--- title: Times and Seasons description: Issues of 1840 to 1841. authors: - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints editors: - Ebenezer Robinson - Don Carlos Smith - Smith, Joseph, Jr. - Taylor, John collections: - periodicals tags: - newspaper - times-and-seasons - nauvoo - nineteenth-century periodical: Times and Seasons volume: 2 number: 7 published: 1841-02-01 publisher: E. Robinson and D. C. Smith; later John Taylor publisher_place: Commerce and Nauvoo, Illinois language: en type: article reference: "“Communications,” *Times and Seasons* 2, no. 7 (February 1, 1841): 307–309." printed_title: COMMUNICATIONS. source: url: https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_times-and-seasons_1841-02-01_2_7 transcription: Text from the Centerplace.org transcription (https://www.centerplace.org/history/ts/v2n07.htm), with its page breaks; this Internet Archive scan is the reference copy (its OCR was used only as a witness for OCR repair) identifier: per_utah-and-the-mormons_times-and-seasons_1841-02-01_2_7 start_page: 307 end_page: 309 curator_note: A Mormon newspaper published by the church in Nauvoo; included for historical study. Inclusion does not imply endorsement. rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1841 (Nauvoo, Illinois); published before 1931, so public domain in the United States source: https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_times-and-seasons_1841-02-01_2_7 publication_year: 1841 --- # Communications Lain End, Staffordshire, Nov. 18th, 1840. Brother D. C. Smith: Dear Cousin, I sit down to communicate a few lines to you, being aware of the many obsticles [obstacles] in the way to prevent your receiving it, I pray my heavenly Father that these lines may reach you. I am in comfortable health at present, enjoying many of the common blessings of life, and surrounded with friends, even the Saints of the Most High, but neither time, nor distance, new friends, or enemies can ever erase the pleasing scenes we have been called to pass through, as well as many severe trials, for we too, have been made to drink of that bitter cup of affliction which we shall long remember, and perhaps shall exclaim with the prophet, "it is good for a man to bear the yoke in his youth." I heard the death of your venerable father, his loss is deeply lamented by us, his blessings will never be forgotten, through time or eternity; but we behold our fathers fast leaving the stage of action-the power of Anti-Christ seems to be wearing out the Saints, we hope the Ancient of Day's will soon come. * * * * * I left London on the tenth of November. Elder Woodruff still remains their. We keep our academy open 4 times a week. I took the railway for Birmingham. The railway's in this country are fitted up in a most expensive manner, they are generally safe conveyances: the last 18 miles of my journey on the railway was performed in 21 minutes, I arrived at Birmingham, found Elder Cordon preaching, after which we went to the water and baptized five. The work is prospering very well in Birmingham. I then visited the Saints at West Brumidge, preached several times in different parts of the parish, met some opposition with the hireling priests, some obeyed the gospel, others believed and said they would obey, the greater part mocked. On Friday I fell in company with Elder Lorenzo Snow, who had just arrived from America, he seems in good spirits and expects to labor in Birmingham and Wolverhampton, he wished to be remembered to his friends: I left him yesterday morning at Wolverhampton, and after a cold and disagreeable ride of 30 miles I reached Longton, found the saints in good health, and prospering. Elder P. P. Pratt and family are at Manchester enjoying good health, the last information. * * Elder Kimball and Young, are expected in this part, they have been visiting the churches in Lancashire. The work is prospering in all the churches. Doctor Levi Richards has arrived at Manchester, his health is not very good, he expects to go to Herefordshire with his Brother Willard in a few days. Elder Burnham has arrived and gone to Wales, the work is spreading there.-Elder Blakeslee has gone to Glasgow, Scotland. Elder Hadlock still remains there. Elder Curtis has baptized 15 at Hilsburgh, Ireland. The work prospers in Edinburg [Edinburgh], the church there numbers about sixty. Elder Taylor and Clark are on the Isle of Man-the work is prospering there, they have met with a great deal of opposition with the Wesleyans and Ranters. The Editor of the Manx's Liberal has published several lengthy communications for Elder Taylor in defence [defense] of the truth. The Book of Mormon will be published in about three or four weeks; Elder P. P. Pratt has published several pamphlets. This country is as much flooded with false reports concerning us, as ever America was. The work still is progressing in Herefordshire, and is making no small stir in Gloucestershire and Worcestershire. * * * You will please to continue, to send me your paper. Yours, &c. in the Gospel of Christ, G. A. SMITH. Payson, Ill., Jan. 12, 1841. Brother D. C. Smith: Sir, I embrace the opportunity of informing you that the Lord has been, and yet is, working here; I have been laboring here for some time, the congregations are large, and of the respectable class of community. I have baptized in and about Payson thirty one persons, while others are almost persuaded to embrace the truth. The priests here, together with the dissenter Mr. Harris, have put their heads together to brake [break] down the work, but to their great astonishment it still rolls on, yea, and will roll on until the kingdoms of this world become the kingdoms of our Lord and his Christ, and he shall reign for ever. Yours Respectfully in the Covenant of the gospel, DAVID EVANS. Nauvoo, Jan 17, 1841. Brother Smith: I beg leave to inform you that I have been laboring in Brown and Pike counties, and that great success has attended my exertions. The Saints are rejoicing in the Lord, and there are daily accessions to the church. There has recently been great manifestations of the power of God in the way of healing, which alarms both priest and people, for their craft; and they have recourse to all the lies that they can invent to obstruct the progress of the work, but all in vain. Yours, &c. JACOB FOUTZ. (By request.) Freedom, Jan. 10th, 1841. This is to certify that, Jacob Foutz and family, Margaret, Anna, and Elizabeth are in good standing, and in full fellowship with the Saints at this Stake, and we feel to reccommend [recommend] them as faithful followers of Jesus Christ. Given by order of this branch of the church and published in consequence of certain false reports. HARVEY LEECH, Clerk.