Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-01-12

nc Brother Hancock 's, AMI was treated
u8 one VI thuif own som, 'lli con erUuCo,
when We received much good
instruction. l was appointed 90 labor
ia connection with Elder s.. a. Bun.
ker, ct BuuKeryllle, Nevada, being ap.
pointed % labor iu BuG county, Ne.
urnsEa, We arrived iH Decatur Oct
iiu, but it was aump time before W.
could awaken an interest iu TIC people.
We mot with some opposition, suoh ns
allow about pOlygAmy and tue hyuu-
tain Meadow mas1acfon hu6 many
other similar Qup5tious, which wo GA
swcfUd satisfactorily. We soon alIay cd
much prejudice .ni finally g0l uUat.
INK when resulted Joe much good, aud
we s00u added three more souls TO the
rue ioII.
We attended oluiegcurr VT Caun,.l
BluiiE, March cath, 1898, which was o
happy muuuag We were again nu'
pIutuJ 10 tue Same IelI OF labor
Whole We continued holding meetings
AID Cal'inF tho people O. repentance.
We attended Methodist camp r'.
vIval, and toe preacher lit uo hard.
hu said that We were that strong dulu-
s.Iu that was sent Ia the land 10 deceive
tue people, that Joseph smith wss %
false Prophet aud the Book Of Mormon
q lie aud q mixed up fabric. We went
10 him after meeting was cut an told
/ BIN We would meet him before the
| public ana compare our doctrine with
! biB, taking tho Bible for "a guide, and
/ let the pguplU decide who was right
| He. refused TO mtut Us anu the utWH
was circulated that the preacher was
/ atrnid to meet the MJrmOns. There
were about nroeu hundred pc pic On
the ground. From that ON We hal
many friouds, aud houses were thrown
open for US 20 ptoncL iu, and we c0n'
tinuCd the glad tidingg.
! We attended conference at Council
! Bluns Sept, 22ud, which was a happy
greeting, as there were hva Ellen
WIN hsu just arrived from our noun
tain home Alter much good iusiruc.
ton wue given We wrfr appointed 90
ous huils %. lauOa being ctliot 90
labor iu connection with Elder Henry
u. McMlllln OF Huher, Wasatch
county, boz the same old ilrN, Nuurai'
ka. We l,tt Council iluiis SEPT. 26.b,
reached orr destination the same day
anu commenced our iHu1rs. We visit
GA o. German town twenty Ave milo
west OF the Missouri river where W.
experienced TWO nights out without
food or shelter. We called this fu
day, Us We had not tasted for f0mt
timu, We Thought OF what The Sayi0l
Hlii, "lhu foxes have holes anu the
birds OF the air have nosts
but tho Son OF Man haiti
not where - lag His head
We thought We would visit that par
again iu warm weather ami bear GU
testimony 10 tue truth Of the G0spe
aud give them another chance 20 t.
juut Us. We were asuailul by Lu
therau just previous 10 our hOldin
meeting there, anu no said II cost Ia
Lutheran church thousands Of dollar
% keep preacher In Unh 10 reclaim
tho people that We had converted. w
asked him u their preacher had muCi
out there, anu his answer was EN-
/ phatically No, We badu him gooiby
aud no went of mad, scratching hi
head, and we went on our way reioiS
Ing.
We are now labOrlng on the Black
bird, about two miles from the Oman
Indian agency IN the northern part {
Nebraska, There we have many friend
who nre willing 10 investigate gu
principles, aud we are Ia hopes tht
the good seeds that aro being HJwn Wi
take root aud brilg forth much null
We haveeevou members ana We eNpuC
TO see a branch organized here IN th
near future.
EyUrpmying for the welfare OF Zion
We remain, yours,
JOSHUA II. COOK,
HENRY l.. MCMuLLIS.