Show Allen Writes About J Conditions in in Merrie Morrie England The Enterprise se has haR received the following fol lowing interesting n letter etter from Allen C. C who is laboring as a amil mil in ill England Please lease allow me space in your paper pa pa- paper a- a per to relate a few items which perhaps per per- haps hap may b br of interest to Its Its' rea read read- erl ers era Some twenty months' months I have been the recipient of your paper j and andI I assure you it has been a most welcome welcome welcome wel wel- come guest I 1 I have scanned its contents contents con con- tents carefully thus acquainting ng myself myself my my- self leU with the principal events events' and happenings in dear old Ephraim After Arter arriving at Liverpool and hearing the reports from those who were full full- full fledged t ministers it commenced com corn to dawn upon me that I had left home hum for a a. purpose I received my asli assignment to the Birmingham Conference which is located d in the central part of England I have labored labored la la- bored in Warwickshire Staffordshire and My labors have been beena a source of pleasure and aud I trust a benefit in ever every Coventry C was Wal my first fit Id of labor This cit city city- is ill noted ute principally for its great cycle ccle and aud motor factories His Hiss History tory relates how Lady Godiva rode naked through th tits the streets for the purpose purpose purpose pur pur- pose of removing t the l heavy tax that had been placed upon the poor people peo pIe also how Peeping Tom peeped from an upper story window It is supposed that his hil eyes dropped out of his hil head At least that is the story that has been handed down for gen gen- Coventry is III the birth birthplace lace of George Eliot th the great Engl English sli writer Not many miles from here bere is th the quaint old city Stratford-on-Av- Stratford on the birthplace of our most noted poet William Shakespeare and nearby nearby near- near by DV is s the little littie hamlet where his sweetheart sweetheart sweet- sweet heart Ann Anu Hathaway was born In Wolverhampton the from that of Cov Cov- entry This city is located in what is s known as s the black country Here Elere coal mining and the working of iron are the principal features AndI And I might say that the country i is well named it is black iu iii name as well as asif asi asin i if in nature ture Still among i these hard bard hardworking hardworking working people who who are rou rough h and ready in iu their habits we find tind many honest hC souls who will give us a listening listening listening listen listen- ing ear Here flere I visited d. d the forge where the largest anchor in th the world was made that of the ill-fated ill Titan Titan- ic Let us us visit the homes of some same of these people At the rear of we fin find a small forge where th the wo women women o. o men men and children make ch chains ins while the men goto to the Our sympathy goes out to these people when we learn that they work vork for the paltry sum um of two to three shillings hillings per day which would be 40 r to in U. 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S money Had it not been for our parent and 1 grandparents accepting accepting accept accept- ing the gospel when it was brought to them undoubtedly the majority of us to numbered amon among tb these se poor people Birmingham il is the second lar largest est city in England Here I labored for nine months We have three very progressive branches here including i g the headquarters of the conference The elde elders and ud Saints have been subJected subjected sub subs jetted to very severe persecutions here at various various' times But with the assistance of a very efficient lawyer we we have succeeded in placing the ring leader and two of his hie colleagues under heavy bonds to keep thep ace Our victory has been felt throughout the British mission My present field of labor in is North North- ampton Here the people are busily ly engaged in makin making boots bootH and aud shoes Some of th the factories employ upwards of 2000 people George Washington's s 's parents were born boru in a village on ou the outskirts of Northampton While trading one of tb the ne neighboring villager villages vil vil- vil- vil lager laget this morning we wo were informed that Benjamin Franklins Franklin's ancestors lived there We have a fairly good branch here here The church owns the meeting bouse house which is an advantage we have over most ost of the branches in inthe inthe inthe the British mission This great war which is raging throughout part of Europe has cast a over the hearts of the people Besides seeing their husbands hu ands and sons Bons rushed off to the front a great difficulty ty is staring them in the Food supplies s. s are advancing in price and with their small wage they have not been able to lay a little aside abide for a rainy day Therefore they are in very cir When the war cry was as fir first t sounded the people made a mad rush for the banks to exchange their bank banknotes notes for gold and several of the banks were compelled to to close lose their doors The fhe printing press and the newsboys newsboys' are kept busy with the special editions and the the p people are eagerly and anxiously watching the bulletins Mails from the states and andall andall andall all n means an of transportation are ar very uncertain The fhe civil officers are keep are keeping keep keep- ing a close watch on all aliens Two vo of the elders of this conference were arrested of bein G German r- r on suspicion being Ger Garr man spies Upon pre presenting enting their they were immediately re re- leased I will wil conc conclude Ude by saying that I feel t to rejoice in the good work of the go gospel of Christ Hoping to be nUm- nUm the good people of Ephraim Ephraim Ephraim Eph Eph- raim in the near hear future |