Show A LETTER FROM ENGLAND having many relatives and friends in ia zion I 1 now take the time to write to the readers ol 01 your valuable paper that they may be informed concerning the labors ot of the elders in the sheffield conference which is held at bentinck Ben tinch street doncaster we are all possessed with the spirit ot of unity and love the saints all seem to have this same spirit and they all try to live their religion as well as they can although it is hard lor for some of them to get labor when the people know that they are mormons cormons Mor mons this causes some to neg neglect elect lect their duties in order to keep their work we have one young man that accepted the gospel last spring and is now out of work the parties he was working lor for turned him away aay because he had joined those wick ed mormons cormons Mor mons it deemi seems as though the devil is at large on the alert to darken the minds ot of the people but I 1 think the elders in this part bathe of the vineyard i are doing a good work in getting the gospel mes ines sage before them there are elders elden john batty and alexander street myself laboring here in the branch and we have distributed tracts during the month of june we find that is the best way to get the gog tiel oel before the people when we make the first visit we kindly ask them to please read our tract and we will call again in a lew few days with another one aft and will be pleased to answer all am eions they wish to ask I 1 have been in england eighteen months and I 1 have labored in this put ol of the conference nearly one year nov new it is a very dark and smoky place and is very unhealthy tor for us elders who art are used to the pure mountain air my hea th has been very poor here but n not so bad but that I 1 could get out and do my duty as a servant of god there are an a great trany irany people living in this place the population is greater than that ol of utah it is a great ing place for iron and steel such as cut c lery and file cutting and plates for war 4 ships other things are also manuial manu far aured there are about 2000 saloons in 14 sheffield and anci a person can see mote more drunkenness in one week liere here than he would in some parts oi of utah during his whole life the people drink even evea hough their children have bave to go hungry men and women can be seen in in saloons saloon on sundays just the same as en cn other days in fact more so because they are aft at work during the week and spend most of their earnings on sunday this is true though there may be some who read this that may doubt it still the people tell us that they are saved aw aad cannot sin sic they say that all they ha have to do is to believe in the lord jesus christ and they will be saved the children have so much tradition ou drilled into them while they are young that it is hard to get them to listen to the truth alter after they become older they are getting farther away irom from the gospel of jesus christ every day and yet they cry unto onto the lord to save them instead of repenting and being baptized for the remission of their sins that hat they will be nt fit subjects for salvation jesus plainly tells us that unless we are born again we cannot even see the kingdom of god when we tell then them this they say that their ministers do not teach them that kind of doctrine we tell them that it is because they have not got the authority to act in the name of jesus christ and administer in the ordinances ot of the gospel when they claim this authority we ve ask them if they have been called ot of god aiwas as was aaron and again why does not the lord reveal his mind and will to men now as he did in former das daa s why does he not talk to men as he did to abraham moses and other inspired prophets why does not the lord call men directly by his voice as he did moses samuel and paul why does he not send angels to deliver heavenly messages to men now as he did to gideon Za chanas and cornelius why should not the lord enlighten men mea to tell ot of heavenly visions now as he be did jacob peter paul and john why does he not now inspire prophets to lead and guide the people in these the last days and to perform miracles and show signs of coming events and to declare his will and interpret dreams and visions and unknown languages as did daniel when we asti the people these ques questions tiong they say that they are all done away with now and that they are arena no longer needed for the people have become so intelligent that they cangel can get alon along without the assistance ot of the lord CF they say that the gospel has never been taken from rom the earth but then ii if it has always been on the earth why does john say in rev 16 6 and I 1 saw another angel fly in in the midst of heaven having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth and to every nation and kindred and tongue and people now when we quote this they say that the angel john saw has not flown yet and that there is no need of his message in these aa days and if they read the bible and be believe nieve in jesus christ they will be saved now noir when we e tell the people that tie the gospel has been restored to the earth in these the last days and the angel that john saw has already appear ed and that he has spoken to a young enan name is joseph smith and revealed the gospel of christ to him there are a lew few who have a desire to investigate the principles at etche ahe gospel A number has joined the church during the last six six months and we have a few that are almost ready for baptism so I 1 can say that the worship ot of the lord is progressing here as well as it is w other lands and I 1 am thankful to my heavenly father for granting me the privilege of preaching his hip gospel to a I 1 that willi will listen to me the young men of zion should study the first principles of ahw gospel and prepare tor for missions lor there is a great work to be done in the nations of the earth our fath rs we are getting old and we will have to take the a work woric of the lord upon our dra f there Tb ere is one more subject I 1 wish to write about I 1 have learned from the saints jots lwft some ot of the elders who have been here have made promises that amt they would write to them when they got home some have bave promised to them out to utah but in many these promises have been filled now I 1 hope that the elders will any promise that they have made to tiie in these lands and ana those f are coming on missions should not make too many promises well I 1 will bring my letter to a dose aelese ever laying plira ying tor for them the zion anaf th atthe blessings of our heavenly father will awill be with all of his people I 1 remain your brother in the gospel R PRICE i iRve bank Pit moor road stief field yorkshire england |