The Brigham Young Center

Great Salt Lake City U. T.
Nov 20, 1867

Mr. Geo Nebeker
Laie, Oahu, Sandwich Island

Dear Brother,

Your favor bearing date Oct, 15/67 has been received and we were glad to hear of your good health and general prosperity in your labors. The people of that country have not the energy which characterizes the northmen, and we presume you realize this fact in its fullest extent when your dependance is necessarily placed on the native brethren. If they can be relied on, and you are unable to dispose of this seasons crop of cane, it may be wise for you to purchase one of the cheapest machines for manufacturing sugar, but it would not be advisable to incur heavy responsibilities for fine machinery simply as an experiment. By this course you may eventually to import supply this market with sugar.

Brother Alma Smith and family are released to return home. and had better leave the Islands as soon as spring opens.

If it is at all convenient have the saints who are good laborers get them homes near your place of residence, and impress upon the people by precept and example the necessity of attending their meetings, for where there is no life the good spirit cannot operate, and the people perish.

Capt. W. H. Hooper left this city on the evening of the 10th inst., accompanied by H. J. Richards-- who will study surgery under Dr Sayre at N. Y. and David M. Stewart who will travel and preach the gospel in the Southern States under the direction of Elder John Brown.

A call has been made for the saints to pay in their money as donations to assist in gathering the poor <saints> from Europe this coming season who wish to come for the gospel's sake, and probably there are several thousands of immigrants will come up to Zion another year. Brother H. B. Clawson will probably act as emigration agent for the Church at New York.

A requisition was made on the people during conference in Oct. last to furnish 1500 loads of rock for the Temple; already 700 loads have been deposited around the temple foundation which already begin to appear above the level of the ground.

There are but few troops stationed at Camp Douglass, and small probability of any more coming this season. Those who are here behave themselves very well and Zion rests in peace.

Elder Geo. Q. Cannon is now editor of the Deseret News and he will add a daily to his weekly and semi-weekly, and "Juvenile Instructor." Bro. Albert Carrington is laboring in my Office.

Good peace prevails in our mountain home, and the people rejoice in the numerous gifts of a munificent creator, and the enemies of truth are brought to shame before the supreme wisdom of our Heavenly Father.

Your family and friends the last heard from were well, and feel to remember you and your fellow laborers in their daily prayers.

Praying God to bless you, I remain your brother in the new and Everlasting Covenant.

Brigham Young