The Brigham Young Center

Salt Lake City, U. T.
Sept. 19. 1873.

Prest. A. Carrington.
42. Islington, Liverpool.

Dear Bro:--

In accordance with your letter of June 17. we are selecting Missionaries for the European Mission, who are expected to start soon after Conference. In addition to the number called for, we will send you others and we trust that you may be able to employ them to good advantage in breaking new ground, and, so far as may be, creating for themselves new nfields of labor and support.

We would like you to release Elder Hart of West Weber now laboring in England as circumstances in that Settlement are so that we think it prudent for him to return home.

Your letters from Australia shewing the condition of the mission there have been received. There is no mail connection between the U. S. and Australia, at present, only by way of England, and we think it advisable for you to send an efficient Elder there from England to operate with Bro Beauchamp and inform the latter that he is at liberty to return home, when he can so arrange it, and can raise the means. There is some probability that another line of Steamers will run between California and Australia next year, and if so, we may send one Elders there directly from here, but in the mean time, let Australia be considered as heretofore under the general supervision of the authorities at Liverpool.

We are in receipt of a letter under date of August 6. 1873. of which the following is a copy. in part:--

"I am requested by a number of my fellow citizens numbering from 40 to 50 that hold with your religious ideas of which number I am one,) to write to you to do something for us in the way of sending some of the preachers to this city to establish us & to direct us how to proceed, or if that cannot be done, you will please direct us yourself by letter; the harvest is well worth reaping. Hoping, Dear Sir, you wont think us over bold in addressing you, I remain, in the name of my fellow converts and self.

E. D. Scott, 95, George's Street, Cork, Ireland." It may be well for you to inquire further into this matter, by letter at least, and then govern yourself accordingly.

We would like to ascertain by your next letter how Elder Wm. C. Kelsey's a/c. with the Liverpool Office stands.

Elder Erastus Snow returned here on the 6th inst. His health is improved and he feels well after his tour. He will not return home until after Conference, and in the mean time will be engaged [something missing] admirably, and the raising of the walls is progressing quite spiritedly.

We learn from a letter just received from Switzerland that Elder Huber, although very active and spirited in his missionary labors is living there in adultery. We sincerely hope the statement is incorrect, but it should be inquired into without delay, and the proper steps taken immediately. You may find it necessary to attend to the matter in person, if so, we would be pleased to have you go.

I have for several weeks past been suffering with the rheumatism in my feet which crippled me considerably, attended sometimes with great pain and often breaking my rest at night, notwithstanding this I made the trip through the northern country to the Soda Springs and did considerable preaching and my health is much improved, which I trust will continue.

We intend to send you some good missionaries after Conference, and when you have selected such of them as you think necessary to take care of the dead branches, and you feel that you have no use for the rest, we wish you just to turn them loose and let them shift for themselves and break new ground, supporting themselves independent of the mission.

Praying continually for your welfare, and that of all the elders associated with you.

Your Bro. in the Gospel.
Brigham Young