Letter from George Teasdale, 11 October 1887 [LE-41864]

42 Islington L[iver]pool October 11^th, 1887

My beloved brother:

I quietly sit down to have a chat with you like we have done in the good days gone bye. I was very much pleased to receive your ever welcome favor of the 16^th ult. and thank you for your kindly expressions and encouragement, as well as the news it contained. I am very glad to hear your health is so good surely the Lord is making you equal to the occasion and answering the prayers of the thousands that are offered up in your behalf. I am more than thankful to hear from you. Now I am going to tell you what I am doing and how I find things generally as concisely as I can. When I am at home at 8.30^a.m.^ we have prayers in the room over the office, that has got the means of the prayer room. We read a chapter or two in the Bible and then we take turns in prayer. Afterwards breakfast and then to mail and such business as needed, go out occasionally for a breath of fresh air, dine, attend to correspondence and the general affairs of the mission and the reading of proof for "Star" where needed or anything in connection with the [anstancs]. Before supper we gather in prayer [illegible]

Before supper we gather in prayer [illegible] sing a hymn have prayers, supper and spend the evening in reading, writing or conversation as the call might be, or go out for a walk if anyone so desires. Since I have had a companion it has made it somewhat more pleasant in some respects whilst it has increased my [senrictics] naturally as you will very well understand. You are well acquainted with the lights and shadows of life and know more about them than I do having had much more experience. Well my brother I attend Conferences hold priesthood meetings, District meetings and endeavor to encourage the brethren in their discouraging work. They seem to meet so much opposition or indifference. There are so few saints and they very much scattered. It is a new experience to the [leaders] and as soon as they get "the hang of the barn," as we say, their two years are up and they want to go home. Well one can't blame them. They pass through quite dire experience in that time. Some cannot stand it that time. I will give you some of the excuses. "My affair's at home are all going wrong." "I am the only one who can be any benefit in mine and father's family." "I have rheumatism cannot stand so much walking."

"I cannot do any good here" &c &c and then they send in to me to ask what they shall do, after they have been appointed to a field of labor and told what to do then ask me. Well, my brother, I'm sympathetic and I tell them to do just what they want to do and they are happy, although they do not like to pay their fare back they think we ought to do that and have hard feelings against poor me, for not packing them to Zion. Why, Bro. Woodruff, it is all we can do to send missionaries who have labored one year and upwards and we could not do it if it was not for the kindness of M^r Ramsden of the Guion Line. He has been and is still our friend and does all we ask in any reason. Well he has never refused me anything. Of the June Company of Elders who came as missionaries. W^m Drage aged 46 John Barry aged 41 G. W. Blomquist aged 21 S. P. Eggertsen aged 61 who was anxious his fare should be paid home James Ottesen aged 30 have returned already. Some who have labored 18 months who were aged and feared another [winter] in [England] have released at their request through their Conference Presidents who thought it wisdom they should go home. This I think all right some have done well and been very energetic. There is a brother [visitor here] Edward White aged 54 who came last December [illegible] visitor and collect genealogy he has made himself

exceedingly useful in the work of the ministry and was very willing to take a mission as one house called him and given him a district and he is doing well. Jarman is in London and raised a [work] they went to 31 Satinor Road and smashed up things generally. Bro Ballard takes pies & writes them Jarman besides giving out at each of his lectures the address of 31 Satinor R^d he has had large posters printed a copy of which is exposed at almost every shop window in this locality and reads as follows – "The Mormons better known as Latter-day Saints whose correct name should be Latter-day Devils are in London enticing young girls to go to Salt Lake under a cloak of religion. When they get them there they are ravished by their Latter-day Devils Should the poor girls offer any resistance their throats are cut. For particulars attend Jarmans lectures or read his book Hell upon Earth. These meetings are held at 31 Satinor R^d Notting Hill W." This led to the following on Sunday the second inst 5 or 6 hundred of a mob collected in the street forced their way into the room filling the house so that they were all blocked in there climbed up on each others backs and shoulders from the

[curtain] up to the windows of the second story, got in the room threw a number of tracts into the street broke some of the windows, tore down and cut the curtains opened the drawes where they expected to find money but found only stamps all of which they took, broke down the fence in front the iron rails on both sides of the door were bent and broken, the wall pushed down so that a little over one hours time the place looked as though an explosion had occurred. The lan^d^lord and about a dozen policemen were useless to cope with the mob. They seemed perfectly frantic and Jarman was walking backwards and forwards in the street enjoying the sight. The street has been crowded all day with people who have come to see the place. They are throwing rocks etc at our door hooting and yelling from morning to night. The moment we go into the street we are followed and shouted after. The police most of whom seem willing to do their best can do but very little, the feeling is very strong against us The landlord has given us notice to quit and get out within a few days also says we shall have to pay for the damage which will be at least £4.– for the front alone. Many of the sisters who came to meeting were insulted & abused