Show AN ELDERS REPORT raving staving recently returned from pa britain where I 1 had the fileie of laboring in the ministry g season I 1 take pleasure in div ial B you on 1 a synopsis of my experience ye e bi in 11 that land laud salt lake city novem 1886 in company with twelve others aera W we arrived in liverpool on in 1 1 of the same mouth month and be fe g artigu ed to the glasgow con ce I 1 proceeded to scotland chete re after a short visit to relatives y dandee and the surrounding von and once more behold tile the place of my birth and of childhoods childhood early days kh I 1 had left thirty one years bg I 1 r repaired ez red to edinburgh olit was ache field I 1 was ap t 61 to labor in where M du until july 1887 8 and meeting with the few vo etoka Z eft ft in that city cit vaud and also the habits of hin in Go a brothin braach broi gorebridge 4 Hage ten miles south of edin 96 ar also alao distributing the printed vc freely sely and bearing testimony M alie truth when and where the V was presented W as then deemed advisable t to 0 ea V cha our operations to the Lot hians a comparatively imri field 11 where myself and comsa elder L H durant of d QI traveled for ten months in wound the towns of hadding 1 north aith berwick and dunbar ipha S in halls balls on the finsand rin rim sand and in private dwelling i 8 distributing 8 tracts camph chus and other her publications of the 6 krafth sa containing the principles of jmj 0 and bearing testimony testimony tho q X truth t r ruth of the same but a al ift hg we found many friendly to beirth individuals all declined ac athe the truth ills nic Y 1888 1 was appointed to athe 6 lanark banark and ayrshire while there had the bt ga qt of visiting the dil different dugand Ug cusand and scattered members in omon 1011 av aa also in renfrew and a shires ostaf sS kel al the ath h of or august following I 1 nary from my my labors in the t ly field aid an and J turned my at tae ai ros 04 to making king researches among tish records in the register jj hd j d w edinburgh in behalf of the i which place and in differ nak ot of england my time was 1 obe until the of 1 when I 1 JL isu started on my faff ff ff ath which h i ch I 1 reached in loathe ath 1 dinst ns t ward f for or my a y humble ef forts among the living I 1 had the privilege of administering the ordinance of baptism to three individuals two of whom are now here ii ia zion and assisting in confirming four others and in behalf of those gone behind the veil I 1 obtained the names of forty five thousand many of whom have been officiated for in the house of the lord by those who have the right to administer for them A the ordinances of the gospel in viewing the condition of the inhabitants of great britain both temporally and spiritually at the present resent time compared with thirty four four years ago there is a vast difference and to the reflecting mind for bodes dark times for that land with america on one side and germany on the other the country is flooded with manufactured products which could easily be supplied without bein being im import r arted edby by the proper appliance of modern m machinery while the unemployed are a burden upon the country the flush times of 1860 to 1880 have had their effect in inaugurating a more luxurious style of living among the working classes which with the recent decline of business and con seq bently of wages is hard to keep up as rents and taxes are high from the many elegant churches to be seen in almost every part of the land it would seem as if the people of scotland were alive in spiritual matters but a close investigation reveals the fact that compared with forty years ago the churchgoing church going part of the community has decreased by over one fourth in that time Catholicism is gaining ground being aided by the increase of immigration from the sister isle ireland the agricultural labor in many parts is performed principally by people from ireland and the western hebrides while the original scot to is migrating to british columbia canada the united states australia and other parts parta of the world infidelity and indifference to matters of religion are fostered by the different concessions made from time to time by those who style themselves religious leaders in regard to points of doctrine while intemperance immorality and debauchery all have their effect in darkening the minds of the people so that when the principles of the gospel are laid before them by the servants of the lord truth cannot be discerned from error and the whole aim of their lives seems seema to be I 1 eat drink and be merry for tomorrow you die I 1 feel thankful for the experience I 1 have gained in my sojourn in in my native land and also for the privilege of return returning inq to my home in these peaceful vales vales your brother in the gospel SER LOW smithfield utah april |