A Prophecy and Its Fulfilment

PROPHECY AND ITS FULFILMENT. BY ROBERT PRICE, OF THE LIVERPOOL OFFICE, BRITISH MISSION.

While laboring as a missionary a few months ago in the south of England many things transpired which made me rejoice in the gospel. By invitation from a friend, my companion and I visited a little fishing village, and whib there met a sister who had joined the Church many years ago, and who is still rejoicing in the Latter-day work, though she has seen few of the eldeis for thirty years. Our visit to her home was very pleasant, and we listened to her tell of the experiences of Brigham Young, Jr., and other elders who had preached the gospel in that vicinity in the early days, without money. She told us how they promised her that she would never want for something to eat, because she was willing to share what little she had with them, and how that promise had

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been fulfiled, even though her husband had been a helpless invalid for many years. The elders were forced to leave that village, in those days, because of the persecution brought upon them by the influence of a so-called Christian preacher. After meeting, which the elders had held on the street corner, this gentleman (?) spoke to the crowd that had gathered. He resorted to ridicule and slander, which turned the people against them so that they were unable to make any headway in that place; but, before leaving, Elder Young prophesied that the day would come when this minister's flock would desert him, and would ridicule him as he had ridiculed them. She had witnessed the fulfilment of this prediction, for the day came when he was considered too old to act as a scriptural expounder, and they turned him out of their church. His wife had died, and he had no one to look after him, and often his clothes were not as neat and clean as they might have been, with a little attention. Those who had pointed the finger of scorn at the Latter-day Saint elders, with their leader, now made all manner of sport of him. He died penniless. His last days were spent a few miles from this village, and when he returned, just before he died, none of his flock would welcome him to their homes. Such experiences cause me to rejoice that I am faithful in

the work of the Lord, and they strengthen my testimony to the inspiration of his servants, but my soul is grieved when I see men oppose that work, today. If they would only take the advice of Gamaliel of old, how much better it would be for them! Liverpool, England.