Dear Bro: Yours of
the 24th inst lies before me, notifying me of a
call to the Australasian, (New Zealand) mission.
Now I desire to ^submit^ you the following facts, upon
which you are left to use your own judgment
as to whether I shall go or not at the present.
1st In the year 1892 I built a home, from
which I am not yet free from debt; besides
I am obligated to the stores for things necessary
to live upon.
2nd Unfortunately I am included among those,
the directors of the Mt. Pleasant Eq. Coop, now assigned,
in the following tangled up business. When the new
incorportion of the assigned institution was affected
in 1891 I was made Sec'y and Treasurer. The directors
had occasion to borrow five thousand dollars and
gave in security a mortgage upon the Real estate, and
in addition, signed the note personally. When the
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WM. MACDONALD, Manager.
PACIFIC DEPARTMENT
London and Lancashire Fire Insurance Co.
OF LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND.
assignment was made, certain creditors of the 3rd class
instituted suit against the institution to have the assign-
ment set aside, and to annul the mortgage upon the grounds
that it was not given according to law, & also that it
was not given according to the by-laws of the concern.
If this, the assignment, is broken, then the directors be-
come responsible, individualy, for the amount borrowed
from the bank, and having but little property it will
work an untold hardship on me.
3rd It is only some six years since I returned
from a three year's mission to the islands. Yet
I do not plead that as an excuse from not
going. But financially, I plead as an excuse.
If you deem it wise, however for me to go, I will
arrange my affairs as best I can, and travel
cheerfully toward the setting sun upon a mission
of love to the Kind and loving Maori people.
I would give him a year or two, to arrange
his financial affairs so that he could leave
home without jeopardy to his property or
family, leaving him to be the judge
of his own matters, and when he feels
like doing so he can report himself
ready. J. F S.