| Show VISITING IN GREAT BRITAIN 42 ISLINGTON li ver pool april 24 1897 historian franklin fraaklin D daer brother since writing to you from holland to in Feb february rurY lost lat I 1 bv visited eight out of the thirteen conferences feren teren ces in the british massion sion and BOI have been successful in all 11 II except on one a obtaining such historical lion jon as will be needed to in preparing the history of the mission hereafter I 1 nave also IBO gathered a large number bumber at old records to in the different coofer enoe wiloh have been packed up in boxa emd aad bundles bandl tU U a rules rule and add addressed Lessed to 60 bolf yo ready to be shipped to abe historian lUat orlana s office at the first opportunity with returning alders I 1 find and hat abat a great many of abe old Brit brittl briolat lat mission records nave bava already becu gathered up UD and sent home the visited by me up to date in the britian mission eito are the man cheater liverpool Notting nottingham hams norwich london helnn cheltenham and birmingham I 1 have atten attended dud meet iuga tugs la in the mau man ob cheater seters nottingham norwich anu london conferences ican aklin the terms of at moat of the elders I 1 have met in my travels so ao far both in this hla and in other missions ml adone in the be laluan of opposition bigotry andl andi batrou on an be abe part ol of the abe people they are ar laboring elih commendable energy ano ana zoo beai end and do not allow themselves to become because they do not age ee much direct or immediate fruit a a si result of their eff efforts arts outdoor preaching plea ching is being encouraged very much at present by this presidency preal dency oi 01 toe Min glop and in several places the h bluer nave have had bd the privilege w 0 preaching to large assem assemblages blageo ol at interested bearers he areta while in other places groups group of littie children whose leads leada theu thein to we the spot pot where the he elders hold forth have hate ed d the major part of too the congregation the change of public opinion lu iu out our favor which la Is gradually taking to in the balled states state Is also alao r aching amt britain and ana other oiher european Euro Buro pest but only slowly lowly the bag diab newspaper new es except in a very few isolated too case are not willing to to H that chlon chion the british have mau mad one of their tanking tanu stana ing lug lair play they still atiel insist in giving tag old aid spaulding tory story in connection with the coming cum ing forth of the book oi 01 mormon and reprint the me old eld lift lie which have been refuted again anc lain aln but I 1 or jor one feel confident that at a radical change will soon abon tak place and that the reaction in degara to te opinion concerning the th zatter clay sainte will soon coon find its if way across the atlantic the people 0 we of 01 britain and ateo also continental C burcope rope be made to understand thai they hay have done us u injustice vlis that they bey have accused us ua wrongfully and thoi they have judged our intentions and instead ot of ying can anything good come out of nazareth or cau cat anything good come irom from the mor mons they mey will dept adopt other bendl aunts and arrive at dlf lerent loni dons ad d as aa the christian world at ai larie large now willingly acknowledge leige wat that the greatest of all came from nazareth tile the place whole nothing good was waa supposed appo aed to hail ball from 40 0 o also alao will it become as an acknowledged fact that the gland truths ot of cerna gospel the true plan of salvation aal has haa come from tile the latter doy day sainto saint whom many hitherto have refused to accord even the common ap of at christians an alu adage Biery everything thing cornea comes to him hat aw waif our elders in these theae lands lande have certainly waited very patiently lot for many years yeara for foe the he gobi pel seed aeed which wey they have been plant rag ing to take root and bear fruit wt oay any consistently oona latently expect that the time sp drawing near when weir their hopes hope will be realized reali sed tor for I 1 believe that there are lea jain of thousands houa and of sincere and hon ban set t people in old europe who boulo receive the gospel as a wo we preach li Is with joy oy and thanksgiving it if they know knew it to bo be true but many of them allowing themselves thear theme elvea elves to be influenced by the popular feeling which condemns us honestly bo neatly think that we have been weighed in the balance and round found wanting when the opposite li is the oaie came a as regards regard our doctrines doo it if they only knew it in visiting the different places in england associated with the labors labora ot ol out our elders in early days day I 1 have hare learned and seen ien many things thing of great interest to me la in preston PreB too lianca lance shire I 1 visited the ruing ruina of he abe old cook pit a temperance hall where tha latter day saint missionaries first declared the principles of the restored the english people avay sway back in 1837 also the celebrated vauxhall Vaux ball boll chapel when elders heber C kimball kimbail BD and orson oraon hyde on sunday july preached their first sermons ser morg mors the spot on the abe river Ribble where the first converts convert to mormonism mormon lam la in eng EO land were baptized on sunday july 80 1887 was also alao pointed out to mr me while in Man manchester I 1 visited h LD company with other elders eldera the be udd biti carpenters Garp entera erPs hall half where our people hold held a number of very tory large and inter esting citing conferences conference I 1 in a early days day on one galon april 6 1841 no leu lea than ban nine members of the quorum ol of apostles were present there at a ran gen oral eral conference they were brigham young heber C kimball orson hyde parley P pratt prat orson pratt wilford allford woodruff willard richards john taylor and george A smith never before or since anoe have hare so BO many apostles been together in any oon con erenee arenas in a foreign land while in nottingham I 1 visit edthe abe grave of elder bluer jhn Y cherry who died may while Iso oring as ai a missionary miSo nary in aist part of me country in birmingham I 1 saw a grave in ID which the remains of three elder from zion are resting on she plain sandstone slab ab which covers this historic grave I 1 read the following in james jame H flanigan an a n elder of the church of jeu jesus christ of latter libatter day salute who as departed parted mig life on the be ut january 1861 1851 aged 29 year while on n a mission to this hie country from america to preach the ib everlasting gospel as ae restored in theme heie last lait days day rev kev 14 6 also our esteemed president caleb perry parry who departed this life on she of sep fiber 1871 while on a mihlon to this country from america aged 47 years year 10 months and 27 days day deeply la wanted also our beloved brother william harvey builer boller who died while bile on a mission from Uta hUSA bUBA feb aged 24 yearly years 10 in my travels travel in britain I 1 have interviewed ter viewed a number of very old mem bers ben of the ch dreb old sitter margaret margarel gardner of longood liong Long too toD near pres pree ton told we roe she be was wan baptized by reber heber C lu iu 1840 1640 other who gave me information date back as aa members to 1846 1845 sod and the early fifties for several everal causes these thebe old mew me in here bore some 0 me of whom have had a continuous continuo ui standing in the church are here bore instead ol of gathering to zion nearly all these old members remember president franklin D richards and point with great satisfaction back to that flourishing period the early there were saints in the british mis aloo alon this evening I 1 embark for belfast ireland my health is ii good and I 1 am onlo enjoying ying my labore labarr your brother and follow fellow laborer ANDREW JENSON |
