| Show ITEMS FROM ENGLAND all the elders in this conference are in excellent health As we meet with each other in our monthly council meetings and listen to the reports from the various districts district a we are reminded of the unselfish devotion to the cause of truth manifested by their untiring labors in he ahe face of the many and varied forces which oppose them it is singular that so called christians who are philanthropic in deeds of charity and profess to be the followers of the meek and lowly jesus J esus should reject the message of eternal truth as given to them by the servants of gud god J 11 t is gratify gratifying I 1 ng to us however as authorized ambassadors of the truth to find some few who are willing to treat the subject of future salvation with earnest consideration we have had the satisfaction of baptizing some in each district of this conference during the past winter and there is good prospect for more baptisms soon one of the most effective methods that cound be adopted by those who have been privileged to gather to the land of zion would be for them to open u up and maintain a correspondence pon dence with their friends and ac a here their letters would doubtless be gratefully re calved by many who have been left behind and apparently forgotten by those who have goue gone to the home of the saints among others I 1 could name are parents parente pa rents rente who have maje made many sacrifices in order to send their children out if this matter of correspondence could be properly sensed by the latter day saints sainte or of utah the labors of the missionaries would be very much lightened a aw a great deal more good could be sv ax in preaching the word I 1 wish all those who have friends in this conference would try the experiment for I 1 have no doubt that much good would result some time ago in a buckingham shire village some of the elders were preaching in the public street ina in a schoolhouse a number of children were met for purposes the minister being in charge his feelings were so wrought upon by the knowledge that the truth was being made plain by the servants of god that he requested the cb children ildren to surround the elders and make all the noise possible in order to disturb and annoy the speakers many such auch stories could be told As we follow in the NEWS the development of the issues of the day regarding mormonism a prayer of thankfulness thankful nets goes goei up from our hearts that we have ie ders aders so wisely inspired by god and that the latter day saints are generally so willing to listen to their admonitions this is no time for weakening the triumph may seem to be with the ungodly just now but the arm of jehovah is not shortened and his ways are not as mans ways we can well afford to await the result of his purposes oses feeling assured that right will finally ariu triumph mph W Q 0 BICKLEY birmingham BiRmINGH Ad england may 28 03 |
