nothing but unalloyed happiness there, The progress of the work in Europe is Before I left, I heard of nothing unpleasant of the families of the Elders now on missions. I believe general good health prevails. In our mountain life, it is somewhat difficult to keep track of everybody; but I set it down as a rule that no news is good news." Being ignorant of any thing prominently interesting, I therefore conclude that they are all as they should be. The wives of the Elders are very devoted in their calls at the post-office-a very clear indication of interest in their "dear absent ones." Of course letters are always "long in coming," and "not often enough.' President Young, President Kimball, a few of the Twelve, the brethren in the President's office, and a goodly number of good men and women left on a visit to Dixie," about a week before I left the mountains; President Wells stopped behind to give direction to general business. The five hundred emigration teams were crowding into the city the day before I left-one company, I believe, had already got on to the road; they are all expected at the frontiers by the 1st of July. General' Eldredge, with brothers W. C. Staines and John W. Young, are here at emigration business, and everything is shaping well in their hands. The Brother George, please excuse this long letter, for I could not possibly find time to write you a short one. great city of New York is still, and the gas by which I write has been turned to its midnight pitch, and my eyes are heavy. I shake myself to a close, and say God bless you, brother George. You have the faith and prayers of President Young and his counsellors, and your brethren, in and out of the Twelve, who watch the interests of Zion. Remember me kindly to all the Elders-3 are familiar. host of whose names With warmest regards, I remain, yours faithfully, T. B. H. STENHOUSE. ON SHIP BOARD Cynosure, 30 miles from Liverpool, May 31, 1863, 8.30 a.m. President George Q. Cannon. Dear Brother,-As the tug will soon before its doing so I hasten to leave us, send you a few lines to inform you of our well-doing. We left the Mersey this morning about five o'clock, in charge of a pilot, who left us about 7.30. We now have a light, fair breeze, and the captain says he will not keep the tug over an hour longer. They The people are all feeling fine; a good, contented, quiet spirit prevails in their midst, and the songs of Zion and Israel are reverberating from stem to stern of the ship. Grumblers and discontented ones do not appear to have embarked on this vessel, such is the spirit of unity amongst them. do not seem to fear sea-sickness, but look forward to it as a natural consequence which they will endeavour to endure with fortitude and forbearance one to another. Your remarks and instructions to them at the organization on Friday last seem to have sunk deep into their hearts, and they are already practising the same. Yesterday, after you left us, was spent in counselling. CORRESPONDENCE. and instructing them relative to little matters which they found themselves at a loss to proceed in, and in the evening we went round the ship and organized the people into six wards, the first to be presided over by Elder Wm. H. Pitts, the second by Elder James Watson, the third by Elder Edward Cliff, the fourth, or bachelors' hall, by Elder Lewis Bowen, the fifth by Elder Wm. Hopwood, the sixth by Elder John Gibbs, with from two to four teachers in each ward, and have desired them to see that prayers are held in each ward at eight a.m. and eight p.m. each day, that cleanliness and good order predominate, and that no iniquity of any nature exists in their several wards. The above-named brethren are one with the Presidency of this vessel, and I know will do their utmost for the salvation of the people, and I believe in selecting them we have selected those whom the Lord wants and desires to take charge. We will just mention that brother Robert Patrick is captain of the guard, and is the right man in the right place. The captain and other officers have as yet done all they could for the convenience and well-doing of the Saints on board, and I am sure will still do so. I think, brother Cannon, with the blessing of the Lord, and his Spirit imparted to us that we may have wisdom to direct everything in a right manner and faith to control the elements in our favor, that we shall have a safe and pleasant passage over the trackless ocean, and I trust that we may be able to reach New York without iniquity being found in our midst, that thereby we may have greater claims on the blessings of the Almighty. Your brethren in the Gospel, DAVID M. STUART, President. W. H. PERKES, Clerk. Amazon, off Isle of Wight, President George Q. Cannon. Dear Brother, I hasten to pen you a line as I know you must be very anxious to hear of the whereabouts of the ship Amazon, and how we have got along. After you returned with the tug on the afternoon of the 4th, we had to contend with a head-wind until Sunday morning about seven o'clock, : 399 when the captain put into the harbor and anchored near Portsmouth, as we had been three days contending with head-winds and making no progress, or at least very little. During this time the people were pretty much all sea sick out of the whole company there were not more than twenty that could render assistance to their neighbors; but I must say those that were able worked faithfully to assist those who could do nothing for themselves. Slop buckets were loudly called for in