| 80 the mission there, he requests the coöperation of those interested in the success of the good cause, in the way of letters, communications, subscriptions, etc.
Brn. Zenas H. Gurley and Robert Warnock will prove excellent helps in the enterprise. We heard, incidentally, that Brn. Gurley and Warnock attended the Brighamite conference held in the city of Salt Lake, and that Bro. Warnock subsequently reviewed a sermon on celestial marriage, preached during the session by Elder O. Pratt. Bro. Warnock spoke for an hour and thirty-five minutes. It is needless to say that this review was not made in the Tabernacle, as no elder of the Reorganized Church has yet been accorded the courtesy of the use of public buildings under the dominant reign there.
One of the brethren had gone north and the other south from the city at last advices.-The Saints' Herald, vol. 21, p. 659.
The following items from different places give a fair estimate of the work and its extension:
Late advices from Brn. Wandell and Rodger give us to understand that they are steadily at work. Bro. Wandell's health is improving. The prospects are more encouraging than heretofore. We give extracts from their letters. Bro. Rodger writes to Bro. Wandell as follows, September 18:
"Things are looking a little brighter here; most excellent meetings afternoon and evening last Sunday; quite a stir about the lecture this evening. I hope the Lord will give me help to defend the truth. . . . I have secured the hall here for a lecture next Friday evening, perhaps on the Book of Mormon, as that is somewhat of a stumbling-block. To-night on the immortality of the soul of man. . . . The seed sown may yield in time, although things seem to move slow."
Bro. Wandell as follows:
"I am glad to write that my health is improving. If I only get so that I can do out-door preaching, I will be able to do good. Bro. Ellis
severity the deceiver, it will speak only in accents of kindness to the deceived, and furnish them a medium of communication of their wants, their feelings, and their hopes. It will aim to be, though silent, a reliable "Messenger" of good tidings to all who know, or are seeking to know, the truth, for the love of it.
To the end that it may thus minister, we solicit co-operation and aid from all who are in sympathy with this effort. To the Saints and friends in Utah we look first for encouragement and aid, and hope to receive them from all parts of the continent, as well as England and Wales, and upon the character of your response will depend the success or failure of the enterprise; as soon as sufficient encouragement is given, the "Messenger" will be issued semimonthly.
The price of subscription for the "Messenger" will be fifty cents in advance for twelve numbers, postage paid.
Communications and remittances should be addressed to J. W. Briggs, Salt lake City, Utah. Remittances and orders may also be sent to Herald Office, Plano, Illinois.
J. W. BRIGGS.
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, November 1, 1874
-The Saints' Herald, vol. 21, p.672
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