Jesse Nathaniel Smith and His Church Missions
Compiled By: Cody R. Johnson (Great-Great-Great Grandson of Jesse Nathaniel Smith)
Taken From: First Hand Accounts from Journals, Letters, and Articles
12 Sep 1860 – 22 Oct 1864: From Jesse Nathaniel Smith’s Journal for his mission to Scandinavia (as missionary and later as Mission President)
“Sept. 12, 1860, while harvesting at Minersville, I received a letter from Geo. A. Smith, informing me that I was called on a mission to Europe, and that the Elders would leave Salt Lake City the 25th inst. I arranged my business and left for Parowan the following morning. On the 17th, leaving my business in my brother’s hands, I started on my mission; arriving in Salt Lake City I was informed that my mission was to Scandinavia. Receiving an Elders’s certificate from the First Presidency, and a blessing at the hands of the Apostles, I crossed the plains with about fifty Elders on missions to various parts of the world. Among them were Orson Pratt, Erastus Snow and Geo. Q. Cannon. We reached Florence, after a hard journey of forty days; sold our teams and took the last boat of the season going down the river, which was overcrowded with returning miners from Pike’s Peak.
At St. Joseph we took rail for New York; turned aside and visited relatives in the northern part of the State of New York; found most of them very bigoted; the spirit of intolerance seemed to inhere in the very soll. We joined the Elders in New York in time to take a steerage passage with fourteen others, on the steamship “City of Baltimore,” for Liverpool Dec 1, 1860, where we arrived after a stormy passage of twelve days.
We reported to Presidents Lyman and Rich. Not wishing to go on before the arrival of Pres. Cannon, who was daily expected, we took a tour into the country where Joseph F. and Samuel H.B. Smith were laboring as missionaries. At London I obtained an American passport at the legation of the United States. I also received a letter of appointment from the presidency in Liverpool to labor in the Scandinavia mission, and sailed from London Jan. 1, 1861, in company with Wm. W. Cluff and J.P.R. Johnson for Rotterdam, that being the most northerly port on the continent free from ice, as was learned by telegraph. Detained by bad weather, we were four days getting across the channel and then our steamer grounded in the mouth of the Meuse. Having paid our way twenty miles further, we waited for high tide, but there being no prospect of the ship getting afloat soon, we left with the boat that went ashore for provisions.
We entered Brielle in Belgium, from the country side, where they spoke French, and made ourselves understood with difficulty. The cold was intense. We crossed the mouth of the Rhine in an ice boat into Holland, where Dutch was the prevailing language, and hired a carriage to Leyden. The road was very narrow, and lined on each side with trees and raised about ten feet above the surrounding surface. At Leyden we reached the railroad. The cold was so great that the trains were often behind times; there was a delay at all the junctions of the roads; at one time we waited for eight hours in one place, not knowing when the train would move on. We suffered a great deal with the cold, and for want of proper nourishment, for we traveled third class, being short of money.
We reached Copenhagen in the evening of Jan 11, 1861, and reported ourselves to John Van Cott, president of the mission. I was sent out to travel for a short time with Ola N. Liljenquist, who was traveling Elder for the mission; after which I was assigned to C.A. Madsen’s pastorate, comprising the conference of Aalborg and Vendsyssel. I was very kindly and considerately treated by all with who I can in contact, especially y Elder Anthon H. Lund, who assisted me in my efforts to learn the Danish language. I remained here some three months and formed a pleasant acquaintance with many Saints; afterwards passed some time in Bro. Knud H. Brown’s pastorate, comprising the Fredericia and Fyen conferences. Christmas time found me in the Aarhus conference, presided over by Peter C. Geertsen, when I was called to headquarters by the president of the mission. I enjoyed my labors among the people very much, and rejoiced to learn that my presence gave strength to the local Elders, and consolation to the Saints.
It was seven months after leaving home before I received a letter from my family. They seemed to think I had gone so far away that it was no use to write. I applied myself assiduously to the study of the language. I accompanied Pres. Van Cott upon his journey in the interests of the emigration; attended regularly our meetings in the city where often as many as 400 persons were present. On Sunday, March 16, 1862 at a conference of nearly one thousand Saints, Pres. Van Cott announced that I had appointed his successor by Pres. Young. This was sanctioned by the vote of the assembly. At this time there were in the mission 5,157 officers and members, including 9 Elders from Zion. All had emigrated who had the means to pay the expenses of the journey. W.W. Cluff and H.P. Lund were appointed travelling Elders for the mission.
