Off Queenstown, steamship "Nevada," Thursday, 12 Noon, June 5, 1873President Carrington.
Dear Brother -- Last evening we called a meeting of the Saints and organized our company by dividing the compartment, which they exclusively occupy, into four wards, and by appointing a chaplain and a captain of the guard. Brother Thomas Godfrey of Glasgow is chaplain, and Brother Daniel Smith of Birmingham, captain of the guard. The presidents over the wards will be appointed this evening.
Our people feel well, and are evidently full of gratitude to the Giver [p.631] of All Good, that the hour of their deliverance from Babylon has come.
The sea, so far, has been smooth as a river. The officers of the ship continue to deserve their previously acquired good character.
Our people are quite secluded from the intrusion of strangers, which is, to them, an esteemed privilege. All seem hopeful now that their faces are in reality turned Zion-ward.
Praying that you may continue to be directed in all your labors and duties by the Good spirit of our father, and uniting in sending our brotherly love to you and to all our fellow-laborers,--
We remain,
Your brethren in the gospel of peace,
C.H. WilckenJames G. Bleak [p.362]
BIB: Bleak, James G. and Wilcken, C.H.[Letter] Latter-Day Saints
' Millennial Star 35:23, (June 10, 1873), pp.361-62. (CHL)
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