Steamship Nevada, off Queenstown, May 26th, '78.

Shortly after starting President [Thomas] Judd called the elders together to arrange for taking care of the Saints. After opening with prayer, the President offered some names for duty, which were unanimously accepted, as follows:-- Brother Thomas Judd as president, Brothers S. P. Neve and L. Howells as councillors, Brothers Thomas Ball as chaplain, H. B. Clawson, Jun., secretary, and Charles Morton as captain of the guard. After organizing the company into wards, Brother H. Hamp and George Perry were chosen to preside over the 1st and 2nd Wards of English Saints, and Brother S. Jensen over the Scandinavian. At about 8 p.m., the Saints met together and were given general instructions--first the Scandinavian, then the English. Meetings opened and dismissed with hymn and prayer. Brother [Charles] Morton called on his aids to stand guard from time to time to see that everything was right and that the children did not get hurt. The bishops called to their assistance others of the brethren to act as teachers in their wards. To the present we have had pleasant weather--the Saints are feeling first class. The captain and officers are very kind, and everything done, thus far, to make the voyage as pleasant as possible. May God pour out his many blessings upon us in the future, as he has in the past, and may you with all those that are laboring for the interest and advancement of the kingdom of God here upon the earth, continue to be the recipient of his many blessings, is ever the wish and prayer of your brethren in the gospel. [p.347]

Thomas Judd, PresidentH. B. C. Junior, Secretary

BIB: Judd, Thomas [Letter] Latter-day Saints Millennial Star 40:22 (June 3, 1878) p. 347. (CHL)
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