEL moray MORAT |
