Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-02-25
A GOOp REPORT.
Missionary Labors and Experiences In
The South.

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Feb. l6, 1895.
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As 70 IL very interesting t. me %.
well 90 encouraging 20 read tho corrcs.
p5udonco o, ti1 Elders from their di..
fcront fields OF labor, thought / would
udd my mli'.
Illit tho state Of Mississippi, my for
mer HELD o.; labor April OLD, 1895
arrived ai Madisonville, Hopkins Csp
KY, the G,u, and was assigned TO labor
with Elder G. W. HOUR no Hancock
County, Ky. siuco leaving the North
Alabama conference 1 have Travelled
455 miles on lho cate, 1855 miles ou
f0t. held t5 meetings. visited liJl
nm.Ies, distributed 1901 tHcH, blH.
tied anil helped tu bart ~ IS PERSONS,
blessed aud helped 90 b.ess 400 children,
and ordained one piUt wui.Un NIX
nlt.rIe8 treating ON th8 9uHUHi aud had
trcm uublauJd iu Che local ut.uUs
ON tho God OF August / ulI-
uE.i in the beautiful OIIH
river ON old gentleman aged seventy -
five yu1t auu bic wife, aiEI-liE II.
OLD guut'omnu had uryuf belonged O.
any church; said hu had uruH Vt DE
mon aI bio ito and dlIu'l know Do i
rui0ya "a g0odly portion ,i Goo eai1it OF
The Lord, and 30 makes um vsfy
happy, ami Dee Hsya De- would uul re-.
iufn nrniu into darkness Tor Hll ihr
w0fli contains 9i psf.auhuIu mliteE
have wlturlsgl s.mu mlfv1''us
hraiu.H aud angurr 10 uutuu while
Iu tho missionary l.lf. Ny health ..
general thing Pas been pretty glaIi
auu have enjoyed my i.taIs, nave
lHbJrCd haimlugur'J WIKI ulnu c ne
pluioaf.
pofhaps ~ iow items % my rElo.-
ONCE would bu ueunug.ll Co some uf
my follow lauUfgrf that are Boz tlU ii.i1
or who oAIecI 80 800 there in tuu uuHr
future, a miasi1uafy experience De-
Invaluable 10 man. 10 ioHds 90
broaden bic vi8wt teaches bin hu.
mi.liy aud reliance upon tho L1fI,aul
laat but not least. love Ir his iulIUE-
man. ] had been ulsUu uutUr .ur
di0pp'uEH OF the sanctuary and
thought iuudurslo.dMormonirmnfr.ty
we'll, but had not been iu ,lu m..-
tiOnaty field month before | liagJy.
Cftd that / knew but worry little. There
are four principles that form fhe bsaia
q n mlssiouary'a succc5s, namuly3
Obedience 10 counsel, humility, a,iist
observance Of prayer ami syt.cm, To
80 astonishing how TOW there afD one
dowod with the lat named principle.
] know Eldcfu that have buuu in tun
ntld for nearly two years, and llUy
cannot iako subject anu treat upon 10
intulligcutly aud make 10 plain aud
comprehensive 10 thoir hoatgH; their
other oudDwmun,s arc nll that could BOZ
reasonably asked for but they nmbi0
all over the Scripture, ana whom they
get through the audience know aH
little about the Gospel ag they did tU.
fore the speakers commenced, Tor the
low iduas they ala have arc confused.
When such Elders tako new Compau.
Ion ho drops Into thusamo error, aud
~ destroys part OF his usefulness.
Some Elders arc too fuilriug nud
baHhiul, others TO Aggressive. Tho
lntt fault IL Tor tho worst flf person
naturally culuvates holiness, but 10 ia
a hard matter % restrain the doIlrt 90
display what We know, land uomt-
times what wo don't kuowl aHd en-.
d0avoT 10 cram the Gotpcl down tho
people when they are no full OF prclU-
dice and soutatinniim that one
couldn't get mustard seed down
them. 1 often think OF tho words OF the
Savior 20 His Apostles: "Bc go there
fore wise ~ sorpcnis, ana harmlofs ns
dovos." tMat. 10. l6.l / have found
IN my experience tho more diplomatic
pofaon eau be tho better success one
viii hGve-slT0ko the cat towards the
twiich end, and We arc not aO apt %
Iuhie tho fur; II We can't make con.
vert make MEND.
The Southern States mifalOn under
the efficient labOm Of tho IIlmball
br0thUf8 IL fast reaching q high stand
ard " perfection, The houeB 20 house
otnyafa % great Improvement on the
old haphnAatd tiylu-it bfluga tho
Eldors In touch with all the people aud
wo AFRO not 10 app 90 Bhuu the Gl.itE aud
big houses. Whom tho limo arrives
that they will have conference twice o.
year this miHsiUu Will have reached
nigh state ui perfection, There axe
now LlluH coming into tho ugId every
now nuu then, guu tho luHlfuctIuur
given nt The conferences las grcltaT
weight with the Elders than to get DO
tuulud handed from thrir companion.
have found tho southern IUlpio ID
ha exceptionally kind anu h0suablp,
and there are hundreds OF thuu
That would embrace tthu Gospel 10
10 were not fJG tloir minister; but q
great many Of lnum arc Ignorant as
fogards % book education, Eud they
depend upon their muisteTB Go Instruct
them IN tho Scriptures ana they use
every moau5 plssiDla 90 keep them
Ignorant for suliiJh purpOsoF, and cir
ullnlu nlI manner OF ialguhOUu8 anu
iiucl1us literature among thom 10 prriu-
Itco them ngnn6t w, But 90 Judge by
appearances and the slgu5 { ,Au timca,
tho people viii bee, me too poor 90 pny
tho minister and then the preaching
Wlll cease aud tho people viii hunt tue
true Gospel. God speed the day.
We have closed out Hancock county,
nuu my address will be- UopEiusvil.r,
Christian county, Ky. Tho DEsUEEp
hEws comes 90 tho Eldofs bs o. uam-
ioriiug fiuud, iu,it gives us the news
0four Oar away home, Ogsldu8 gTOs
deal Of valuable Instruction, May 10
aver prosper no 10 dyfnIye8.
DHA3. ~, WALTON,