| Show correspondence IN THE laxy lany OF min HIS FATHERS nat FAT ILEns kleter Steven sonn sons labors tu its col coi colled ing gene Cene genealogy ell erl nimen nymen in ily SO 30 years lilo tho ilio calla canada inman indian mission olt oll LEICESTER leicestershire Leicester shire eng england land july auth 1884 imm eitor editor deseret my last communication to you was May from gomoka ontario canada a and id now I 1 ain am miles from that thal a t P place in the he land ot of illy my fathers I 1 am ahn succeeding s u izie ld I 1 admirably a d in obtaining genealogy gy as tar lar back as 1661 iggi though the records from 1700 back are written in ill latin and are arc quite imperfect the othe parish church of asila ashby fol foi A vile ille lile leicestershire Leicester shire where I 1 0 tallied obtained t Is of very ancient date av weiyi I 1 linagen of the twelve apostles t h mary and the ile ilc dip stones sone a sight of which sets seth back into dark ages g thy the cil church with its tombs crave graVe stories s I 1 and anti sut surroundings reminds remind s us of this i part of gur yur aur miss on looking g after the I 1 lantere In tercA teres interra 0 of 0 our u r lead dead fae fai fathers liers our hearts n tu turned r ned to the work that is i to tc be doicu for them thein while thu buus s en i 1 laed awed saed aged I 1 T i also joi jol loining ing tile tiie brethren fu in the in til ats of the civill living as well ivell 1 I 1 elder ge jeorge rge goddard the president of the tile branch and myself obtained the secular biall it at 75 73 73 75 Umberto nc gate a prominent lecture lic tic ture hall and on wednesday day the rith nith and Thursday thursday me tate we vve dell deli delivered Vered a lecture elder god dards dardi JM experience aanon the advertised by larae lare bills which yere ayere scattered battered i catt ered announcing the lectures res on a hir hgr inday last four fo ir inee inel meetings tings were 6 held heid d two ill in the open air and two in iti the meeting room last night ten tell of us lis I 1 avala walked e out into a lou kou country iou village thre tarr t yc e badig anti antl no MINI the ke and aud very attentive I 1 and wl 0 ta o gome come again aynn on ii wednesday evening next nest also aiso next sabbath morning at 9 am our meeting in house was avas ay as large as all out doors ai and advery very few strail strangers fers pers came edina to the indoor meetings at first both in liverpool I 1 and other places it seemed so strange to bee see tee a few saints begin meet ing by singing und and graying praying a and wd then begin the speaker speake r often being behig almost alone elders tomas thomas Wright of nephi and L 11 II young of salt lake are laboring ingin in this conference with earnest desires to pread spread the gospel it Is wonderful to see the great reat change tuat has nas taken place in lii leicester since my illy last visit TO 30 years since then this was a small hand loom loolu stocking district and now I 1 W 00 0 people exist should the immense shoe and other factories shut down three fifths of the populace in less than two weeks would be ili in a state of starvation for according to my own observation many ol 01 only liv lis live ilse allom from grom hand to mouth it is heart rending to see so many beer saloons and to know that the they thes y are so well weli patronized by both sexes on sunday evenin evenings gs the main streets are crowded with avith pleasure see sec seekers kerr kerA and on monday bionday morning there are sore heads beads and black eyes pretty well divided up between the sexes many mandof of thee the lurch church people are adopting tn 1 out ont door meetings mee wee tings as the them only way of reaching the people it does seem as though the time has come that people are losers rovers of pleasure more than of god un on the of may slay elders and fry missionaries to canada arrived at gomoka canada and on june we attended a meeting that was previously ay arranged in the town own hall previous in I 1 n which the brethren took part and we vve arranged for another meeting the following sabbath at the same hall on monday tile the nd of june the two brethren took their departure to morrisburg Mor about miles east to in dauda lu udas i canada soon after I 1 visited teil iyo ivo tayo tavo parts of the tribes of and oneida onelda la ina lna wilo are arc located on reserva of very grood land on each side of the river thames in middlesex county the onelas tribe have a reservation aalon of ga acres and the chip lyou acres I 1 remained overnight over night with them and was very kindly recel received ved they are reading and will investigate regarding the tiie history of their tat fat fattier liers fiers chief chiet john henry la is avell w ell eli educated and is teaching deachin school IN he Is ia quite intelligent adf and speaks 0 d E walsh at last accounts from froin me the brethren wiio who went to dundas county they were holding meetings mee mec tinas but ald aid thit that thuy they had to sleep in the school house on one night as no one offered to tak take thein them home elders goddard wright and lati lall L H Youn young gloin join in love your bro li ther other EDWARD edwand |
