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Show MISSION EXPERIENCE. I Letter W'K'-iTEr,,lard fcv Vit De.l t-kmsnl ot RocHporl. C.nlttKl'. gl,n,l, Jn. 27, 1002. Eo.r-.a Tiai j I trust t'Ujli give space In tie co'nuiu;rt' valuable piferfor a few lin-e rel''!'!)! work that is being done in tli ir 1 1 by the Mormon Elder. Eld-er. On tlisll sj y of Aagust, 1900, Ilia writer l't tk City to bear the gospel s)'",1o th inhabitants ol Great Britain Altera pleasant Journey a ro t( l'4nenl making short visits In tl)ec"J ' Omaha, Chicago, New York aral Snoklyn, wa boarded the Bclgrlssa r,c,r at Philadelphia on the ev'"iAngust 18ih. A twelve days' r '!orroulit us safely to land again, si otinded In Liverpool on tb evenftiiig nfkguat 50th. At4:lsnv,na meeting wa held where se naved exca'lenl instruction from W' nNtt D. Lyman Jamrs L. McMiiniiiisI Ileury VV. Nelsliett, who were tlian rkidlng over the European niieiioa. 11. m. tbefotloalng morning we re'eivearappoiniuiiila. Iliddiug sdles to tellers a lio bad accompanied I me tntbsjainey from Zlon, T .... on my lay tekidford, it being L alters alt-ers olihe Uls conference, in which 1 hadbreu Asgned tolalior. When the Irais itopsl iu Bradford I s'epped on theslatlunisnd lor tbe Brit tlms In my lit IreirVxJ that I wa In a strange land among sinv people, and aom six tbensand ales away from home, loved ones snilloeidi. It is on occasions of this kind, ud aometiuie In other mi-1 siisaryssprriences, tbat one is apt to fetlsndui: "I wish mother bad all her chiMraa b ms." Xr '; Bradford was but feur days, wbrn I anointed to labor in Hull. iiecD alter ci) arrival in the latter city, so specX meeting beld la Grimsby, 'Wi-svCi'v-:: of tha I-aaJ.iXiiilroce aniwUHmsby of the Sheffield confer-enciwere confer-enciwere severed Iroin the old and being anitda new conference waa formeJ knot) as the Grimsby sonference. Th orgnfVatlon took place oa Sept. 10th, 1001 Since that time the work ha been proftaising very nicely; over seventy bat kiined the church in this confer-enc- six ol them In Bridlington, where a nil little branch I being established, twattders being located there. Viik ha been done in Driffield and In SciPtough, but there are no fruits of th la c hi yet. There are many small towns an.Mllage In this vicinity where th peoe have not bean privileged to hear themiceof a Mormon missionary for maiyyrar, If tliey everdid. OurSarior salfea one occasion: "The harvest trur a) great, and the laborer are few." Oai Wsuld be led to say ol thl part of thesjorld, that th gleaning truly I , grettsud the laborers are few, lor tliej harrrgol tl, .nd wns gathered In the , early bistory of the church, and our! nualisr are very few to do the work. ( Wasrsonly tenatrongin thisconfereoce and W many mole could be used to good ad vintage, I i enjoying good health and feel well in the work, for I know it to be the workof the Lord. So young man can ban s better school, for iu our labor of trading ws come In contact with all claissi and member ol nearly all creeds, TlisSaint of thi land are energetic and live thsir religion very good, with few , exception', II any one ha friend or relative in this Vicinity whom they would like tb EUersto viit, we would like to get their adJreis. Send their names to Henry U. Hlood, r.6Cluuil)i rtroel, Hull, England, or lo ma t 24 Ulive atreet, Grimsby. 1 will close, with kind regards lo all friends who may road those lines, and wishing The Times and all It readers a bright aud prosierous asw year. i our brother In the gospel of peace. David E. Siauon. 21 Olive street, Grimsby, England, |