Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-03-15
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riuety. HNo Ai"N' 80, a.
my nr and earnestly to preach tue
u.u. ,, and warn the people throughout
uaou,bern States. They were called
n, IN mart. Of Utah and tie eur
mapding states and Territories
ming the spring OF the year the
Ms az the lower Districts are trou-
w,tb Hoods, some Of the rivers
,,',ne as high as fifty feet within
~. J,ya AZ such times II is no un'
nmon thing TO see houses almost
s,msrred. small outhouses ana
~, lumber aud logs float OH as chips
doin ordinary streams.
Our labor IL mostly among the poor,
md the greater portion Of the Elders
.,lk nom place TO place. As con-
,eouence the high water intericre7
Win their laoors to n certain extent
mt when an appointment Ia mnde
,hsv nllitif II IL In any way possible,
s.bibi,ing the true grit OF a "Mormon"
Elder
Elders c. +. Emery and John ;.
Lee. who have been laoOring In Harry
esupty, =. g., had an experience win
h,gh water that IL but sample Of
many others. They had given out nm
,pnolntment In church and In the
meantime were visiting among friends
in the vicinity. On the day appointed
far meeting they started u MI the APP
poIntment, but ON the night previous
the riyor had risen and overlooked the
country 50 much that II had hi!ed "A
swamp half mile wide, 10 that they
either bad TO cross 1t or give up th.ir
Appolntment. They chose the former
course aud the water being deep they
sere Obliged TO take oil their panis,
which they dil, ami Swapping them
and their sstchels ON their backs waued
An. Reaching the other side In safety
ihey dressed and arrived Mt the church
10 time for meeting, finding n large
congregation already assembled. Tue
brethren felt well repnid iot their extra
eleflions and were more pleased whon
the people anNiOusly requested them
10 hold another meeting that night.
During last fall ana winter adui.
tloual Efforts we're mada TO reach our
IN the country that has never before
beeu visited by our Elder, there being
"A large pottlon Of zach State that Inns
not vet been warned. Ia the greater
portion Of such places We have been
received kindly ana our message H.
tened 10 with interest. AZ nm Instance
INYtulf.au anil La "
campbeIl, who have been lab0ring Ia
Hanover County, Va, opening u new
field, lrrt endeavOred b get public
houses bat being refused they secured
the use Of private houses In which 10
hold meetings and held about "a dozen,
one right after another, the people
following them from place To place.
They had given out an appointment
In - gentlemap's house who gave them
remission aud had notified the people.
A few hour before the appointed time
for holding meeting the gentleman
came aud informed them that his
vile did not want meetingat his house
~ sbedid not desire 10 have 10 many
people.
The Elders Immediately gave cut
that they would not hold meeting that
day, aud the word soon spread among
their friends.
The people down here believe In the
old maxim. "Early 10 bed, early 10
rfe," etc, for they usually 40 to be
with tho sun and get up long before
sunrise, eating their breakfast by
candle light But when an Elder
calls they will ut up and talk M long
rs tho Elders will tell them something
- interest them. They, however,
always rise at tho san,e tins IN the
morning. The Elders stopping at
efficient houses every night have 10
ut up late every night aud II they have
any breakfast they have TO get up with
the family. Thus they loss great
deal OF sleep. While the ordinary
people can stand one night II u hard
Tor the Elders TO stsud every night.
Seeing an opportunity for u "nsp,"
the Elders retired To the woods and
laid down to rest. In the meantime
one Of their friends who wanted 10
hear them gave out an appointment In
his house, and the people gathctci out
10 meeting, but no Elders could be
found. They sent In every direction
In search OF them but nll their
efforts proved vain. After tho
people had waited patiently
Tor three hours In walked the Elder,
wiping their sleepy 'eyes. Both thu
congregation and the Elders were sur.
Ifised. After washing n brushing up
little the Elders held II good long
meeting, anu to show the good feeling
that existed, the people alter meeting
informed them that the long walt
made the preaching more palatablr.
Wherever openings have been
made In new fields the Elders have all
they can do In many places, preaching
almost every night. One conference
alone reported seventeen baptisms
during the past month with strong In
dicatlons that many more will DO
added In the near mtuTe. One re-
markable thing Is that they who have
Joined tho Church have stepped the
USE Of tobacco, tea, coffee, ETC., keeping
the Word Of Wisdom ~ nearly M pos
sihle. Among the number IL one old
lady, seventy years Of age, who has
been addicted 10 these habits all her
life.
The prevailing Idea among the PEG.
pie OF Utah has been, that all that was
done In the south was 10 mob, whip
aud Ill "MoImOn" Elders. While
We are sorry 10 say that
there have been some instances
OF this In the past, they only occurred
here and there, and were usually par
ticipated In by drunken men who had
never heard the Gospel preached.
During the time that have been here
(nearly two years), not one Elder has
received whipping, neither have any
been killed, hut In one or twO instances
has "a