| 499 gather up all jewels among the Jews besides. Who is sufficient for these things?
"As agents for the church abroad, and as coworkers with yourself, in spreading this kingdom to the remotest corners of the earth, are we at liberty to translate and publish any works that we may think necessary, or that the circumstances in which we are placed seem to require, whether original or works published by the church? If we are not at liberty to take this wide range, please tell us how far we may go.
"We are setting this great work before the people as an inducement to them to help us. If we are setting our standard too high, a word from you will bring it down. We have held a two-days' meeting in this place; but in consequence of continual rains, which swelled the creeks so high, the people could not get to us. The meeting was four miles from Columbus; one only baptized.
"We have now an opportunity to ride as far east as Indiana, beyond the metropolis, and have the privilege to stop and preach by the way. Will you write to us at Cincinnati, and much oblige,
"Your brethren in the kingdom of God,
"ORSON HYDE
"JOHN E. PAGE."
-Millennial Star, vol. 17, pp. 744, 745.
Sometime previous to this date a young man by the name of William Barrett was ordained an elder in England and sent to South Australia. On July 15, 1840, he wrote as follows from Deptford, England:-
"Dear Brother in Christ:-I write to inform you of my arrival in the metropolis this morning, after a tedious journey in the midst of much profaneness and swearing, such as I never heard in my life before. I feel, as the apostle expresses it, like a lamb among wolves, going into a land of strangers to preach the gospel; therefore I desire your prayers in my behalf. I have witnessed much of the Spirit of revelation since Sunday; in fact I only thought it a mere thought when the elders testified that they were called by revelation; but now I know the truth of the assertion which
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