Show effrom the may 19 lg DEPARTURE OF THE SHIP CAROLINE on the ath dinst from london the tho ship caroline was cleared by the government officers having on board 31 swiss 17 hollanders and english making a american adult passengers and they sailed with every prospect of a pleasant voyage e the officers so far sar as we had an opportunity of judging were gentlemanly and in a faithful discharge equal to the best that B sail 11 from fro ra those por per ports ts and the th 0 vessel itself being 84 feet between deeks decks sand and possessing os many other other conveniences and comforts lorts which the people seemed greatly to appreciate the tho provisions provIs lons as usual were selected with care and a duo regard to the health and comfort of atthe the passengers but what struck us as ornar offar of nar far greater importance than these things was that the people were inspired with the spirit of confidence in their god one and all looked on the trials and dangers of asea voyage doyag 0 o with unflinching courage having an asseran assurance ce that godias god was their friend and that tha tIlls lils ills hand would guide the mover the trackless deep safe to the promised land of joseph josepn how infinite his IDS wis dom yet y t how bow simple are his plums for directing IN his servants and with what w nat hat the saints can leave the shores ot their native land trusting in the god of abraham isaac isaae isa c and jacob and in his power to save what what blessings the saints on enjoy oy i compared with those who enjoy not the whisperings of the spirit of god to guide them through the gloom which has been gathering for ages over the minds of the people other emigrant sh ships ids irs are returning to these ports almost daily dally w with th the king of terrors terro the cholera raging in the midst of the hundreds of passengers who are crowded between decks la in an aling almost st suffocated condition death in its most terrible form surrounding teeb teem them 0 on every hand and they compelled to endure this living grave for weeks until the dread disease Is fully satiated or r they fall a victim avictia to its power the saints who have sail sailed ed this season were promised in the tho name of jehovah that if they would live their religion retain the spirit of the living god in them thom they should have power over tats this leil lell destroyer which has carried off so many of the gentile emigration and which Is creating such a panic on the continent of europe in this island and though dreaded yet fully expected in america we were enabled to call the saints between decks and deflect the usual organization appointing pointing elder samuel 11 II hill president denti dento and elders eiders iv W raymond and J 8 fullmer his counsellors Coun which seemed to give general satisfaction is is and especially to the swiss saint saints S br nill hill buil bell being g able to converse with them in their own language As we were sending two vessels from londonio unknown to us on which one the saints expected from the C continent nent desired to sail but we telegraphed br that this vessel would sail lenhon london on the of may and if he could conid possibly have his people in the latter iatter place a day or two previous to that time it atwould would bo be well for them as they would be permitted to take passage on board this vessel it was a short notice giving many of the saints only three days for preparation but with the blessin blessing of the lord and their own exertion elders and spencer having in charge the saints from the swiss german and ana italian dil nil mission aslon and elder joseph weiler welter having in charge the the saints from amsterdam and rotterdam landed in london on the morning of the idd in good health and fine spirits this being all the emigration expected this season reason from that quarter wo we were pleased to meet with these saints but did not realize what the lord had done for us and them until two or three days had passed away when we saw announced in the london papers that cholera had bad made its appearance in rotterdam it having previously appeared in hamburg and that from both of those ports would be compelled to content themselves in quarantine for several days previous to being permitted to land in england had our people arrived three days later they would undoubtedly have been obliged tf to comply with these restrictions which would have resulted in heavy expenses which neither the people nor the C church couly coula could well amford afford to meet under existing circumstances we could plainly see the hand of the lord manifested on behalf of the saints arriving from the continent pursuant to the counsels given to them by the servants of god notwithstanding tho the many apparently unfavorable circumstances under which they were compelled to labor and we may safely conclude that god will continue to manifest Ms his power in the preservation and prosperity of these his saints and of all others who in like manner yield obedience to the requirements guire quire 1 ments ot of his servants it seems to ba a 11 demonstrated 1 rated fact that there Is a line drawn across the atlantic where for weeks past emli grants have been attacked with the cholera scores of them dying each day and the doctors who sought by human wisdom to stay the plague were themselves among its first victims those of bf oun our people who have recently left these shores in compliance with the command of god are under hia hla divine protection and they through faith will pass t the e ru rubi rubicon bleon con the P power 0 of the destroyer be checked and even the W wind nd and the waves lend their aid in wafting hafting the sons and daughters of god towards the land of wion zion the goal of their long cherished hopes I 1 |