Constantinople, Sept 1^st 1898.

President Wilford Woodruff and Counsellors,
Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.A.

Dear Brethern, When I last reported to you I was
at Sivas. I at once left for Zara to visit the Branch of our
church there. I found them very faithful and filled with the love
of the Gospel. They were, of course, very anxious to gather, and were
very happy in the thought that the Lord would soon open up de
liverence for them from bondage. They are not so hard up
for food as are the saints in Aintab, but they are more
in thraldom which makes life tiresome. The hope which the
Gospel gives is their life. Elder Nishan Sheriman presides.
He is a faithul man & much beloved of the saints. He is also
respected of the outsiders & of the Government. The prospects there
are not flattering, a few are investigating. They were very fortu
nate in not having to go through the massacre. The saints
fasted & prayed for seven days when they noticed prepa
rations for slaughter & God heard their prayers & delivered the
town from destruction, for which they are very thankful.

They plad with me continually to ask the Brethern in Zion
not to forget them, that they might also be gathered to some place
where they could learn more of the ways of the Lord and
help to build up His Kingdom. A circumstance happened
while at Zara which impressed me with a new idea about
traveling & preaching the Gospel in Turkey. I was for a little
while mistaken for an English Consul. From the whole af-

Constantinople, Sept 1st 1898.

President Wilford Woodruff and Counsellors, Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.A.

Dear Brethern, When I last reported to you I was at Sivas. I at once left for Zara to visit the Branch of our church there. I found them very faithful and filled with the love of the Gospel. They were, of course, very anxious to gather, and were very happy in the thought that the Lord would soon open up de liverence for them from bondage. They are not so hard up for food as are the saints in Aintab, but they are more in thraldom which makes life tiresome. The hope which the Gospel gives is their life. Elder Nishan Sheriman presides. He is a faithul man & much beloved of the saints. He is also respected of the outsiders & of the Government. The prospects there are not flattering, a few are investigating. They were very fortu nate in not having to go through the massacre. The saints fasted & prayed for seven days when they noticed prepa rations for slaughter & God heard their prayers & delivered the town from destruction, for which they are very thankful.

They plad with me continually to ask the Brethern in Zion not to forget them, that they might also be gathered to some place where they could learn more of the ways of the Lord and help to build up His Kingdom. A circumstance happened while at Zara which impressed me with a new idea about traveling & preaching the Gospel in Turkey. I was for a little while mistaken for an English Consul. From the whole af-