— I assisted Elders Clark, Wright and Mulliner to set sail for England. Elder John Taylor had recovered from his sickness,

—I assisted Elders Clark, Wright and Mulliner, to set sail for England. Elder John Taylor had re- covered from his sickness, and arrived

I assisted Elders Clark, Wright and Mulliner to set sail for England. Elder John Taylor, ^had^ recovered from

TIMES AND SEASONS. To the elders of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, to the churches scattered abroad, and to all the saints. We, the undersigned, feeling deeply interrested in the welfare of Zion, the up-building of the church of Christ, and the welfare of the saints in general, send unto you Greeting: and pray, that "grace, mercy, and peace may rest upon you, from God, our Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ." But brethren, the situation of things, as they have of late existed, have been to us of a peculiar trying nature. Ma- ny of you have been driven from your homes, robbed of your possessions, and deprived of the liberty of conscience; you have been stripped of your cloth- ing, plundering of your furniture, rob- bed of your horses, your cattle, your sheep, your hogs, and refused the pro- tection of law; you have been subject to insult and abuse, from a set of law- less miscreants; you have had to en- dure cold, nakedness, peril, and sword; your wives and your children, have been deprived of the comforts of life; you have been subject to bonds, to im- prisonment, to banishment, and many to death, "for the testimony of Jesus, and for the word of God." Many of your brethren, with those whose souls are now beneath the alter, are crying for the vengence of heaven to rest up- on the heads of their devoted murder- ers, and saying, "how long O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth;" but it was said to them, "that they should rest, yet for a little season, until their fellow servants also; and their brethren, that should be kill- ed, as THEY WERE should be fulfilled." Dear brethren, we should remind you of this thing, and although you have had indignities, insults and injuries heaped upon you, till further suffering would seem to be no longer a virtue we would say, be patient, dear breth- ren, for as saith the apostle, "ye have need of patience, that after being tried you may inherit the promise." You have been tried in the furnace of afflic- tion, the time to exercise patience is now come; and "we shall reap, breth- ren, in due time if we faint not." Do not breathe vengeance upon your op- pressors, but leave the case in the hands of God, "for vengeance is mine, saith the Lord, and I will repay." We would say to the widow, and to the orphan, to the destitute, and to the diseased, who have been made so through persecution, be patient you are not forgotten, the God of Jacob has his eye upon you, the heavens have been witness to your sufferings, and they are registerd on high; angels have gaz- ed upon the scene, and your tears, your groans, your sorrows, and anguish of heart, are had in remembrance before God; they have entered iuto the sym- pathies of that bosom, who is "touch- ed with the feelings of our infirmities," who was "tempted in all points, like un- to you;" they have entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth; be patient then, until the words of God be fulfill- ed, and his designs accomplished and then shall he pour out his ven- geance upon the devoted heads of your murderers, and then shall they know that he is God, and that you are his people. And we would say to all the saints who have made a covenant with the Lord by sacrifice, that inasmuch as you are faithful, you shall not lose your re- ward, although not numbered among those who were in the late difficulties in the west. We wish to stimulate all the breth- ren to faithfulness; you have been tri-

NOV 1st I accompanied three Elders viz Clark, Wright, & S. Mullener on board the packet ship Tarolinta Capt Smith, bound for Liverpool, they took steerage passage & looked quite comfortable. After committing these Dear Saints unto God I took the parting hand with

I assisted Elders Clark, Wright, & Mulliner, to sail for England. Elder

I accompanied Elders Clark Wright and Mullenar on board the packet ship Tarolinta Capt. Smith bound for Liverpool I had expected to go with these brethren but thought it wisdom to tarry until more of the quorum of the Twelve arrived so that we might hold a Conference in New York before we started for England Soon after this I saw in a dream Mrs Woodruff in deep afliction at Montrose but I did not see our child. This was in reality the case of my wife. Elder Orson Pratt arrived in New York