In the course of the summer we were visited by Pres. Geo. Q. Cannon and wife and Elders Joseph F. and Samuel H.B. Smith and with them came Patriarch John Smith, a missionary from Zion. I traveled with them and held conferences in Aalborg, Aarhus and Copenhagen. I accompanied Pres. Cannon and his wife through Germany, Holland, and Switzerland. In Holland we met Elder Paul A. Schettler and in Switzerland Elder John L. Smith. I returned to my field; found there had been some disturbances in the meetings of the Copenhagen branch, by mobs, during my absence. I occasionally crossed the Sounds, and attended meetings in Malmo, Sweden; revised the Swedish hymn book, with the assistance of Elder Jonas Engberg, and published a new edition; I also revised the Book of Doctrine and Covenants, and issued a new edition. I was very successful in collecting legacies and other dues for parties in Utah from whom I had powers of attorney.
In company with Elder Cluff I visited the Saints in Norway; they were under the immediate care of Elders Carl C. N. and John D. D. Dorius. I labored earnestly to induce the brethren in the ministry to abstain from using strong drink and tobacco, the latter especially being very common; negotiated with several companies about forwarding our emigrants as far as England, and secured better terms than were ever had before, and defended our cause in the daily press of the city from the scurrilous attacks by an anonymous correspondent. I was sometimes followed in the streets by gangs of boys, who hooted me, crying “Mormon Priest.”
During the year, 1,177 Church members and officers emigrated, including eight Elders from the Valley. The whole branch of Hamburg emigrated, being helped by the Church. I accompanied the emigrants as far as Liverpool; made a tour of the Isle of Man. A.W. Winberg was appointed traveling Elder for the mission. Elders Chauncey W. West and Brigham Young jun., visited Copenhagen. Pres. Cannon visited Scandinavia, and I accompanied him to Sweden and Norway. On our return an Elders’ conference was convened in Copenhagen. Peter O. Thomassen having emigrated, Carl Larsen assisted on “Skandinaviens Stjerne.” By invitation I attended an Elders conference at Birmingham, England, Dec. 31, where the blessings and power of God were plainly manifest. Four more young Elders from the Valley came some months before. Elders Mon Peterson came from Norway to work in the office.
A war broke out between Prussia and Austria on one side, and Denmark on the other, over the Schlesvig-Holstein question, and many brethren, including some of the local ministry, were called into the army. I helped some of the brethren to emigrate who expected to be called into military service. The war closed up the usual line of travel by way of Kiel and Hamburg, so a route was taken by way of Lubeck and Hamburg. I again contracted with Morris and Company to forward our emigrants. The city of Copenhagen, through its officers, extended to me the right to vote, which was unsolicited on my part. Pres. Cannon informed me that it was Pres. Young’s wish that I should turn over the mission, when I went home, to Samuel L. Sprague, jun. I wrote to Sprague accordingly. Pres. Cannon also sent Elder Thomas Taylor to help with the emigration. I received the accounts of the mission with a deficit of 874 Rigsdaler; through the profits of the publishing department I was enabled to pay this off and pass the accounts to my successor square. Six Elders returned home this year and 601 church members, besides children, emigrated; the returns showed 5,454 members in the mission, so the increase almost kept pace with the emigration.
I left Copenhagen with the last of the season’s emigrants April 13, 1864, but receiving some letters while at Liverpool informing me of some transgression, Pres. Cannon sent me back to inform the brethren remaining of the matter, and to ascertain how far the evil had spread. Elder John W. Young accompanied me. Having performed the duty assigned to me, I again left Copenhagen, May 24th. I was invited to join a party for a tour on the continent of Europe, went accordingly with Geo Q. Cannon, John W. Young, Wm. W. Riter and John Sharp, jun. We traveled through Holland, Germany, Switzerland and France and took notes by the way. Returning to Liverpool I took passage for New York on board the steamship “Australasia.” At Wyoming on the Missouri river, I assisted in fitting out the last trains of the season; crossed the plains in Joseph W. Young’s company. The Indians were hostile, and we saw several places where they had lately made raids on trains and burned ranches. Reaching Salt Lake City I gave an account of my mission to the Saints in the Bowery. I reached home Oct 22, 1864…”
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6 May 1864: Official letter of appointment as Mission President of the Scandinavia Mission (First Time)
*Note: Jesse was already serving officially in this capacity since 1862 (see journal above), but did not receive official documentation of such until this letter in 1864.
