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much pleased with him. Dea. Failing 241 and sons spent two nights with us; were well. Will stop at present at Portland. I hope we shall be able during the present season to consti- tute a church at Portland.

Yours, Received Aug. 22, 1851. E.F.

Aug. 8, 1851.

I received all the goods shipped on board the bark Ellen and Louisa which the bill of lading calls for. I learn too that the Golden Age is at Portland and I have made arrange- ments to have Br. Chandler's goods stored free of charge till he arrives. I suppose we have now for the first time a tol- erable supply of books of the A. Bap. Publication Soc's pub- lications and I trust Elder Cheadle, their Colporter, will ex- ert a good influence with these works in his hands. The im- migration from California will probably be large the coming winter and even for a longer time. I am informed that the Spanish titles to the land are generally good and the result will be many American citizens who would like lands in California will avail themselves of the benefits of the Oregon land bill. I think Pacific City* will not greatly suffer for the want of an efficient minister before another summer. Br. Newell has been seriously afflicted by the loss of his wife and child on the passage and he is as yet somewhat unsettled, yet I think we must soon have a good man located at that place or Astoria or Clatsop Plains to meet the wants tempo- rarily of all that region. He should be a prudent, business- like, devoted minister who loves Zion and can resist worldly temptations. From this time forward changes must be great on the Pacific coast and every improvement must go forward with a rapidity unequaled in any new portion of our coun- try. Our churches must be supplied with a devoted, thor- ough ministry and that ministry must and will, with a love

241 Josiah Failing (1806-1877) came to Oregon in 1851 and was prominent in business, church and politics. Mattoon, Bap. An. of Ore. I:6g. The two sons were John W. and Henry.


 * Ilwaco, Pacific county, Washington, of the present day.