Show TRAVELING AND PREACHING GRAND JUNCTION colorado june ath 1896 after traveling miles we arrived at thi this place lace at this sunday morn ing ve we remain ten minutes change ears and depart for pueblo we are well ell and having a fine time I 1 hope you are feeling all right cheer up and all will be well weli you will prosper and so shall I 1 pueblo june ath 5 p m we have just arrived here about miles from home in an hour we leave lor for kansas city we are all well banish care doll dont t worry about fred love to all toe the boys and girls chicago june ath we arrived here at this morning at kansas city we stopped over only long enough to thans re cars we are busy taking in the vats here as we leave at 3 p in for few ew york dont worry about us although we are i 1 miles from home chicago is no place for a slow person all ah is hurry and bustle all the day long jbf any acy ol of the boys cah give them a pho and tell them I 1 am well and shall write to them when time will permit now dont worry about me all is going welland well and will do so for us all give roy my regards to all 0 new york june I 1 nth ith we arrived at this place last evening at 1045 leaving the train we were met by a gentle nun who took us on a steamer and alter a ride down the hudson river of five miles we were taken to the cosmopolitan poli hotel where we are now stay ing june rith nth evening we have been to coney island over the bridge and also to the office ot of the FA eastern stern states mission where we met president samuel W richards and wife who wished to be kindly remembered to lather father we also met four elders from salt lake making eleven of us who went all over the city calling at the office again at night I 1 bade rother brother asper goodbye good bye a rather hard hit he aul wul stay at the mission house mother weare all enjoying the best of health and trust you are the same the time will soon fly anav and I 1 trust that god will comfort you and help you to battle along in fact I 1 am positive he will and th that at it will b be e for t the he good of us all our trip across the continent from home to new york was one of pleasure lor for there was always something to catch the eye we arrived here at night and the ride down the hudson on a steamer after dark when all the other steamers were alight was the grandest sight I 1 ever saw I 1 thought chicago was a large and busy town but it is nothing in comparison with new york I 1 do not believe I 1 saw as much in salt lake during the last ten years ds as I 1 have done today the scenery on the route was fine grand over the rocky mountains and the fields which lay on either side of us as well as the forests of oak and pine on the hill tops in chicago we visited the lake front and saw hundreds of vessels in the decks being loaded ready to sail across the lake and also a great many in the river which runs through the city the scenery along lake ontario was very good but above it all is a little nook in the west called home which is incomparable and which no one can properly appreciate until he misses its usual attractions and the laces faces of those who have made it near and dear to him well I 1 cannot get downhearted the gospel has got to be preached and I 1 must seek the spirit of it and ga forth in humility to do it and then I 1 know all will be well I 1 trust that the blessings of the lord will be with you and enable us all to live those lives jives which will be acceptable to him philadelphia june lath this morning we visited central park new york and the statue of liberty on beddoes Bed loes island also castle gardens at 2 p in we were ferried across the hudson for the pennsylvania railroad station where we boarded a train arriving in philadel phia at when we left tor for this hotel which is one ot of the finest in the city and beats the knutsford all ail to pieces it is the finest looking place I 1 ever entered where we stayed in new york is quite nice but nothing in comparison with this we have sen seen s en the sights of nearly all the principal cities between salt lake and here but this is the best of all kansas city and chicago are swill tubs in comp comparison aribon tonight we saw the fire department turn out which was quite a sight lor for us I 1 also took a look at the statue of your friend W william illiam penn as it stands upon the tower of the city hall halla a great building larger than our city and county building the twenty story built buildings lings in these cities are grand to view some of the boys went through the steamer and pronounce it a palace on the water I 1 have had several rides on the river and we are all enjoying ourselves in the best possible manner give my regards to all the boys and tell them I 1 am feeling fine every way S S Belgen land june esth we left the docks of the american line steamship company on board the Belgen land at 1130 this morn morning tag and the cadrain says the pilot will take any letters when he be leaves the vessel and mail them land is getting out of ct sight and the wind is blowing very hard so we are getting some sea life here in the bay I 1 lika lik the ocean so tar far we are all in good spirits there is lots of amusement oo on board we have just had din ner rather late the first day we have the best to be found on the steamer and the