| Show A VOICE from PROM PRISON tile till 1 IN 1 eok FOK conscience saie sate SAKE SAIF B bual kait nal nai A THEIR tit TIl BRAVELY HOUSE OF oil correction detroit michigan nov kov 1885 editor deseret jetos jaios by the time thae you receive these lines a ye year arwill will be past wince hince we leil leit our homes yet our prospect for deliverance is as dark now us as ever however while we truly bunner buffer I 1 think we are happier than the majority of the people of detroit good and true were the tile words of paul laul if in this life only we have hope in christ we ave are of all men most lost miserable Y I 1 once stated that 1 I was sorry for those who were instrumental ill in getting us here yet never did I 1 imagine that retribution would come upon them as swift as IL has done seeing that most of thein are under indictment for crimes and ami the rest dropped from office true their successors may not be better but if got sot su in time their turn will come and while as individuals we suffer a little lucon vengence veni ence as a people ve we are greatly benefited and that gid G id moved moves in a mysterious way his ills wonders to perform ali au all be clearly geen seen through it ii li all ali 11 I 1 feel sorry to see men who have left relatives and abd friends been driven and persecuted and traveled thousands of miles to a strange country and then when the glorious haven of rest is almost in sight to be dashed overboard but it must be done I 1 never could imagine that a place could be heaven a celestial abode or an eternal place of glory where the noble pure and heroic servants of god who had spent a lifetime in suffering to bring fallen humanity 1 man tv back to god and righteous righteousness ou ness and where the pure and noble of all ages were wen 3 gathered if there they were tu to associate with drunkards whore mongers bongers mon gers thieves and even murderers and as little can I 1 imagine today to day that the kingdom of god ban zan can prosper and fulfill fulfil its destiny as long as there are men and women among us who are not pure and undefiled who will not heart and soul stand up for tor the tile truth our OUK STRENGTH IS sot NOT IN NUMBERS but in integrity in chastity in III all such attributes as exalted jesus christ above the rest of mank mankind hid had true the atall penitentiary may be a bad place but can it be compared to the apparent disgrace of being nailed to a cross between two criminals despised of a whole nation and suffering the most roost excruciating pain when we think cf joseph in egypt daniel paul and thousands of others is there any comparison between our suffering and theirs I 1 for one feel that as far as those who are not willing to stand to the rack hay or no hav bay the quicker we are rid of them the better As for prison life here it is not desirable si but IT MIGHT BE FAR VAK WORSE WORSE we get up about six in the morning dres dress 4 wash wak li and h auve uve breakfast and commence work at 7 am continue to 12 spend half an hour in our cells e eit I 1 dinner and taen work from I 1 to our out cells are neat and very clean we ha eu e a good warm bed chair carpet on the hoor boor floor book case etc a school 0 one 1 1 en night i 11 ht a week church and sabbath 8 school h 0 1 all sects administer without any contention and as far as I 1 can judge by a remark duade today to day is intended to cover the creeds of all sects the road tol toi to heaven leaven is very wide and all ail ailo alli an ango anxo go there not actions are arti re quil ed but belief in jesus 11 saturday night is our time of rejoicing joicine jo icing then we nind find our mail brought to our e ells cells the NEWS comes regularly and and the millennial star estar most of the time the orion era about half of the time and some stray papers now and then among which have been copy of the salt lake herald heald and two ot the harold en letters of late are scarce we had bad one from brother Ws IV IV one from J B AL and add li st night one from bishop 0 J P it J last night we had A SURPRISE in the shape of butter sugar apples etc which brother has maue made some arrangements here in ih town to send us once in a while the rules here not allowing us to buy extras any other way for fok all of this and much more su such h as visits from a number of the brethren words are inadequate to express our heartfelt thanks thu the e officers liere here are ali ail alt kind to vis of or late we have milk at night and since we ve got it my health has greatly improved the brethren are all well but it Is six weeks since I 1 spoke to any of them bishop udall looks well weil and bears his double distress as but few men could yet knowing his noble character as well as I 1 do it is no wonder he and brother tenney have from choice joined in our cell with gratitude and thanks V to all our kind friends I 1 remain as ever your brother in the gospel of christ CUKIS chris 1 I KEMPE HB ure |
