| 707 forsake should not have fellowship in the church."-The Saints' Herald, vol. 19, pp. 493-495.
The Herald for September 1, contained the following items of interest from the field:-
"Bro. D. S. Mills writes encouragingly of things in the Alameda branch, of California, and says: 'Bro. Joseph C. Clapp is about to start on a mission to Utah. Bro. James Gillen and family are on the road to Montana.' . . . Bro. John H. Hansen has been preaching at Wilmington, Braidwood, and Wilton Center, Illinois, with good results. . . Bro. A. D. Boren, writing from Salt Lake City, says: 'We will leave the city for the north settlements, and if the Lord will, return and renew our conflict."'-The Saints' Herald, vol. 19, p. 529.
On September 3, Elder M. H. Forscutt wrote from Birmingham, England, a succinct statement concerning the European mission. 1
1 Pursuant to resolution of the last General Conference I am now In Europe as a missionary. Elder John S. Patterson and I left Plano On June 20, and traveled together to Galien, Michigan, where I preached the word. Brother John went to Pittsburg [Pittsburgh] via Chicago. I went to Kirtland, and preached in the temple to attentive audiences. Met with Bro. Patterson at Pittsburg [Pittsburgh], and preached there; thence together to New York, ministered the word in Brooklyn, and held two council meetings for instruction with the brethren there.
On July 13 we started on board the Australia, and after a passage of twelve days, landed at Glasgow. We were kindly received by Bro. Gavin Finley. The following day I left for Liverpool, and thence to Leicester, where I had the pleasure of striking hands with mother and sister, after twelve years' separation.
The following Saturday I went to Birmingham without having visited any of my brothers in the flesh, and commenced my ministry the following day. I met a hearty reception at Bro. Taylor's. I have visited Stafford, Stoke, Hanley, Leamington, Warwick, Smethwick, Kates Hill, Dudley, and Walsall. The difficulty at Hanley, I am pleased to report, is settled, and the two branches are again one, under the name of the United Hanley branch.
I start this week, if the Lord will, for Clay Cross, Chesterfield, and Sheffield, to try what I can do there for this cause. Bro. Patterson has been laboring in the North of England, and in Scotland, and still is; and from one of his letters to me I judge with some success. I have not heard from Bro. Avondet and Davies, hence can make no report of them; but I trust they are sowing good seed.
The European mission is a peculiar one. It is more difficult to make a good and lasting impression on the minds of the people here than on those of the people of America. A great many or the few saints there are, are so situated in their family connections that they cannot ask an elder home with them, and either he or they have peace. The burden of the
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