I Received a letter from you
under Date of Jan 9th & a few words from Eldr Smith
on the 10th I have not had time to answer you
before this, we have just Received a package of
6 letters one or two from Eldr Smith who Informs
us that Eldr Turley had arived in Nauvoo & that
Eldr Mullener had arved in New Orleans I was truly
glad to hear of their arival. We Rejoice to hear
of the progress of the work in all parts of the land
& I am Happy to inform you that the
Lord is begining to Bless us here in London. We
have Baptized 36 & many othrs at the water Doctor Copeland & an Independant Minister
are among the number Baptized. Our little
Room is almost getting full of Saints without
the World & as the place is begining to be to
strait for us we are trying to get a chapel or
larger house so that we may dwell. Eldr Kimball has also organized a small Branch
of 6 members in Woolwich, he Baptized 4
the first time he preached there, & the seed
sown is Bringing forth fruit & they are trying
to open a door in that place also, & Eldr Wm Pitt is Baptizing some at Ipswich
& so if the Lord will enable us to build
up a kind of a Zion in London & have
some stakes around about it we shall be glad
there is begining to be much inquiring
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in London at the present time & may the
Lord roll on his work. I am glad to hear
of the steady progress of the work in
the Potteries, But I am always sorry to
hear of the poverty of the Saints & that they
have a ha[r]d time to get along. I wa[n]t
you to give my best respects to Sistr Amiso[n] Brothr & Sister WittakerBrothr & Sister Player &
family, Sister Eliza Bromley, Broter & Sistrr Ridge
& all the Saints at Lane End, & at all othr
places that you see. I should be glad to
see you all, & expect to aftr a while, I
should be glad to hear from you at any
time & any of the Saints in the Staffordshire
Potteries. Remember me to them all in Stoke & Hanley, Burslem, Tunstall, New Castle & all about
Eldr Kimball Also wishes to be remembered to
you & all above mentioned. I shall probably
spend the winter here in London & visit all the
churches in March through Herefordshire, Staffordshire &
on to Manchester so I trust I shall see you
then if not before.
I want to write a
few lines to Eldr G. A. Smith on the following
page so I must bid you farewell for the
present. Let us never be weary in well doing,
but hold out faithful unto the end, that we
may receeve a Celestial Glory.
I discoved a page from your
pen in Brothr Amison letter & I thought I
would Answer it I was glad to hear that Eldr Snow had got over the Measels & able to preach once
more & that the work is moveing on in Wolverhapmpton
& Birmingham. I recei[v]ed a lettr from my wife
a few days since & what was my surprise to find
it dated in the city of New York her Brothrs
had Been west to view the country & wished her
to go home with them & spend the winter & so go
back with me in the spring so I shall find my
wife in Maine instead of Iowa. We have
long had a desire to hear of the arival of Elder Turley & his company to Nauvoo. W we jus[t] [page torn]
in a lettr which you wrote to Eldr Kimba[ll] [page torn]
that he had arived in Nauvoo. It seems yo[u] [page torn]
recied your intelligence from O. Pratt should
you get any particulars about it I wish you
would let us know all about it when you
write a gain We are in good health & spirits
I am sorry you are so much out of health
I hope you will soon be Better. All the Saints
here send their love to you, if you
cannot find any Body that can read my
scribbling keep it till I come & I will read it
for you. Adieu for the present peace be with you
G A. Smith you[r]s in the Love of God