Steam Ship Wyoming, near Queenstown, May 11, 1871.President Horace S. Eldredge.

Dear Brother--So far we have come without anything occurring to mar the peace of anyone on board, and old Neptune himself has done well, for he has not raised his hoary head, but calmness has prevailed and everything goes on smoothly. The Wyoming is a tiny boat, and the officers thus far seem to be very gentlemanly. We [p. 317] have on board at present about 40 cabin passengers and 800 steerage, and we expect to take in a number more at Queenstown. Brother Thomas and the rest of the Saints are all well. They feel first class, and think that their lot has fallen in pleasant places, for they have good, decent neighbors to live with, which are not always to be found on emigrant ships.

My labors in the ministry in the British Isles under your presidency have been short, but very agreeable, and I can say that I have taken great pleasure in preaching the gospel of life and salvation to a dying world, yet I am sorry to say there are but few who have believed the report, and received the good tidings that our Heavenly Father has sent to earth by his holy angel in this the nineteenth century. Those few I found to be poor in this world's goods, but rich in faith, very kind and affectionate to me, always ready to do all they could for my peace and comfort, for which I feel to thank them all. I parted from them with regret. But I trust that my labor at home will be as conducive to their good as it has been here, for I promise them that my voice shall be heard in the congregations of the Saints, pleading for their deliverance, and I hope, by the united efforts of the Saints in England, in saving all they can, with the efforts of their friends in Utah, that the day will soon come that every faithful Saint will be delivered from the bondage and oppression of old Babylon, and be permitted to gather to the place God has appointed for the gathering of his people in these latter days.

Will you please give my love to all at "42," [42 ISLINGTON WAS THE ADDRESS OF THE BRITISH MISSION IN LIVERPOOL] and accept of my thanks for the many acts of kindness that you have bestowed upon me? I will close by saying, may God bless you in your labors in the ministry and increase your bodily strength, and may the same blessing rest on all your fellow-laborers in the holy ministry in the British Isles, is the prayer of your humble servant in the gospel of peace.

Joseph Parry [p.318]

BIB: Parry, Joseph [Letter], Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star 33:20, (May 16, 1871) pp. 317-18. (CHL)
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