“Letter of Appointment
Elder Jesse N. Smith,
Beloved Brother,
You are hereby appointed to take the charge of the Scandinavian Mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and watch over the interests temporal and spiritual of the same with paternal care. You are fully authorized to regulate every thing pertaining to the Work of the Lord in that land, as may seem wisdom to you under the dictation of the Spirit of the Lord, and to remover or appoint or deal with all Elders and officers who may be within the bounds of your field, as may be required, whether they may be from Zion or natives of Scandinavia and that the Lord may bless you exceedingly in this Mission, which is now entrusted to you, and enable to you to perform it with glory to God and satisfaction to your brethren and yourself is the prayer of your Brother,
George Q. Cannon,
President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the British Isles and adjacent countries
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14 Aug 1868: Letter from Brigham Young calling Jesse Nathaniel Smith as a Mission President of the Scandinavia Mission (Second Time)
“Instructions for President Jesse N. Smith
Dear Brother:
You are hereby appointed and authorized to proceed to Copenhagen, Denmark to relieve President Charles Widerborg in the Presidency of the Scandinavian Mission, and to take charge, oversight and Presidency thereof in his stead, and to direct, counsel and advise in regard to the persons and affairs connected with said Presidency in such manner as your judgment, The Holy Spirit, and advice from the President of the European Mission and from us, time to time, may direct for the salvation of the human family, the gathering of Israel and the upbuilding of the Kingdom of God.
That you may be abundantly blessed in all your efforts to do good, magnify your calling, honor our God, and be greatly instrumental in spreading His work upon the earth is the prayer of
Your Brethren in the Gospel,
Brigham Young
Daniel H Wells
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14 Aug 1868 – 15 Jul 1870: From Jesse Nathaniel Smith’s journal as Mission President to Scandinavia (Second Time)
“After assisting in establishing a co-operative store in Parowan, I left home on a second mission to Scandinavia in 1868. At Salt Lake City I was blest and set apart to preside in Scandinavia by the First Presidency, and left Salt Lake City in company with Elder Albert Carrington; traveled by stage as far as Laramie city, where we took railway for New York. Here we were joined by Elder George Teasdale and took passage for Liverpool on the steamship “City of Antwerp,” arriving in due course after an extraordinary fine passage. I met Pres. Franklin D. Richards, Elders Carl Widerborg, late president of the Scandinavian mission, and others. In council on the subject of our emigration, I expressed the opinion that we ought not to forward any more emigrants by sailing ships, but send them altogether by steamships, thereby saving many lives that would otherwise be lost through being longer exposed, possibly to contagious diseases, sea sickness and other dangers on sea.
I went by way of London and took steamer to Hamburg; from thence by rail to Copenhagen, arriving Sept 19th. I was very kindly welcomed by Elder C. D. Fjeldsted, traveling Elder in the mission, and by other acquaintances and friends. I inaugurated a quarterly settlement with all book agents, with instructions to return all surplus books and pamphlets on hand at the end of each quarter. The emigrants sailed in good order, some Elders returning home, but there arrived more than enough to keep the number good. Elder Carl Larsen assisted with the emigration business. By means of power of attorney I collected a number of small legacies for parties in Utah. Elder C. D. Fjelsted took charge in Norway and Elder Larsen officiated at traveling Elder for the mission. Pres. Carrington and Elder Lewis W. Shurtliff visited Scandinavia and I accompanied them through the principal places in the mission.
Bro. Wm. W. Cluff came to take charge of the mission. The reports showed that during the past two years we had emigrated nearly eleven hundred adults besides children, and the numbers in the mission still remained about the same as before. When I received the mission there was a deficit in the accounts of 1,343 Rigsdaler. This I paid up through the profits of the publishing department and passed over the accounts square to my successor.
