Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-06-20
IN The MISSION FIELD.
Mormon Elders Preach 10 COn5Taga'
iOnal Church 10 NOTihamptonShirer
AZ the Inyiiaiion Of the Pastor who
treats them Ktndiy -ISperi'ncs
Of Elder. nousiey aud EidrsdEc

a. RoIAND ROAD. HANuswORtH
BIRMiNGuAM, May 20, lsHI.-Ai'el
amending xix months In Worcester
shire gaining many interesting cNpefi
ences, making some friends AMI ever
dsy finding somoihiug new {
admire snd interesting IN o.,
besuty Of the wofoestotshif'
scenery, the winding severn aud hl'
torlc Malvern bills SCARED with cnftu
works making the battle grounds o.
the ancient BfiloBs aud Romans,
was becoming imbued with a glowing
bride In what We hau "down In Oul
district when. at the council meeting
oi our January conference, was ~
pointed 10 labor In N0riha nptoushifi
aud shortly afterwards found myssil
nbsoTt eli In work with Bruturt }. =,
MOuslty distributing tTacts Ia ia QUIT
stuauy-gOt x little town OI WuluuE.
bOTu'. vnicu has population NJ Ntyui
twenty thousand people m.suy OIL.
KsEtd 10 the tplr trail o. bot aud
snoe manufacturing. T. was low
days before gUi usvu o. the uIvg.ty ID
"a town OF this size with ~ daily meas.
paper, no street rail~ay, uD uuise "a.
cent the ftcauy hum - eve yJnu o ID
Tending To MS own busluU.t-. Ia, 40
making SHOES.
Brotuet MOusley ard ! soon. how.
ever, tecsmc affected ~ tue iu.
uuttfiuus air nt Uut " aud began OR
distribution VI tracts. Toe igOp.u were
nlwnys CouftoJusiB tncit Treatment VI
W, aud their almost uniytIshl accept.
uuCe VI cur tfaCt- was most uuOUutat.
Ing; We lad many gOgI Gospel ujayet.
Stations.
We were bothered about n meet.ng
place, however, uud hRl held no
meetings vt Nsllingbui0', but each
SUNDAY held cot. gr meetings among
Saints at one u the towns VI villages IN
other psrts VI the oguutfy.
One day several wcoku ago, when /
was putting out tfaols, I came TO the
house % the pastor Of the Cuuyfpgn.
tignal church, anu instead o. tue utua.
tract "lH Belief AlOue sun 'ioni," |
handed the eefvAnt, who answered NY
knock a. the door, One Of James n.
AndeuJns pnmphltt', "lhe Latter.
day Saints," telling her to hand II "
AiT. Stevens.
Several days after, reached on.
forent par. VI the Town IN my wofk,and
was passing from door 10 Juur with my
tracts. was studying aud thinking
Ne l passed along, when n minister
entered gate was approaching aud
turning no addressed me. al Hm glad
10 see you scattering tue good teod, my
ifiun1,n thlH pleasant remark uttered
10 a friendly sni partially iutuTr3ga.
tive manner was the beginning Of n
conversation between ", hr kuoWiug
who was anu 1 knowing that hu was
Mr.. Stevens. although we had never
met before. We stood taking by the
gste for about ten minutes, when the
gentloman rather startled me with
The question, "Would you mind speak.
ing ~ my church anu telling Us abjut
your wOtK and your people," My an.
swer was 10 thank him ana express
my appreciation tor his kind invita-.
tioB, and no Get the following ThuTs.
DAY evening, taylng! 1--WE have q
regular service every Ihuisiny, lasting
from an hour to IN hour anu hall,
but upon this occasion the tins viii b.
" JOut hlHIoNhl huh Aut intuAluK tu-
tirely In your hands. Come 10 my
huuse nj hali-past i've, bring your
friend | lad told him Brother M0uslsy
would be with mel aud VIZ will take
tea together before going TO church,
and we separated. This was Friday,
anu Monday wo heard that II had teen
aunounco1 At the close Of tho Sunday
services that In place Of the usual
lhurday evening service, two AmeTl.
can gentlemen would talk upon the
iatIef.day saints, their country sAd
their religion.
When Thursday came We kent our
appointment at tea tins aud were
cordially received Ny Mt. Stevens, W no
introduced US ~ hls wife. Our talk At
the tea table was Of Ourgtoat American
nhtion, cur own particular part OF II,
and out Mormon people. Mr. Stevens
IN a man " broad Intelligence, "a 6chOi.
aTly ana interesting tAlkef IN any sub
Jecl; Mrs. Stevens, a pleasing, bright,
Rmia6lo LADY, anu our time was
pleasantly and quickly passed until
hall past seven, wnuu We went into the
church, the most handsome building
Of public worship In Wellingboro', aud
think the fiurst Congregational
chapel in NorihamptUnshits. Con.
sidefing that II was week day meet.
ing, ami they are not generally very
well attended, our audiences Wa
quite n satisfactory one. 4 hymn
was sung aud Mr. stevens
onofed prayer In which he
asked that the friends VINO woulu
address them that evening miyht be
inspired by the Holy Spinl auI that In
tbs progress Oi their work tuoy might
receive revelations In very decd, aud
he touChlugly asked that our loved
ones NJ hOme ait bs preserved from
every Destroying Influence 80 that W.
might be projected ~ uur laUuts and
travels ~ return In safety Il with ily
~ our native iAau, lie introduced a.
In turn TO his o0ngrcgstlnu, asAlng
them Tor their kind attention On our
behalf We told them hU,A} T the
OTgaDlzatiUn Ot the Chufc lie ma.
tory, present condition, hnd lls prlnuI.
pies, and received clO,s attention
throughout.
At the close Of our remarks one zen.
tlemRn hSd several questions 10 a.k.
which from their nature W. judgeI e.
have teen inspired from spms ant
Mormon eOufcs, but were answered nv
Brother MUuslry 20 our que.ttYurtjf
confessed sati'iaciou, although w.
Afterwards heard he naY made some
lisparaglng remsiksgs bc we leaving
thscnutch.
hal with me anuubrr Of View
anu phOio-, an Nj. IT yrus attic
close OF the meeting toiu the ,ropl,
lhul any Ol them who wi,ued 10 dos.
might come laTwagd Aud 10 X them