I have had a great desire to visit my parents & the rest of my
relatives in the Eastern States & I thought I should have
seen ^them^ ere this but there has been more & more resting upon
me from the time I first commenced labouring here of the
the Church is in its infancy & their has been but vary
few labourers in this south country. But we expect several
Elders from the East will join us here vary soon which may take
some of the burdan or assist in bearing it. I yet expect if I
live to visit my friends in the East & that before long for I can
assure them all that I have a great desire to see them And
also desire their salvation both temporally & spiritual &
that they may be saved in these last Days with the fulness
of the Gentiles & the house of Israel that they may esscape the just
judgments of God which awate the world for he who sits in the heavens
& beareth the sword beareth it not in vain for it will soon
fall upon Idumea or the world & the voice of God to his Saints
is come out of her Only people I have expected that some of our
travling Brethren would visit your region of country so that
you might hear some preaching from them if it H[ad]
been the case I hope it soon may be I learn from the M&Ad
the paper that the twelve have visited the New England states
the extent of their success I have not yet learned But ex^s^pect
to soon The little stone cut out of the Mountain without hands is
rolling fourth & will continue to roll untill it Becomes A mountain
& fills the whole Earth The Church is beginning to travel out of
the wilderness & the signs follow the believer Even in this South
country the sick are healed many of the Saints speak in Tongues
others interpet which gifts come from God well says one these
are strange things as strange as they are ^they are^ the gifts that Christ
said should follow the believers. It is true the Latter Day Saints
have all manner of Evil spake against them The cry of Jo Smith, Mormonites
fals prophet fals Teachers wolfs in sheeps Clothings & Murrels clan &c
&c but they that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution [2 Timothy 3:12]
but how can any Tree be judged ownly by its fruit the truth is this
generation is nearly ripe & I believe God will soon aris from his Habitation
& rebuke the Nations & shake not ownly the Earth but also heaven

I have had a great desire to visit my parents & the rest of my relatives in the Eastern States & I thought I should have seen them ere this but there has been more & more resting upon me from the time I first commenced labouring here the Church is in its infancy & their has been but vary few labourers in this south country. But we expect several Elders from the East will join us here vary soon which may take some of the burdan or assist in bearing it. I yet expect if I live to visit my friends in the East & that before long for I can assure them all that I have a great desire to see them And also desire their salvation both temporally & spiritual & that they may be saved in these last Days with the fulness of the Gentiles & the house of Israel that they may esscape the just judgments of God which awate the world for he who sits in the heavens & beareth the sword beareth it not in vain for it will soon fall upon Idumea or the world & the voice of God to his Saints is come out of her Only people I have expected that some of our travling Brethren would visit your region of country so that you might hear some preaching from them if it Had been the case I hope it soon may be I learn from the M&Ad the paper that the twelve have visited the New England states the extent of their success I have not yet learned But exspect to soon The little stone cut out of the Mountain without hands is rolling fourth & will continue to roll untill it Becomes A mountain & fills the whole Earth The Church is beginning to travel out of the wilderness & the signs follow the believer Even in this South country the sick are healed many of the Saints speak in Tongues others interpet which gifts come from God well says one these are strange things as strange as they are they are the gifts that Christ said should follow the believers. It is true the Latter Day Saints have all manner of Evil spake against them The cry of Jo Smith, Mormonites fals prophet fals Teachers wolfs in sheeps Clothings & Murrels clan &c &c but they that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution but how can any Tree be judged ownly by its fruit the truth is this generation is nearly ripe & I believe God will soon aris from his Habitation & rebuke the Nations & shake not ownly the Earth but also heaven