I started home with the emigrants and nine other returning Elders, July 15, 1870. Took passage from Liverpool to New York on board the steamship “Minnesota,” being president of the company of emigrants numbering nearly six hundred, and made a very successful journey both by sea and land. Just before reaching Salt Lake City we were met and welcomed by the First Presidency, the presiding Bishop and other prominent citizens. I gave an account of the mission in the old tabernacle, speaking both in English and Danish, accompanied Pres. Young and party, by his invitation, on an exploring trio to the Pahreah.
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1883: From Jesse Nathaniel Smith’s Journal as a Native American Missionary and Missionary in Mexico (Third Mission)
*Note: This is all he wrote about this mission.
“I…was called as a Lamanite or Indian missionary at the October conference, 1883.”
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From Jesse Nathaniel Smith Journal
“In 1859 I was called to the Scandinavian Mission. Reluctantly, I left my two young families, yet knowing that it was the Lord’s will, I was obedient to the call. After returning for a few years, I was called again, this time to serve as President of the Danish Mission. Hundreds of converts were desirous of immigrating to Zion. A company in which I was in charge, over one thousand souls came.”
From THE LATTER-DAY SAINTS' MILLENNIAL STAR. No. 6, Vol. 26. Saturday, February 6, 1864. [p.81-86, continued on pages 97-103 of No. 7, Vol. 26. Saturday, February 13, 1864]
"MINUTES OF A GENERAL COUNCIL HELD IN FARM STREET CHAPEL, BIRMINGHAM, COMMENCING THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1863. PRESENT: President of the European Missions: George Q. Cannon, of the Twelve Apostles. President of the Scandinavian Mission: Jesse N. [Nathaniel] Smith. President of the Swiss, Italian and German Mission: John L. [Lyman] Smith. Presidents of the Welsh Mission: Thomas E. [Evans] Jeremy and George G. Bywater. Presidents of Districts:" "Bristol George Halliday."
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THE LATTER-DAY SAINTS' MILLENNIAL STAR. No. 7, Vol. 26. Saturday, February 13, 1864. [p. 102-103, continuation of the meeting in No. 6, Vol. 26. Saturday, February 6, 1864.] MINUTES OF A GENERAL COUNCIL. HELD IN FARM STREET CHAPEL, BIRMINGHAM, COMMENCING THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1863. (continued from page 86, above.) "2:30 p.m.' "Elder George Halliday, in reporting the Bristol District, said-- I felt to-day just as brother Snow said we all feel; and as for feeling like preaching, I may say I did feel like doing so before standing upon my feet, but the feeling has altogether left me since I arose to address you. I never want to lose all feelings of timidity when I arise to speak to the Saints, for if I were to lose such feelings it is very likely that I would not depend upon God so much as upon myself, and without his aid I am certain my labors to instruct and convince the people concerning the things of the kingdom would be unavailing. The District I am laboring in is probably different to any District in the Mission. It includes the two Branches in Ireland-- Belfast and Dublin-- which number 53 Saints. I have made a visit to Ireland, and was pleased to hear the Saints speak so highly of those who have labored among them; they allude brother Bigler in affectionate terms. The Saints were rejoicing in the Gospel, and were grateful that they were remembered by President Cannon and the Saints in England. Ireland, as you know, is overwhelmed by Catholicism, and priestcraft exerts a powerful influence upon the minds of the people. It is, therefore, very hard to find individuals sufficiently dispossessed of this influence to receive and embrace the Gospel. In our own District, in England, which comprises the Land's-End and Bristol Conferences, the Saints are doing very well. The Land's-End Conference is presided over by Elder William Wiles. Since he has been there great good has been accomplished. He has been successful in obtaining the good feelings of the Saints and many who are not Saints. They have got a good meeting room, which is very well filled every Sunday; and they have very little of the mobocratic spirit there to disturb them, which is so rife in other parts of the District. Bristol seems to be the hot-bed of anti-"Mormonism." We are under the necessity sometimes of holding our meetings privately, and in some places are sometimes obliged to suspend them altogether for a little period. I sometimes feel as though I would like to talk to thousands; but the mobocratic spirit is