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Show FROM " OLD ENGLAND." 9 George H. Lunt Writes Inter- H eating Letter. fl 25 Quoena Gross, Dudley, Eug , M May 1, 1900. ifl Dear Editor : Seeing lettera np- "'J penr In tho Record at dlifcteut tluics IfW from different Eldois from hotun la- tM orlug lu the mission Hold I thought uH perhaps oue from Old England. would IH prove interesting to the readers of H yonr pnpor. -fE It 1b now pnBt eighteen months einco I left rnv home to aome on a I mission tn this land. 1 bavo can- I templated writing to'the Record eev- tl eral times during this time but not :I till now have I taken udvantngo of 1 tno opportunity eliorded mo In writ J I log to It. It 1b b weloome weekly i vialtor at my lodge. On reaching Liverpool, by epcolal r permission, J was granted tho privil- ? ego of laboring in the Birmingham . conference. 1 remained in the Olty iof Birmingham three wooka before being BBaigned to my Gold of labor. Tho flrBt twolvo mouths of my mis-1 mis-1 aion waa apout in Hauley, North I Staffordshire, tho chief olty of what " la kuown in tbia onuutry aa ibo Pot- !terlea. Tbia is the grenteat pottery district in England, therofore tno occupation oc-cupation of moat of tho people is working in oiay, ' England at one time Buppliod tho world with most ot ia china and earthen wore, lu reoout j6 years large potteries have beeu cstnb- 4 t llahed in America and other couu- j ' V tries, the result being a great falling JgV off in the mannfaoturo of these arti ' olea. Last year there whb a grout do- pressiou In the pottora trade lu thla country, many largo pot works being V cloved in and around Ilanloy, and 1 hundreds of men throwu out of em- ? Wbtin luoorlug in tbatolty .1, Availed myaelf of the opportunity of goiug through the Pol works and Bee-iaa Bee-iaa the different processes tho mator-ialB mator-ialB bavo to go through in the manufacture manu-facture of those articles. I went through a faotory wbero tbo famous "JaBper Ware" la made, the moat ex pensive on the market for ornamental purposes. Tbo name of Wodgewood h renowned in nil tbo world through thia famouB ware. I also viaited the Oauldon works, wboro cauldon oblnu J and earthen ware ia mado. I enjoyed , rnysolf very muob in goiog through the works and gained aomo valuablo ': ' information in regard to th-a manu faoture of obina and from now on t r these articles will have moro meaning to mo through having soen the prooea J sea they bavo to pasa. V The Pottery district ia notod for ita ooal also. In-order to get coal jM tloa by aemtwra of other denorslna- M ftloaa. That bitter feeling towatda MoraoBiaa that la eo prevalent m. B30Bf all.ejaeeea if people ia Eng. M land, also ether conatrlea, is. aoarealy felt ia Haaley. We Wa 'flat m Jfeetlag" at Haaey some fer Baaa'tae ago at walea Prea. a W. Faroe M aad wife Km preeeat. A sews re-M re-M porter far tae leeal paper waa preaeat ad gave Terj fair write hd oY tbe mk aaeetlBg. I eajoyed fey labora vary oaaah fl while la Haaley, bala treate reyal- fl It t mj jw &j&ti tgi?l twa. I ! x kv SrSJoSriSFVi m s l TF tU,kfa to 7 Heavenly Father. Last November I waa railed by my conference president to labor in Dudley, Dud-ley, jnat eight miles out of the great oity of Bitmiugham, where I am at present. I bavo for a companion a very good young mau. h very little older than myaelf. Wo are having an enjoyable time luboriug for tho boula of men. Wo are doing n good work here in Dudley at the present time. During the pait six months wo bavo beou able to secure a tuitablu meeting placo in the tualnoea part of town. Prior to thla our meetluga woro hold in n aiunll obltage tu a Blummy district. Tho attendance at our mootinga haa doubled alnco"wo changed meeting places. Now warm woather baa at last como we aro beginning to bold street meet- llugs wherever we have the opportuni ty. Thla is whoro a person gets roal mhslonary cxporlencB. Fuucy two poor singers liko myaelf begin singing sing-ing on the street to attract a crowd, Nobcdy stops. One of ua begins preaching, lbey turn their bonds to look ot ua as tboy pass by, but no body Btops to Uatton. Tbia is the trying try-ing tlmo when it takes courage for a young mau to stand and tulk whlto all Bortfl of remaikB aro said uboinjj bim by passers-by. The paopln of this oily are very bitter bit-ter toward tho Mormons. But I urn extremely happy to say that the rays of light of tbo Everlasting Gospel of Christ nro dispelling tho luantlo of datkneBS that haa bung upon tho inluda of tho people of Englaud and error ia giving wav to truth. Mor-( Mor-( monism is progteseiug; daring the your nineteen hundred and olghfc over twelve hundred wero ndded to the ohurob lu the British ialos. Wo bavn more alders in the Held today than for socio time paBt and still moro aro needed. "Tbo harvest li fjtfcWWtfurftlIHijni There are thirty tfvo elders from Zlon laboring in this conference now, tin iucroaeo of oigbt during the past eighteen months. I have rend with pleasaro tho progress pro-gress of tho IlttJo towu of Oadar. Tho pooplo of Oodur tiro worthy of commendation com-mendation for tbo public spirit tboy huvo manifest In bringing about tho various publio improvements the piibt year or two. Citizens of Codar City do not tire in well doing; do not rest satisfied until Codar is mado u eleau, modol aud up to date town. Clean from the vices that are sapping tho vital foroa of mankind In this oouu try and rendetlug the state of sooioty dreadful to say the Jens. Always strive for that which is pure, noble, good and elevating. Lot us bavo n paradlBu of happiness in tbia lifo and otornal joys in tbe lifo to oomo. -...-??h h Romrd avflrr nnnnnaH noa. |