dinner was fine the ship is not large but good in in every way S S Belgen land oft queensland june we expect to reach queens town ireland at 2 am a m tomorrow we are ou out t at sea a few hundred miles the captain informed us that the mail from queenstown Queens town was about four days earlier than that from liverpool and knowing you would be worrying until you heard of our arrival I 1 thought I 1 would write as soon as possible we left philadelphia on saturday morning june irth at 1130 a m the pilot leaving the vessel about dusk the land fast fading from view sunday morning I 1 arose sick and vomiting but soon recovered although i lost three meals that day the neet day I 1 was entirely well my appetite being enormous our voyage was simply grand having a touch of all sorts of weather fine stormy windy and foggy our treatment on board was waa the blest best we could wish for and the officers were the most polite set of men I 1 ever met with our food consisted of everything imaginable magi and was certainly the best that could be procured anywhere we have now been upon the water ten and ahall a half days and begin to be quite tired we have only missed one day without seeing one or more vessels and some times we would see five or six a day we have seen lots of fish one day two whales lay near the vessel spouting volumes of water into the air on board we indulge in in games of various kinds hold concerts in the evening in the saloon and have it a good time in general on sunday morning last we had religious services in the saloon the rev mr taylor officiating he preached a very good sermon on the character of christ but his prayers were not in harmony at all with our manner of worship immediately after we retired to our state room and held a short meeting thanking the lord for preserving our lives sacrament remembrance mem brance of of the savior whose life we are trying to pattern after well mother I 1 lid did not realize that the world was so large as it is but no where in it can be found anything in comparison with home there are six of us mr young vocalist mckinnon chaplain and knudson orators bjorklund and 1 I musicians all are well and we are enjoying ourselves yet I 1 should like to see home again we have had a good time from the start and no sickness to amount to anything has marred our pleasure so we feel about ready to go to work wark and work with a will to accomplish the object of our mission in about forty hours we shall be in liverpool remember me kindly to all inquiring friends the sea a is all right we were promised a we safe voyage and the least tear has never entered our minds but we have gone on from day to day trusting in the lord loid and he has carried us through in safety well I 1 trust you are all right and dont worry about me liverpool june aith we arrived safe and welt well here in liverpool and are enjoying the sight seeing we landed on the evening of the after traveling a distance of about miles aw acl being upon the water eleven and a half days the whole trip occupying some eighteen days there were crowds of people upon the docks awaiting the arrival ot of the ship As we neared the platform I 1 recognized john burrows in the crowd and whistled to him he immediately recognized me and after a short greeting we passed through the custom house and then to this office where we met president lund and bro parry who were very glad to see us we ate supper and thanked the ford for preserving our lives and for the blessings we enjoyed during our travels Yester yesterday dav we held a short meeting and received some general instructions regarding our labors we then received our appointment brother mckinnon to scotland I 1 to nottingham conference well I 1 have bave had a good time en route and now feel like settling down and going to work with a will and a determination mi nation to do what I 1 have been called to perform I 1 expect to leave for nottingham tomorrow morning and to malce make the trip alone but I 1 shall be all right and arrive there safe tell W I 1 am iq in the soft water country at last nottingham june aoth I 1 arrived here in nottingham last saturday after noon having received my appointment to labor in this conference several days ago saturday morning I 1 bade adieu to the elders who are to labor jabor on the continent and also to those in the liverpool office and in company with brother parry I 1 went to tue lue central depot where he placed we roe on uie tiie tram train and attended to my baggage in a few moments I 1 was off on and the trip through v the green fields and past the trees and hedges and flowers were very fine I 1 arrived here at p m and took a cab for headquarters 49 sabina street where I 1 now am located tor for a short time ot of course I 1 was the object of a great deal of curiosity along the road and have been ever since here I 1 met brothers hunsaker and mccune ot of salt lake who have been here for several months and who are laboring in this town also sister lucy who it ii cooking for them and who lives at old radford saturday day evening we held a mutual and I 1 met quite a number of saints in eluding brother hinson who knew grandmother arnott amott and who attended her funeral he told me how he used bosit to sit with grandmother and hear bear her tell about the gospel we held a good