Show missionary work in canada laboring alone middlesex co ontario canada rray may 27 1884 editor deseret news since writing to you last march ath elder G W beckstead and myse have labored in the vicinity of london hamilton and chatham kent county and other othe points I 1 lying in between lakes huron Huro nani and erie an on the of march elder beckstead on account of sickness was released from his mission to to canada and returned home to zion since that date hate I 1 have labored alone being the only missionary in the dominion of canada with but FEW FRIENDS and many enemies to the cause that I 1 was sent to advocate and represent which sometimes caused rather lonely feeling feelings but possessing for myself a know knowledge hedge bedge elt edt that god had restored the bulnes s oie oi his gospel and that joseph smith was the honored prophet and seer to establish it with apostles prophets miraculous gifts and all the original blessings and having proved that the tha same cause produces the same effects in all ages of the tile world boa bot both h in blessings and persecutions I 1 was the better prepared to endure what most of our elders havo have to witness MORE MOKE MEETINGS up to the departure of elder beckstead march we had held 21 meetings mostly in dundas colton and stor mont counties over oo 00 00 miles east of this point and at hamilton we organized a branch of composed of scattered scat ered in members embers blessed 5 children and ordained one priest since I 1 that time I 1 have held 21 meetings mak in ing 12 in all ali and have done a large amount of private preaching and given iven out many tracts today to day icia a young ung man thomas chatlain leaves here to join our emigrating company at chicago caio and proceed to zion having received ce ved necessary tickets from our deml emigration ag agent ge nt J JH H hart of new york A X I 1 lam iam am holdau holding correspondence some who are favorably tavor ably inclined one case ease I 1 will mention as a similar incident does not often occur in 1833 another boy and I 1 received the gospel in michigan and in isu 1834 we received patriarchal blessings under the hands of father joseph smith senior patriarch I 1 remember peculiar points in those blessings which from the correspondence will likely be f fulfilled d this brother and myself emigrated to missouri and to nauvoo from where he rp turned returned to michl uichi michigan an in 1840 he married raised a damdy ile he writes i 1 I am thankful ul that you was so kind as to answer me so promptly thank you for the matter you sent me I 1 perused it all and must say that it digested dil L well some one also sent me a DESERET NEWS containing conference mi minutes nates and it very much interested me the last time I 1 1 saw you you was wag at cutford Tut ford genesee co michigan where I 1 heard you preach 13 15 years ago I 1 have been connected with the e ba baptist otist church SO 00 years and held some honorable positions but I 1 am not sattis nied nned withal with all ali the doctrines I 1 can see the prophecies fulfilled write to me often and give me all the news you can 11 much Is done by correspondence martin harris while at kirtland ohio said to me when I 1 read redd your letter I 1 had a witness for the first alne that I 1 must gather with the saints to fo utah brethren write to your friends and send them the DESERET DI SERET NEWS NE WS since my last letter I 1 have baptized 3 persons a man and and his wife and the mans brother and blessed 4 chil dr enand there are some bellev eing of whom a few will probably be baptized I 1 have met many difficulties and close times but the lord has always opened up the way E STEVENSON |