but found none willing to receive the truth. Elder Briggs now appointed him to labor in the Staffordshire Potteries, and Elder Room to take charge of the work in the vicinity of Birmingham and Wolverhampton. Being requested by Brother Briggs to give these brethren instructions as to their work, I did so.

I must here record what appears to me the work of the Lord in opening up my way to return home. Various of the Saints have rendered what assistance they could. but, as I needed clothing and had to spend money in my travels, my means were continually decreasing, but as I was passing through West Bromwich I visited my old friend, Mr. Withers, who had thought of going to America, but had given it up for the present. He received me kindly and informed me he had seen an advertisement in a Birmingham paper of a passage warrant from Liverpool to Detroit, in Michigan. The man who holds it has a brother in America who had sent this warrant to take him to America. had had it nearly one year, and, as he declined going, he offered to sell it. Mr. Withers had sought out the man and found it could be obtained for fifty shillings. He offered to go with me to the man. We went and I bought it for twenty shillings. This left me twenty shillings to get down to Liverpool with and keep me there until the ship started. I was I was now happy and I acknowledged the hand of God in this matter with a grateful heart.

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On the 2d of June I spent a pleasant evening at Mr. Withers', in company with Brother Owen and Brother and Sister Tyler, and Mr. Wright, and I slept with Richard Rogers, a Brighamite mentioned in these memoirs before. I received a letter from the agent of the Black Ball line, informing me that I could set sail on the 16th of June, and on the 3d I bade Brother Owen, and Mr. and Mrs. Withers farewell. I returned to Bilston, and visited the Saints there, and met Brother Fallows.

On the 6th I went to say farewell to the Wolverhampton Saints. On the 6th I sent my things to Liverpool and

intended to go there on foot. I and Fallows started for Penkridge. Elder Fallows accompanied me as far as Stafford. On our way we visited Brighamites and preached the truth to them. We found a Mr. Fomanks. in that town. He eyed us suspiciously, but he was more reasonable than the most of that people and acknowledged the force of my arguments and said he could now see the meaning of some dreams that he had had. He had thought that many things he had seen were strangely inconsistent with the gospel. I gave him some pamphlets and he insisted upon giving me a shilling for them. I told him Brother Fallows would labor in that vicinity. He requested me not to tell the elders that I had called upon him. He also told Brother Fallows not to call upon him again for three months, as he wanted time to study and digest the matter.

On the 8th of June I bade farewell to Brother Fallows. He desired me to bless him ere we parted. I laid my hands upon him and prayed for him, and felt to tell him that if he would live the religion of Jesus Christ that he should realize a double portion of the Holy Spirit to what he had ever received before. He wept like a child at my departure. My feet being so sore and inflamed I was compelled to go by train to Liverpool, the first time I have traveled by train since I landed on these shores, except about twenty miles in Wales.

I arrived in Liverpool and found the vessel was not ready to start; so I had to wait and my means were nearly exhausted. But Brother Charles Sheen of Birmingham sent me four shillings and six pence, Brother Petty of Bilston sent me five shillings, and Brother Briggs sent me ten shillings from Wales, being the amount promised me by the brethren and sisters there.

By the time the vessel was ready to start, and I had furnished myself with things necessary for the sea voyage, my means were gone except one farthing, but with this I went on board the ship, "James Foster, Junior," a sailing vessel bound for New York, and on the 21st of June we were hauled out of the River Mersey.

And now I bade farewell to my native land forever, unless it is the will of the Lord that I should return again to assist in building up his church here. I have the satisfaction of knowing that while, to all human appearance, I have accomplished but little good, I have left no means un tried within my power to establish the cause of truth in this land, and I leave it without any regrets except that my efforts have been so barren of fruit. I have endured many privations, have borne the contempt and hatred of those I came to bless. have had to struggle against many temptations, but I thank my God I have never stained the spotless banner of truth, nor have I allowed it to be trailed in the dust, but have borne it aloft in the face of the foe to the best of my ability, and to God I give the praise for strength received.

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The most of those who have received our message have been faithful to their trust, but some have gone back to the mire. I believe the Saints here have aided me to their utmost ability, and some have gone beyond their means to help me, and when I have been aware of this I have avoided imposing myself upon them, and have refused their comforts.

Unfortunately I have not kept a strict account of the number I have baptized, but I am satisfied that I have baptized thirty members, and probably nearer forty. I can see that I have made mistakes, but I know that my judgment was at fault and not my desires, and my knowledge of the character of God assures me that he will deal mercifully with my imperfections knowing as he does the desires and intents of my heart. And now I bid my native land farewell.

Here let me state that one of the great means in sustaining me on this mission and buoying up my spirits, in the hours of darkness, was the fact of the assurance that I had a wife and children at home who never forgot me in their prayers, and the kindly, wise, and encouraging letters I received. from them, their willingness to sacrifice for God, and to endure privations without a murmur, and that too when elders' families had no church trea

sury to depend upon. If they ever lacked a comfort it was not made known to me. Their constant exhortations to faithfulness to the cause of truth, and their never swerving confidence in my honor and integrity, these next to the comforting and sustaining influence of the Holy Spirit were the greatest aids I received.

