| Show EAST INDIAN MISSION interesting NOTES FROM ELDER WILLIAM WILLES the elder named above in a letter to elders geor geoage e goddard ami and robert campbell Cam obell ubell dated september listle and written irom wellesly street calcutta Hin doostan bayst since our arrival seven weeks ago we have distributed a sugar sack lul lui 0 of I 1 tracts we brought with us to the tiit people here and in every one of them thein I 1 have written my name and address but we ve have llave not had a dozen enquirers call cail atthe house and not one has yet asked for lor baptism sill the indian daily lyrics has inserted lons ions aud and favorable tavo lavo rable rabie articles from irom we me and also the statesman and friend of india we have preached in the tho open air to large con congregations of natives and whites aad aalf a jew lew meet us and shake hands bands but alas aias they have not yet set broken the ice iee we have only llad two invitations to c eat at one from brother gloege melk meik son hon of the late dr meik melk and uhe the other from mr owen Ara toua toba conof hon bon of ade a deceased member of the church who died about two years ago yesterday 1 wrote a four column article oil on utah by request of tiie the editor of gup jup and los ios jessip jus sip sia a learned hin hiu doo who lias ilas no alli ully alLy witti tile tiie pious christians and caters to liberal thinking people of all linds kinds since our arrival we have had a letter iroma irom a sister three days jo lourney journey urney by rail also from a youn young brother chief steward ot of an ocean st visited us at brother booths and gave dinner on board lits lils ship day before yesterday a young german brother from kiel klel h iel lel named 13 dahlen came from rangoon Ita ngoon he is slightly acquainted with a gentleman a german also in ia z good circumstances who bent sent us a very kind klud letter oi of enquiry which I 1 answered informing min win of my willin willingness gness guess to io go there provided he would par pay pa m iny lay casap pa sap we vye are daily expecting ms reply we vo assemble with dr booth and his family for lor prayer reading the scriptures and aud singing siusi ui with te teachings achin s froin us in tum turu As yet we have no place for public preaching but tiie tile editor of gup and gossip has kroml sed to get ua tilt the blar Star theatre lu in a short inne last nast week I 1 lectured for nearly an hour in alhert alberd hall hali belonging to the brahma the retorted relo reio rei ret ormed nned nin Hin doos who have stolen we bible aud und make it th their r t ext book but will not nod attl atti liate wiet with the christians they want aut ant dul to paddle their own on a canoe but there is a near prospect of a split anlon anion among I 1 them for they are on the keen reach leach for fo r something new all the time tile tiie hall would accommodate and we had about JO 10 and two of them read news I 1 apers papers ane whole time lime last bast night a hali hall drunk ca grandson pr andson of brunel who built the thames tunnel and son of tile the builder of the great eastern having read our tracts shook hands several times lunes when I 1 had finished speaking and said brother NV willes illes if you will pay my passage to utah i will vill go there rim rig right lit ill away aday art ay I 1 have read your books boods and believe they are aie true lie ile ihen then mounted the bench beuch and told the audience that we were a much abused and innocent people and wound up by saving saying 1 I would miner go to utah than to the workhouse and got down amid roars ot of laughter I 1 then gave a tract to a fine looking educated via an to my room as I 1 spoke well of his pl prophet lie ile let out t that la t as soon as the russians set foot down own in the british indian dominion his associates would luin juin them thein and take the country from the thu british he said that the 14 british ri 0 ts h and Ilin liin doos were combi combined ned and were robbing the poor working men of the country I 1 believe in a little over two years or orr if the te E empress impress shoula should die before that thal time there will be a worse time here than when the S mutinies mutinied muti nied in 1857 to part r t of ia my audience last night had had been listening with thousands of others to a mohammedan Moha preacher they assemble every evening before sundown and listen with gre great at attention to their preachers it if the honest in heart wish to gather to zion they will have aasc to hurry up E ever eyer ver ser since our arrival the spirit of prophecy has pointed out a terrible and early calamity for india if this should be in the near future our faith is that the lord will give us timely warning so that we can make good our escape we are under no fears on the thu subject for when wb wyn shall have finished our work the lord will do ills part ai my whole soul is in the work and the boys buys all feel the same my health Is ia amazingly improved we all observe the word of wisdom and are united all join in love |