every quarter. After anchoring, the people rested and cleared up, and put everything in order again. The rest they enjoyed very much; it afforded them a good opportunity to get ready to emigrate. Their appetites are now most voracious nothing comes amiss. Good health prevails generally in the company, and all appear lively and feel fine. No person wishes to return home to remain, but are perfectly willing to try it again so soon as the wind changes, and that we hope and pray will not be long. The wind is dead ahead, and is blowing a gale; we have still good faith that we shall arrive in good season at our distant port. All are satisfied with the provisions, and speak in high terms of the same. The captain and officers, so far, speak very highly of our company. The captain, hitherto, has proved himself to be a gentleman in every sense of the word, has been very kind, and has given me all I have asked of him for the comfort of the people-he is very kind indeed to all. He did not forget to drill the sailors, and give them their orders relative to insulting, or in any way interfering with the passengers; if they did, he told them what they might expect, which was something not very pleasant. We deal out our own water daily and have a good supply. We organized the ship's company into fifteen wards, under the supervision of the following officers: John Wells, president of 1st ward; 2nd ward, James Poulton; 3rd ditto, Joseph Wilson; 4th ditto, L. A. Cox; 5th ditto, J. Kimber; 6th ditto, S. Liddiard; 7th ditto, S. Evans; 8th ditto, D. Williams; 9th ditto, A. Sutherland; 10th ditto, W. Fowler; 11th ditto, A. W. Van der Woude; 12th ditto, J. W. Morgan; 13th ditto, J. Berrett; 15th E. T. Edwards; E. Larkin, sergeant every one a chance to get something to of the guard; Geo. Braithwaite, lamp- eat, and it works very well considering lighter and trimmer. We commence the vast number of people there are to to deal out water at half-past five in cook or be cooked for with our limited the morning; while they are taking the facilities. All feel well; the music water the others are cleaning up and from the brass band, songs and hymns making ready for prayers at seven succeed each other to cheer the hearts o'clock; this is early, but we have to of the Saints and enliven the voyage, commence early or we should have and the captain has often expressed his night coming too soon upon us with satisfaction with the people. Elders such a large company. We have Sloan and Palmer have been pretty prayers at eight at night, and at nine well. I have been better than I ever o'clock the hurricane deck is cleared of was before at sea; I have been able to all the sisters, and the guards are move round most all the time. We stationed to see that no female goes up hope to start from here soon. I must after nine o'clock in the evening, and now close, with my kind regards to that no sailor goes below. On Sunday you and all with you. May God bless morning, at half-past four o'clock, sister you and prosper you in the discharge Harris, of Stratford, gave birth to a of every duty; and while we pray for daughter, and both are doing finely. you and your associates, we do not forThe wards cook in their turn; first ward get ourselves while on our journey over commences first with breakfast, also the sea and plains, that the God of the first with water: there are no Israel will prosper and bless us on our dinners cooked until all have had break-way to Zion. Believe me to remain, fast, and dinners are cooked on the your brother in the Gospel, same principle. The next day ward No. 5 is first to take water and breakfast, and the same with all the meals. The following day the 10th ward commences to take water and cook, and so pass round until all have cooked. We change every morning so as to give W. BRAMALL. P.S.-June 9th, six o'clock p.m. Now the anchor is raised; we are off with a fair wind. I send this with the pilot. Good bye; God bless you. well; yours truly, ADDRESS.-Mr. James Bullock, at Mr. John Booth's, Old Spittlegate, Grantham, Lincolnshire. POETRY. W.B. All EDITED, PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY GEORGE Q. CANNON, 42, ISLINGTON. LONDON: FOR SALE AT THE LATTER-DAY SAINTS BOOK DEPOT, 30, FLORENCE STREET ISLINGTON AND ALL BOOKSELLERS. Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the Prophets... The No. 26, Vol. XXV. Saturday, June 27, 1863. Price One Penny. THE WORLD AND THE SAINTS. In this article I shall assume that, | with the exception of him who is called its Prince (John xii, 31), the world, means the people living around us, or that portion of mankind who have the chance of criticising our persons, manners, dress, religion, education, works, or anything else that pertain to us. Many good men and women are held in the most abject slavery all their lives by a scrupulous regard and submission to its fashions, foibles and conventionalities, while many have shut themselves upin monasteries, nunneries, and hermitages, to be separated from it. But the fact is, we are here right in the midst of it, and we ought not to be either its slaves or its anchorites. We ought not to oppose it when it is right, nor be afraid to oppose it when it is wrong. We ought not to be ashamed of anything that is good, nor yet of evils or misfortunes that we cannot help. This course will prepare us to overcome the world, and by pursuing it we shall find that, when pointed at by the ignorant and malicious on account of our religion, the cheek will mantle with a glow