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Show I . MOM THE MISSION- I ARY FIELD. H ' t . A Letter from B I Fred Merrill. B 0 Shoai'down St., B " llexthorpe, Doncaster, May 2lth, 1000. H . Mr. J. M. Kirkhnm. B Ocnr Hro: Just a fow Unci to lei BB you know how I nm coming among the BB Lircon Holds of old England. I thouulit BB you might lino to hoar n few lines about BB our trip to London last nionlli. You BB know I'rest. Grant called it Conference, BB of Conference Presidents of the Euro- BB pean Million in Feb , or MaicIi of this year, and it was held in Helghim, and B as thoy did not llnlsh the butltiess, they B adjourned it until Sal., April 1-Uli and B Mon., Apiil ltith, to be held nl the head- BB quarturs of tho London Conference at B U7 l'arlcl,jhIload, Loudon. Trcs. Ornnl BB also Invited all of tho traveling Elder BB in tlia Mission to ho there, bo o'l Thurs- B day, April lStli, six Elders and one BB local brother of the Sheffield Conference, B left Sheffield at t p. iu , arriving In Loi. BB donnboutOp in, after pitting some BB of tho most beautiful scenery in Eng- BB land. It was a lino day for England, BB tho fall and spring grain was well out BB of tho ground; the grass green as any in BB the celebrated Emerald lata; hedges BB and trees leafing out pretty, aid fruit BB trees In blossom along the way. Wc BB went up to headquarters at Farlelgh BB lload to see where we were to stay, and BB: while waiting there, they asked us to BBi help them hold street meetings, so we BB' divided up from two to four In a party. BB' 1 don't think I ever shook so much in BB; myllfoas I did going to the street moot- BBl lug. If over I felt weak, It was then. BB After singing I stepped out and told the BB' passing throng that we would hold a BB; meeting, and then opened by prayer. BBj two of tho brethren spoke, and a we Bflj could not get a crowd to (top, we moved Bflj on down towti) and held nn)ther nieet- BB( ing, and I was called on to speak. We BB: then repaired to our lodge. Good Frl- BH! day morning, we started .out with one BBk oftlio local brethren, Brother Fred K' Geary, ns our guide. Threo of the parly V bad camera's. Wo went down pait the BK old lady of Thrcadneedle St., or Hank BJl of England; along CheepaMe to tho St. Bfli Taul'a Cathedral, where wo heard part BBj of the Easter service, also had a few BB snapshots', then along Fleet St.; down BB along the Thames embankment; around BB tho celebrated Cleopatna's needle, BB, which wa brought from Egypt; past BB the Houses of rarliamcnt to Westniinis- BB ter Abbey, attended part of Easter ser- B vice there ; then up to Trafalgar Square, BB whero tho .gicat moniimenl to the celo- B' bra'tcd Admiral Nelson is; then on BBi tlie renowned London buss to tho Mar- BBj bio Arch cntrauco to Hyde Park, HBj through tho l'ark and Nouth Uenaington BB' gardens to tho great Albert Memorial, HB, erected in honor of the Queen's Consort ; HB uttendod part of Eaetor In a Roman BB Catholic Church; we then took iu part BB of tho town on tho buaeas. Saturday, BB . wo attended a meetiug with the Cunfor- BB enco Presidents, morning and afternoon, BBi discussing things for the benefit of the BB! Mission. In tho evening we attended a BB concert in tho Fin a bury town hall, BB where Hro. E. Tout and his daughters, BB' assisted by two others, gave us a musi- BB' cal treat. Sunday wo attended three BB' meetings of tho Loudou Confercnco In BB the Fmebury town Hall, which was BB well attended. The spirit of' the Lord BB was with tho speakers. On Monday, BB Priesthood meeting was held at 07 Far- BB leigh Uoad, about S lor 50 Elders being BB present including Pres. Grant, Pies. BB Angus Cannon and Mephl Anderson. BB Pres, Grant desired all present to cx- BB press themselves, which they old, the BB peaceful Influenco of tho Spirit of God BB was thuio in rich abjiidance, so that BB many cried fur joy. It was n Mcinor. BB' able meeting, and will live long Iu tho BBi memory of those present. In theufter- BB: noon we all went to tho Crystu) Palme, BB which is an enormous glass building BBj iu n very large Park, Of course wo had BB, to tuko everything in. We shot the BBj water shoot in high glee, but when it BBJ came to looping the loop in a car thai BK holds four person", it was enough to BB miiko your hair stand pn cud, especially BBj b we were dropping dawn the lung shoot BBj; to. gut speed to go around the loop, alio BB heard Boveral flno bauJs in a contest, BB saw lots of statues, and stiilled animaU. BB In the evening there was aomo Hue ilro- BK works. On the 17th, 18th, Hull and BB 20th wo visited the following places: H Hmithlleld Market, whero 10,000 tons of BBJ "" meat ia handled a week, also binlthiield BB place, where a number of Christians BB -weie'burned ut tho stake; wont up the BBj London Tower, also around the Tower of BBj jLomJpn, in. (be dungeons, saw the Uif- fr,pwq,w .www-ni intjiniiiii ii i .! n i ...,, w.ii mh.mi ..n - . , ferent kinds nf armor fur burses and men used in olden times, and saw the crown Jewels! eroded the Tower Ilildgp, which opened while we were there to let a c hip pnM. It la h celehiiii''d pin e of engineering skill; around thd IoiiiIm WeidtnUlsler Abbey; a rMr lo Uioen.-w Uioen.-w it'll Observatory nud liHck on the stenmcr, of course, as the people of England depend on gelling I lie comet time from Greenwich, we saw that Ihclr clocks were tight before no led, also lepped over the luingliiniy dugree of Lnngiludo marked () on all maps, o that we would not bend II ; vielled Madame Tussrml'rf celebrated rx w ui k( , which are so natural that they surprise you, wo Were admiring one of Captain Webb, the celebrated swimmer, when ono of the Elders went lo touch hlsluci, lliestattio tried lo ginb his hand. It turned out lobe an attendant. Perhaps you think liudlJn't get run about it by the rest of. us. We visited the Hiltish Museum and saw lots of mummies, etc, alar) the eelebmted Zwloglcil gardens, where all k'uds of animals fr.m a flea to an elephant la to bo found ; saw the old church of tho Kuights Templars, also Oliver Goldetnith's grave; taw "Nero" played at Ills- Mnjesly's The aire; went lliiough the Hank of England, Eng-land, alho National Art Gallery, and many other pi ices too numerous lo mention, London id a much prettier place than I expected to llml. I remain ns ever, your Bro. iu the causo of truth, Fnui) Alumni, l. |
