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Show - 4b - a great field o:t l a bor opened uphere, tha t energetic El ders would do well in. A ~piri t o:f i nquiry is manir·ested upon the part o:t the pe ople t hat I have .not met with elsewhere. Brothers James F. Lisonbee and Thomas E. Murphy will a ccompany t he emi grants as :tar as st . Louis when they ~xpe c~ to go to utah. I thought OI going to Pueblo a nd fur ther, i f' necessa r y , desiring to see the emigra tion in good shape be:tore I le f t it; believing tha t i f we can get one company t hrough and the route thoroughl y established , it will result in great go od to the Saints o:t the Southern s t a tes in the r uture in the way o:t emigra tion. I am in:tormed tha t one o:t the Railroad companies a re a t work or expect soon to be, extending t heir line south r rom southern Colorado and thought that a way might be op.ened up for work 1·or the Bre thren during the winter i i t hat course me~ wi th your app roval. I trust to receive a reply to this communic a tion, at Pueblo , wi th such counsel and instruction as you may deem neces s a r y • .Missiona r y l abors and emigr a tion ma tters are things in which I am totally inexperi enced and I hope you will t ake t h is fact i nto consideration and counsel me 1ully relative to t he steps necessa ry f or me to t ake. Brothers Lisonbee and Murphy and I have unitedly l ab ored toge ther so I·ar, bu~ I shall be deprived o1' their company a t st. Louis and will be t he only El der in the em i g ra ~ing company. Ask ing an interest in your prayers , I am your Brother in the Gospel of Christ , John Morgan . Novembe r 13, 1 8'7'1 , was another busy day !'or El de rs Morgan and Lisonbee. In the 1orenoon t hey met again a t the place of bap ti%m and |
