Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1882-11-03
"EvAEGELIST NO. q"

Dear Interior;
Your kind offer Of place in your
columns is accepted with much pleasure,
and l trust that your readers may enjoy
the perusal Of these letters as much as |
shall the writing. IL will be a connecting
link between many OF my friends and my
self, for, as much as i would like to write
10 all Of them, yet my time is 10 limited
that i am obliged to cut down even my
small list Of correspondents. know how
many OF their homes are invaded twice Il
week by you, and 20 ] can more fully APP
preciate the value Of place with your
correspondents. Even in this remote nook
your familiar typography is seen, and just
before your postal came gentleman otier-
ed 10 let me read his paper before he got il.
But L must not abuse my privilege by pro-
longing my letters 70 an uncomfortable
length. | suppose il must seem strange to
your readers, who only remember me as a
rather wild boy, TO hear Of my being an
Evangelist, but such is the joyful fact.
can hardly re ,lize il as yet, and feel as If
| would wake some fine day and find my
self still Business Manager" OF "Le
Troupe Evangelistique." You know,
doubtless, about our departure from Gin
cinnati for TENNESSEE Our "quartette" is
composed Of Messrs. 4. G. Barnum, L. j.
Carver and myself, "a evanRelists, and G e.
Palmer as our Sankey. lie hes beauti.
full voice and when / accompany him on
the organ We have good music, Praise the
Lord, for without music evangelizing is
poor work. speak lrsm expe rience, IA
will tell you, directly. Before starting the
troupe and quartette held a consultation
Al "A Il
on the G. 5. Ry. and drop off at the frat
county seat East Of the road, Jacksboro
proved TO be the place, and despite "Bro.
Maths (you all know HIM declaring that
it was the jumping of place, we decided
to 90 there. SO leaving the Others in Gin
cinnau we ran down on the &. S. r. r. TO |
Huntsville, passing through all of Ken
lucky without seeing familiar face, save
one.
At Huntsville we stayed week, preach
ing night and day and "getting into the
harness" so TO speak The Lord gave us
souls and IL anointed there, and paid our
board and transit TO Jacksboro. How
gladly we said praise the Lord you can
never know unless you commence the work
and get souls in days as We did. So We
went down to j. gathering assuredly that
he Lord had sent u.s." Stayed in j. three
weeks. After the FIRST week, Barnnm went
10 Caryyille, three miles from J.. 10 hold
services, and ! went 10 Big Creek Gap, A
niles the other way, for the same purpose,
eaving Carver and Palmer in J. AT the
Jap had the triple role of organisi,
inger and preacher TO perform, and you
nay Imagine how | longed for my singer
when | gave the invitation for confessions.
either had TO sing solo without the or
AN, or else start the congregation oil on
Ome old familiar hymn. l generally
hose the latter. 10 spite Of drawbacks.
he Lord gave me 25 converts and ~
n0inted. Barnum got at G. As converts
nd ~ anOinted. We all met at j. for
he last day, being Sunday, and had glo-
ious time, and 20 confessions, reminding
nc Of one Of my fathers meetings. Praise
he Lord. So the total Of our success to
ate is III confessions and l47 an0inted
Do you not zee the wonderful multiples Of
he glorious numbers and 81 II mum
ers mean any thing We may judge most
lvorahly Of our future work by this repe-
lion Of them. But we do not seek a
On, and only look for success because the
ord has promised H.
The neetiog here has been In progress
" four days, but no confessions yet. We
Re trusting for 200 converts here. The (
eople look with suspicion on the anoint-
X, but we know ihe dear Savior will take
ne of that psrt Of the work II il anus
X how the people watch us At j. they
ok us for Mormon Elders looking for
-oselytes Shades of brigham To think h
at four innocents should he 80 maligned. :
eie the people do not know what TO
axe Of ms. but will find us harmless after
ghile. We will remain here two weeks
least. | will be happy TO send you a
tier from each place We visit One thing
} ask, and that, your prayers that "our
ith fail not, and then we will be certain
success, for according 10 our faith shall
be done unto IA. Praise the Lord. Ever
Him. w. q. BARNES.