so great that the least excitement awakens it, and it would only provoke disturbances to hold public meetings. A short time since a man lectured in the town of Bath** upon the present condition of the Church of England, and showed how fast it was sinking in consequence of the introduction of Roman Catholic forms and ceremonies into it. One this occasion a most violent riot took place, and became so fierce that it took fifty policemen to stop it; and, in fact, they did not succeed in completely quelling it. The mobocratic spirit is stronger there than in Bristol, for it is backed up by the influence of the clergy, who act behind the screen. They are the most ardent and unscrupulous supporters and well-wishers of a system of anti-"Mormonism." There is no base scheme that the enemies of the Work of God consider at all likely to effect its overthrow, but what is adopted and carried into effect by them. Such is the influence that prevents us from doing all the good we wish to do. I believe that we are doing all the good that can be expected under the circumstances. We cannot get at the people if they will not allow us to preach. We have eleven Branches and 396 members in the Bristol Conference. Some of the Branches are very much scattered. The Saints in some of them live as much as fifteen miles apart. The best Travelling Elder we have is the Star, and the Saints look forward to its arrival with eagerness. I do not know a family in the Conference but what take a Star every week. I feel well in my labors in the Bristol District, and don't know why I should not. I labored in the District before I left this country to go to Zion, and ever since I returned. If the emigration is open next season as it was last season, there will, I am convinced, be a greater emigration from the District than ever before. I feel like brother John L. Smith-- I wish to be where I am wanted. I am pleased with the Elders I have with me. As for the finances of the District, they are not so good as I would wish them to be. The expenses we incur are necessarily heavy. We cannot get the Conference together very frequently--it is so very large in extent and the people are so scattered. We get a few of the Branches together occasionally, and hold Conference now and then; so we have to move along the best way we can. Well, may God bless us in our Council, brethren. Amen." [**on p. 144, is listed: "Erratum.--In the remarks or Elder Halliday, contained in No. 7 (on page 103) of the Star, it was improperly stated that the riot, concerning the Church of England, he alluded to, took place in Bath. We now learn, from Elder H., that Bristol was the place where it occurred."] [continuation of above meeting, printed in:] THE LATTER-DAY SAINTS' MILLENNIAL STAR. No. 8, Vol. 26. Saturday, February 20, 1864. (continued from page 103, meeting of December 31, 1863.) [pp. 113-114 ] [From President Cannon's sermon:] "Brother Halliday spoke of the influence which prevails in Bristol against the Saints-- the spirit of mobocracy. This spirit prevails, he says towards others besides the Latter-day Saints. You know to what extent it has been indulged towards us, and how, by its violence, we have been driven repeatedly from our homes. It was told the nation of the United States, which sanctioned the proceedings against a harmless people, that they should have mobocracy to their hearts' content, and that when it was once roused they could not put it away. They had imbibed this spirit and had encouraged it in order that we might be its victims, and what is now the result? Why, the whole nation of the United States are suffering the dreadful effects of mobocracy. The spirit once indulged in, it could not be put away with the occasion for which it was used. There are contention, war and bloodshed throughout the whole land, and the origin of it all is the spirit of mobocracy which urged the people to persecute and destroy the Saints of God, and now the consequences fall upon their own heads. So it is in Bristol, to a certain extent, and it will increase among the people so long as the spirit to mob and persecute the Saints indulged in by them." [continuation of General Council Meeting held Thursday, December 31, 1863. Continued from page 150.)] THE LATTER-DAY SAINTS' MILLENNIAL STAR. NO. 11, Vol. 26. Saturday, March 12, 1864. [p. 164] [From Elder William Willes:] "For the last ten or twelve years the Saints have met in very small places for worship; so I counselled with brother Halliday upon the propriety of getting another and more commodious room, in Devonport, to which place we might invite the people to come and hear the principles of the Gospel expounded."
