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Show -/J:50 Concord St;,reet,Brooklyn.New York,June 15,1899,. Elde!~ 'I'hornaa Alston~ Dear Brother :..Sugar, Utt:3.h. You:r ).nter·e~;ting letter of tho 6th of IAay dul y recc ivccl, and I was p lea s~d to learn of ·the general good hC(l l t}h of your fRmily • but aorry your r heumai1ism does not leave you. It h(~!nT ers ono in his dai-ly labors,:J.nd is most pa inful .• I do hope,'rhomctH,you Uk'lJT find rolicf. It is t o be rogrottod that the quorrun clro .. e s along an you men'tion,und surel:v .crolclon o·rrnortunit,ies are ~l)assinP)" bv those v:ho fai l to receivo t1JJ u 0 J~ L V ¥!..tOt perfol,ning dt.r!Jies quite as necesna:ry at home t as laborB poorly })erfonJled nbroc.cl ow ill,€; to the faet of neglect while t~4i; home. I h011e tunends m<:1.y bo madt1 by Rvery raember hereafter, Hl1(l that tho brethren '{Nill soo i-t:, i s most profit.al)le t o Herve the T.l>rd e-very day . in tho New }~!nglc'h'1d. , had arrarJf_;;ocl for a.1:1o·Lher i.lrip over the Conforonee to r)erform some rnore baptismH(tLCtving baptized Heven Docorai>:lon day near Boston)and completed 1ny 1)lan!;; for stumnor work,when I reeeived notiee to Come to Br ookl~111 at once. I ciid so, and v~ras appointed ae second. counselor in t 11o Prcsi d.ency of t,he Eastern Btates Mi ssion. Elder Wn1 H . Srna:ct b~ine; P~ef}ident,:R+ dqr Edward . H.S!1ow First Couns~lor, Our lat;>ors will bo c.~' ;;t.rocte<1 :u1, orga. n1zan~. oach Co1Ff5.3~ ronco system~tlca.~ly, sta~·t. 1ng all tho Elders so far as praova.oable w1t11out nurse c:1no. sc:r1r. o·p en:tr'..e up a systan atic set. of eonfercnce ~mel generRl records and k~10p lt:~f eeneral h:latory of ~he various ~onferences .and the _vrork in :::cno:ral. Itr.1s goil}C to _be baret work, lo. n~ nours,an·d· vr:tll roqu1re ~2reat .J)at J.cneo • . J:he woatner l S sj.mply tt"JrrilJ.te,one . sweliiers,and almosT, suffocat~es, the air is so heavy anq.. OPl?ro~sive at t imes. I wi~h to ho.ki!)dly reu~1embHred to_a1~ our frJ.enas. }~J.easBd so many a.ro fllllng in1SS1onn.anet pr nv tho Lor:d ~t CJ/ r;loss you and yours. :Believe me, Your Frierl.d n411d Brother, · ~~_;4./euJ |