Had it not been for this it seems to me my heart must have failed under the pressure brought to bear upon me, and the privations I endured. And when the great day of awards has come, among the grandest and greatest rewards will be found those given to such a wife and such children, and I shall say Amen! with all the power of my soul.

The sum total of my receipts from the first day of January, 1863, until the day I left England on my way home, being the 21st of June, 1864, is thirty-two pounds, seven shillings, and seven pence. With this, I repeat, I published one thousand of Joseph's epistles, hired rooms to preach in, and paid for printing of handbills, giving notice of my meetings, as well as paying my fare from Sandwich, Illinois, to Liverpool. Nor did I receive a cent from the church treasury while in England.

I do not mention this either to reflect upon the church nor to boast of myself. The church coffers were empty in those days, and it became those who engaged in the work to be prepared to sacrifice. The Saints were few and mostly poor, but they willingly aided to the best of their ability those who were willing to make the sacrifice. I have here given a faithful represer tation of my labors, as I find them recorded in my journal day by day, and the labors of my brethren as far as I knew them.

INDIAN SUMMER. Yellow and red the maples,

Ruby and russet the oak, Over the hills and the hollows A tremulous silvery smoke. Everything silent and peaceful, Everything pensive and hushed, The sky like a beautiful altar, With purple and crimson flushed.

Here's a song for gay October!
She's a lassie far from sober,
Lover of the woody vine,
Wreathed with foliage fair and fine.
Grapes with amethystine cluster,
With a rare and burnished luster,
Fall within her eager grasp,
As a jewel might unclasp.
All the fruitage of the year
Meets its consummation here.-
Apples, rosy, russet, yellow,
Come within this season mellow;
Corn and wheat are stored away,
Safe against a later day.

O the sunrise and the dew!
O the moon's enchanted blue!

But the golden afternoon
Softens into shadows soon.
There's a mist upon the hills,
There's a vapor on the rills,
There's a whisper in the woods-
(Solemn, sylvan solitudes!)
Say they all with portent sober,
"Say good-bye to sweet October!"
What she brings she takes away,
Soon November will hold sway.
Kneel upon the verdant sod,
Pluck the nodding golden-rod;
Fill your arms with brilliant leaves,
Praise the tints the frost-elf weaves,
Then with saddened looks and sober,
Bid farewell to bright October.

-Good Housekeeping.

7ERY early in life the duty of

acting instead of screaming in cases of pressing emergencies, should be instilled into the minds of the young. Presence of mind in cases requiring instant attention is a virtue rarely cultivated, notwithstanding all that has been said and written on its importance.

A young girl in one of our western schools, surrounded by her pupils, heard a rumbling noise, and looking from a window saw a dark funnelshaped cloud swiftly approaching. She understood its meaning; but though her heart nearly stopped beating, she turned her white face to the children who as yet were ignorant of danger, and said, calmly, "Children, we have often talked of visiting the 'Hermit's Cave.' Let us take a little time and make that visit this morning. Fall into ranks and march in double quick to it now. I will bring up the rear with the little ones."

Before she was through speaking the older scholars had taken the lead, and, without speaking, the mouth of the cave was gained just as the pillar of cloud came roaring across the prairie. The children began to scream as the air grew thick with dust and broken timbers, but a few quiet words from the young teacher induced them

to enter the dark cave where they remained in safety until the roaring and rumbling of the storm had ceased. When they ventured out into the sunshine nothing but a heap of stones and splintered timbers remained to show where the schoolhouse had stood. Had the young teacher communicated her alarm to the children, a panic would have ensued, and the results would have been most disastrous.

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A few years ago in a school I attended a young girl fainted and fell on the floor. In a moment the teacher had raised her in a sitting posture, and the frightened children crowded around her wringing their hands and crying. the midst of the confusion a young miss of a dozen years came to the rescue by stretching the unconscious girl flat upon her back; in a quiet firm voice she said, "Mary has only fainted, and you must stand back and give her air." Instantly the circle that had formed about her widened, the windows and doors were thrown open, and the young commander in a quick, calm manner, proceeded to remove all the compression about the chest of her patient. Applying ammonia to the nostrils of the prostrate girl, she waited patiently for signs of returning

animation, and soon we had the satisfaction of knowing that Mary was quite herself again.

"Who taught you to act so promptly, Sarah?" inquired the teacher when the alarm had subsided.

"Long ago my little brother fell from the landing at the top of the stairs to the hall below, striking his head upon the banisters in the descent. Thinking him dead, the nurse picked him up and began tossing him about. Mother took him from her arms and laid him on the floor, setting the door wide open to give him air. Soon he began to breathe regularly, and then mother told us that when people fainted or were knocked senseless by blows about the head, they should be laid upon their backs. with their heads a little lower than their bodies."

As fainting is caused by the failure of the heart to supply the brain with blood, no one need be at a loss to understand the advantage gained by the prostrate position; yet in spite of this fact people still continue to pile pillows under the heads of their fainting friends, while the child who has received a blow upon the head is jolted about roughly, or carried in an upright posture, as if blood could run up hill more easily than down.