of conscious superiority, and when sneered at for our poverty we shall not blush with shame. The world assails and endeavors to intimidate us by persecution; it also appeals to our cupidity by its offers of wealth and social position, if we will only forsake our religion and our God. It is desperately opposed to men who come with authority from God to teach it, and hates or mourns over those who receive such men and their teachings. A certain Rev. gentleman* of the world, laments "the solemn fact that from Liverpool alone, 13,500 of our people, up to 1850, have been persuaded to forsake country and home and seek a place of rest in the Salt Lake Valley." The said rev. gentleman says not one word about the still more solemn fact that the Latter-day Saints were in the first instance compelled "to seek a place of rest" in the Salt Lake Valley, because they were driven, literally chased thither by professing Christians. Jesus told his disciples that because they were not of the world, but he had chosen them out of the world, therefore the world hated them. The following *Doctrines and practices of the Mormons: Rev. Edward Clay. 402 THE WORLD AND THE SAINTS. statement from the pen of a gentleman | mitted the disturber to prison. The not connected with the Latter-day Times of Sept. 15th, 1854, in remarking Saints, the well-known Dr. Mackay, upon this case said-" By all means shows how completely the first leader let the Mormonites remain in peace as of this last dispensation had to drink long as they do not violate the laws. that bitter cup: "If he (Joseph Society, however, has a right to mark Smith) were an impostor, deliberately its disapproval of doctrines which and coolly inventing, and pertinaciously would resolve it into its elements, by propagating a falsehood, there is this refusing all favor or privilege to the much to be said, that never was an professors of such creeds. Tolerate, impostor more cruelly punished than but do not protect them." It required he was, from the first moment of his all the talent of the leading English appearance as a Prophet to the last. journal to give expression to such a Joseph Smith, in consequence of his consummate piece of nonsense. "Tolepretensions to be a Seer and Prophet rate, but do not protect." That would of God, lived a life of continual misery be similar to a landed proprietor grantand persecution; he endured every ing a building lease upon condition kind of hardship, contumely and suffer- that the building have neither roof nor ing; he was derided, assaulted and walls. "Tolerate, but do not protect." imprisoned; his life was one long scene Pontius Pilate tolerated Jesus of Nazaof peril and distress, scarcely brightened reth, but did not protect him; we all by the brief beam of comparative repose know the result-Jesus was crucified which he enjoyed in his own city of and the Jewish nation was "resolved Nauvoo. In the contempt showered into its elements," scattered to the four upon his head his whole family shared winds, and so remains till this day. -father and mother, brothers, wife "Tolerate, but do not protect." The and friends, were alike involved in the United States Government tolerated ignominy of his pretensions and the Joseph Smith and the Latter-day sufferings that resulted. He lived for Saints, but did not protect them. In fourteen years amid vindictive ene- this case Joseph and his brother were mies who never missed an opportunity murdered by a mob; many others of to vilify, to harass and to destroy him; the Saints were also murdered, and the and he died at last an untimely and balance compelled to take refuge in miserable death, involving in his fate the Rocky Mountains after being a brother to whom he was tenderly plundered of all they had. The sequel is also before us, for in the now disunited States, society is not only being "resolved into its elements," but its very elements seem to be undergoing a rapid decomposition; and such has been the fate of every government that has tolerated but not protected the Saints of God. It was so with the secret enemies of old Israel; it was so with the Israelites themselves when they forgot their God, and it will be so in an especial manner with this generation, for the Latter-day Saints are, so to speak, a touch-stone with which the Lord is proving the nations of the earth. "Whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken, but on whomsoever it shall fall it will grind him to powder." attached." Yet, notwithstanding all this, we are often asked by kind friends if we could not worship God as well among the nations as up in the Rocky Mountains. We are told furthermore, that in glorious old England such things could not possibly take place. Well, we hope not, for we have no wish to pass through them; nevertheless, the Elders who have the task of preaching to the people of this country are more often indebted for protection to the law of the land and the power of the executive, than to that lofty spirit of toleration which is the nation's boast. Even ministers of religion and editors of the first class have manifested their chagrin when the officers of the law have seized the disturbers of our meetings Are, then, the principles of the Saints and compelled them to peace and destructive in their nature, or framed quietness. Some years ago a case of with a view to the reduction of society this kind was tried at the Middlesex to its elements? I crave the priviSessions, before Mr. Bodkin, who com-lege of answering this question by |