1855 05 05 St Louis Luminary Letter from Thomas Colburn

Text from: Autobiography of Howard Coray

Thomas Colburn to Elder Snow, editor

St. Louis Luminary, 5 May 1855, p. 2.

St. Louis, May 2, 1855.

Elder Snow, Editor of the Luminary:

Dear Brother -- At the conference held in St. Louis, in October, 1854, Brother W. W. Rust and myself received a mission to travel in the northern and eastern states, to hunt up the lost sheep and endeavor to gather them into the fold. �

We traveled together until we arrived at New York City, preaching by the way wherever an opportunity offered. From thence, Brother Rust went to Boston, and I went to Tom's River, New Jersey, found the Saints enjoying much of the spirit of God. They number nearly one hundred, and are calculating to emigrate next season. My labor has been in New Jersey and New York, with what success time will determine. I feel clear, and have obtained permission to return home, which I shall with joy, and not with grief. May God bless and sustain you, is my prayer, Amen. Yours as ever, Thomas Colburn.