| 441 faithfully, tracts are being distributed and we increase in number, though slower than we could wish, yet the work is onward and our hope excellent."-The Saints' Herald, vol. 10, p. 46.
On June 30, Elder J. W. Briggs wrote of holding some discussions in Iowa with excellent results.
On July 1 the editorial columns of the Herald contained the following summary of news concerning elders in the field and other matters:-
"In our own sphere, we notice that a more decided improvement is being made in the conduct of the various branches in a general point of view. Individuals may disregard the rules of good behavior of the church, it is true, but there is a very great inquiry for truth in almost every quarter, more especially in those places where the elders are walking in the way most pleasing to God, in uprightness and the practice of virtue.
"Brethren William W. Blair and Elijah Banta are at Brookfield, Ohio, where the prospect is good for an addition to the ranks of the church.
"Bro. Thomas Revel has been called to preside over the church at St. Louis, Missouri, and writes that a better feeling is at work among the saints there, which good news is confirmed by Bro. Noah Cooke.
"The church at Nauvoo is now under the presidency of Bro. William Redfield, Bro. Thaddeus Cutler having reigned on account of continued absence from home.
"Bro. C. G. Lanphear and Jesse Adams are in Indiana working to pretty fair effect, as we learn by letter from Bro. James B. Prettyman. A church has been organized by them at Knox, Starke county, which from accounts received is doing well.
"Bro. Levi Graybill and Benjamin Ballowe, have been laboring in Tennessee with good success, while Brethren William A. Litz and Calvin A. Beebe have done like good service over in Alabama, reporting as we see in their letter a good opening in Georgia and Florida.
"Bro. Litz is the first to report any ingathering of the
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