Prest. F. A. Mitchell.
Honolulu.
Dear Bro:
I take the opportunity of sending you a few lines by the missionaries -- a few recruits, that I trust you will find good service for in doing missionary labor among the natives.
I have written to my son Morris, and advised him that if he wants any wearing apparel or other necessaries to apply to you and you will arrange it for him and draw on me.
We hope the financial business will shape itself all right, and that you will be able to extricate the concern from its indebtedness. One thing is certain, we expect to hold on to it, being very important to the success of the mission.
We had an excellent General Conference, a good spirit prevailed and much instruction of a practical character was given. The attendance was quite large.
About 20 Missionaries started on the 20th. inst. for England. and Scandinavia, the rest, some 7 in number, start in a few days. Elder Albert Carrington has been released to return home, and will be succeeded by Elder Joseph F. Smith after the adjournment of the Legislative Assembly. In the mean time Bishop L. J. Herrick of Ogden will take temporary charge at Liverpool. We wish to have the Missionaries for Europe, particularly those for the British Isles, turn their attention to breaking new ground, a new generation has sprung up since the elders devoted themselves to opening up new fields of labor, and we think there is an excellent opportunity.
Business has been rather dull the past season, and money very scarce, still our improvements continue. The Temple is going up with commendable rapidity. We have over 80 men engaged on the quarry and the Temple Block.
The Wasatch & Jordan Valley Railroad which connects at Sandy Station on the U. S. Railroad is of considerable advantage in freighting the granite direct from the quarry. We are laboring assiduously to get a stock on hand so that we can continue cutting the Stone during the Winter.
The Southern road will be completed to Provo, if all is well about the middle of November. The Northern is pushing on to Franklin, with all speed, and they are also making connection between Brigham City and Ogden, making a distance of 85 miles, between Ogden and Franklin.
The Bingham Kanyon is running east as far as the bench, on 1st South St. and we are just completing a branch to the Warm Spring Bath House, which we will be running in a few days.
Our crops are tolerably good, all through the Territory. the apples in this City are very generally injured by a worm but this appears to be confined to this City.
The brethren in the office join with me in kind remembrance to Sister Mitchell & family. Sister Randall, and all the brethren on the Mission.
We are laboring diligently as ever for the welfare of Zion, and find constant with, but our Heavenly Father is our friend, and when He is with us, what matters is who is against us? We hope and pray that you may be abundantly sustained in your labors, and have judgement and understanding given you to meet every exigency.
We think you did right in sending Bro Richard Taylor home when you did. He appeared rather broken down in health, but I understand it is now improving, and we hope it will continue to improve until he is perfectly restored.
My health has been quite poorly over ten days, having taken a severe cold, which brought on an attack of chills and fever, followed by rheumatism. I feel thankful, however, that I have nearly recovered, and am again able to be around sufficiently to attend to business.
We are having a general time of peace at present, notwithstanding the howling and whinings of a few chronic fault-finders in our midst, who, if they had the power, would destroy every vestige of righteousness upon the earth, but they make very little headway, and serve acertain purpose as a sort of moral scavengers in gathering their own kind from among the
Saints.
Your Bro. in the Gospel
Brigham Young
P. S. We would like you to make some arrangements for the payment of your interest due me on your note according to agreement.
B. Y.