A little girl of eight years who had been trained what to do in case of fire, was so unfortunate as to drop a match on her cotton apron. Almost immediately the blaze flashed up in her face. Without a cry she

threw herself face downward on the carpet, clapped her hands over her mouth and nose, closed her eyes, and rolled over and over on the thick

woolen rug. Hearing the unusual noise, her father hurried upstairs in time to put out the smoldering fire. The child's apron was in ashes, the front of her dress badly scorched, but beyond a few slight burns on her hands the brave girl was uninjured. When questioned about her conduct, she said, "Mamma has told me over and over to lie down on the blaze and stop my mouth so as not to swallow the smoke, should I catch fire. knew I would be burned up if I started to run."

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A patient in the dental chair failed to rally from the depressing effects of chloroform, and the physician who was hastily summoned, with the help of the attendant, dragged him to the door and began dashing snow upon his face. The weakened action of the heart gave out, and the patient lay back limp and apparently lifeless in their hands.

"Stand him on his head; that's the way father does when they don't come round right." said a young lad who had been attracted to the door by the unusual stir. So the man was turned upside down until signs of returning life were manifest. By that time the boy's father, who was one of the leading physicians of the place, arrived, and his son's timely direction was followed by proper medical treatment.

Last winter a party of school boys were skating on the Muskingum River. The ice was supposed to be perfectly safe, until its treachery was revealed by the sudden disappearance of one of the lads. Fortunately he grasped the edge of the solid ice, and managed to keep himself from being drawn underneath by the current which at that place was unusually swift. comrades became panic-stricken, and ran hither and thither, unable to render him the least assistance. Luckily a farmer's lad passing by witnessed the accident, and hurried to the rescue by dragging a couple of hoop-poles in reach of the drowning boy.

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"Grasp each of them firmly, and crawl out if you can," he said coolly. as he crawled along cautiously in the direction of the thin ice.

The freezing boy obeyed, and with the help of the new-comer soon reached the shore.

"How did you happen to think of the hoop-poles, Frank?" asked one of the frightened boys, when the danger was over. "I can never think of anythink in the right time."

"You ought to learn to think, and to act, too," said Frank, impatiently. "What good would the poles have done after Charlie had been drawn beneath the ice?"

A few weeks ago this same Frank saved the life of a man who chanced in some way to sever an artery. Tying

COMMUNICATION.

"BUT to do good and to communicate forget not." Man is a leaning property of nature; he lives by virtue of resistance and contact. His environment may he diversified and its several uses have to do with his quality. Communication implies relation; and man forms a part of all natural products visible and invisible. He is in communication, in touch, with the entire realm of universal works, and they have their influence upon man and he on them.

This relationship is inseparable, but how to make the best use of these environments is the question permeating human philosophy, mental and moral. All mankind communicate with the forces of nature and ever receive a ready response, the character of which depends upon the chord touched. The vibrations produce impress creative of thought and action.

As we find that some of these forces are adverse to finite interests, care should be exercised as to communicating with them, fearing the danger of their response. From out our surroundings we draw all our lessons of life. We know nothing only by contact. Views address the vision; sound, the hearing; substance, the touch or feeling; odor, the smell; elements, the taste; mind, the spirit.

The most subtle power is the invisible one that operates upon our 'spirit. It is the silent, enticing, persuasive one, strong and unrelenting; deceptive and cunning or wise and good. All space is filled with life; for "there is no space in the which there is no kingdom and there is no kingdom in which there is no space." Amidst all these how insignificant, yet how remarkable a factor is man!

Zion's Religio-Literary Society is to play an important part in the drama of life, and her several locals in their programmic work have this necessary lesson to teach, how to use and create good environment. We are daily in contact with some sort of encompassing. We

can dismiss the disagreeable and commune with the agreeable. For

"We rise by the things that are under our feet; By what we have mastered of good and gain." The most blessed power we may, communicate with is the Christ. We find by contact with the good that we imbibe and express of goodness, and vice versa. If a man would be a moralist, he must breathe a moral atmosphere. If he would be truthful, he must inhale the elements of truth. If he would be righteous, he must do right. If he would be a Christian he must live with Christ, be with and learn of him! This society has to do with truth and right. The lessons cited in religion, history, temperance, and literature deal with men and measures, with thought in books and out of books. It is a creator and feeder of appetite, and to cultivate the same in a true way, is an objective feature of its design.

There is the principle of interdependence throughout all nature, and to live naturally is to know how to use and not use of the energy found in our environments.

Let us seek for this understanding; for in nature is harmony demonstrated. Harmony is life; discord is death.

THE SOCIETY.

WHATEVER the nature of advance steps may be taken by the Zion's Religio-Literary Society in the opening of avenues for progressive action, one principle and that the chief of all others should be love! All who are or may be associated therewith should bear in mind that without love your efforts will be as "sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal." There is no place in the society for headiness, but there is plenty of room for heartiness. Everything done should be humbly performed in a zealous, earnest manner. Paul said of love: "It vaunteth