*************************************************** http://books.google.com/books?id=v1YoAAAAYAAJ&q=halliday#v=snippet&q=halliday&f=false THE LATTER-DAY SAINTS' MILLENNIAL STAR, VOL. 26. SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 1864. MINUTES OF A GENERAL CONFERENCE HELD IN BIRMINGHAM, SUNDAY, JANUARY 3RD, 1864. ( J.C. Graham and A. Ross, Reporters.) [p. 49] "Present, on the Stand--President George Q. Cannon; Elders John M. Kay, President of the Birmingham District; Jesse N. Smith, President of the Scandinavian Mission; John L. Smith, President of the Swiss and Italian Mission; Thomas E. Jeremy, President of the Welsh Mission; Richard Bentley, President of the London District; Thomas Taylor, President of the Manchester District; Isaac Bullock, President of the Scottish District; Warren S. Snow, President of the Southampton District; George Halliday, President of the Bristol District . . ." [pp.50-52] "Elder George Halliday said-- I have often had pleasure, brethren and sisters, in Conferences held in this town. We have had glad times together heretofore, but, like brother Kay, I feel that there is nothing to prevent us from having the best Conference to-day that has ever been held in Birmingham. We are growing older, and know a great deal more than we did years ago; our faith is stronger than it was years ago; and, of course, our love for the Gospel is also stronger than it was then; hence, it is our duty to have better meetings. I pray that this house may be sanctified, and I feel to pray that brother Brigham's [Brigham Young's] spirit will rest upon brother Cannon to-day, that we may have a glorious time while together, and one long to be remembered. You have come here this morning with the expectation of being blessed and strengthened by the teachings of brother Cannon and others who are here, and to realize this many of you have come long journeys. I pray God my Father in heaven that you may not be disappointed. I hope that you will have far better times this day than you expected to enjoy when you started to come here. I think we will find that the latter end will be better than the beginning. I am glad we are a poor people, because we appreciate the riches of heaven. Many in my District are poor, and while they are so they are humble, and they seek unto the Lord; but when any of them gather around them a little of the riches of the world, which in some instances has been the case since I commenced to labor there, oh, what a change! They grow ten feet bigger in mind-- they forget their God and their brethren. "In pover[t]y's vale or abounding in wealth" I wish to live true to my religion and devoted to its interests. There is no congregation in Birmingham to-day that have greater cause for thankfulness to God than this people have. Well, may we, my brethren and sister, ever love our religion for what it has done for us, and never cease striving to gain celestial lives. I will sit down and pray for others who may address us; but, before doing so, I feel like referring to the past, if brother Cannon will forgive me. I look around this room, and many whom I knew long years ago are not here. What has become of them? Are they in Zion? No; would to God they were! They have been overcome by sin and are gone, and are no more numbered among the Saints of the Most High. I thank God that I am here to-day. Let the past be a warning to us. "When any turn from Zion's way, Methinks I hear the Savior say, 'Wilt thou forsake me too?" Oh, let us keep faithful. I do not want any other than the association of my brethren. Well, God bless you brethren and sisters. Amen." [In the afternoon session, "2:30" was mentioned:] "Elder Kay--" "I will report, therefore, in brief, the present condition and prospects of the Conference. I can safely say it is in a good condition. The Saints, generally, do their best to keep the commandments of God." "The Birmingham Conference numbers 1, 013 souls. There have been baptized, during the year, 122 persons, and 92 have emigrated to Zion." "Elder John L. Smith said--Beloved Saints, it is with a great deal of pleasure that I stand before you for a few moments. It is seven years since I last met with the Saints in this hall. We had a good Conference, and I hope, with brother Halliday, that we shall have a better one to-day." *********** THE LATTER-DAY SAINTS' MILLENNIAL STAR. No. 5, Vol. 26. Saturday, January 30, 1864. [p.65-66, GENERAL REPORT OF THE LONDON CONFERENCE.] "Editor of the Millennial Star. Dear Brother,-- We have had joyful times in London lately, occasioned by the visit of President Cannon and several of the Elders returning from the General Council at Birmingham. On Sunday, the 10th inst., we met together in Conference. We had with us President Cannon, Elders Jesse N. Smith, John L. Smith, Isaac Bullock (my successor as District President), Joseph Bull, George Halliday and other brethren." [Report of the Conference, including:] "Elder George Halliday spoke of the 'good things' received at the General Council at Birmingham; said we are indeed a 'God-blessed people,' although so much misunderstood by the world, who consider us a strange and incomprehensible people. Drew attention to the fact that everywhere men are sensible of impending judgments and striving to escape them, while we, by 'trusting the Lord,' have safety; and spoke of the great tendency in this generation to explain away, upon so-called philosophical principles, any 'signs' which God may be disposed to give."