meeting that evening and I 1 spoke a lew few words sunday morning we went to sunday school which is held in Tempe temperance hall near the vaccination station st anns street all the more important meetings of the saints are held here I 1 1 met brother barber who invited me to dinner we went through the cemetery where we visited the grave of elder jesse yelton cherry who died mav aoth 1865 aged 24 years at 13 rother brother barbers house I 1 met his wife and son after having a good dinner we returned to the chapel and had a good meeting mitre here I 1 met some more saints who knew grandmother grandmother rand mother after meeting brother hinson inson invited me to tea and on the road we stopped and visited the house where grandmother lived and died I 1 will have a picture of it taken arriving at brother heinsons hinsons Hin sons ls in company with two young ladies we had tea and returned to chapel where I 1 preached my first sermon taking the fulfillment ot of prophecy for my subject subie ct 0 after this meeting we went to the market place and held an open air meeting and here is where the fun began last thursday the elders and saints held a meeting there and were j driven off being followed home by the crowd and all were covered with flour and told not to come again or they would be broken up brother hunsaker and I 1 arrived there rather early and saw seir several ot of the reverend gentlemen awaiting our arrival pacing up and down the street as though they could not control any longer their evil desires we spoke to them and they answered in a few minutes about twenty saints arrived in company with brother mccune who is only eigl eighteen iteen years of age we formed a circle and commenced our meeting several of the brethren spoke but they were mocked slurred blurred hissed and laughed at called liars frauds de luders and all the evil names imaginable until I 1 could hardly hold my temper mr blubber ber our chief antagonist was directly back of me calling us liars and trying to crowd through and disturb us I 1 would not let him pass they had a dozen on the outside working up the crowd to a high state of excitement and several were passing little sheets of paper mormonism exposed a notice of jarmans books around they pass hundreds ot of them every meeting w we hold we had just closed our meeting when one ot of our opponents was to speak but he would not come in the ring he called us antul names while those on the outside incited the crowd to mob us the leader must have given the signal lor for in a moment they charged down upon us and we were hemmed in a surging mass of over a thousand people who were dragging and pushing us all over the str street et trying to floor us so they could trample on us but we were up to their game and they did not succeed they did however strike some of us and knocked our hats on off and I 1 must say used us for a foot ballas we were almost carried in the crowd until six policemen arrived and quelled the disturbance dirt to some extent they P put t the elders in a narrow passage so wl we could escape but before getting through we found that the crowd had gone around and stood waiting for us at the other end they followed us for some distance continuing their abuse one man struck brother mccune mccu ne on the head so he immediately turned around and caught him full in the face knocking him down on the pavement to be trampled on by his pals some of tife the saints went direct home others sought protection at the police station from later accounts we learn that none were injured we returned home safe and had a good laugh over it all we intend to hold another meeting there on thursday night mother dont think for a moment that we are in danger for we are not and the police promise us protection at ai our future meetings I 1 am well and am enjoying my labors immensely and have not the least fear but what we shall come out victors in the end dont consider for a moment that I 1 am complain ing for such is not the case and the lord will see that we come out ahead in the end yesterday I 1 strolled around the town and visited some of the old places in the evening brother baiev returned tro from the country he is the president of the conference and we went to arnold about four miles to administer to a sick sister the saints out here are all right I 1 do not believe I 1 ever saw a real saint until I 1 got out in the world nor a very wicked one either I 1 never met such good people in my life good in every way I 1 am in the best of health and thoroughly enjoying my mission next net sunday I 1 shall be out of Nott nottingham inghan preaching in in some country town give my regards to all inquiring frein heinds rein ds and tell the boys not to get ina ian 0 patient at me not writing for there is so much to attend to I 1 cannot find time at present july 3rd ard your welcome letter of june xyth was received last evening I 1 was glad to hear you were feeling better and that you are all well I 1 tell you a a word from a loving mother when one is tar away goes farther than all t the money one could carry times in england at least this part par today are exciting more so than they have been for some years some of the older members saying they never saw the people so bitter it seems as though I 1 was going to receive my medicine |