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FROM WEST VIRGINIA.
Treatment OF the Elders Who Are
Laboring there.
CorEN, West Virginia,
January n, 1880

January IL, 1870
Editor Dcscrci NcigG
Perhaps few lines Of our travels IN
this mission would interest your read
ers. i, IL three months lousy since
Brother J.. G. Allen, Of Cache county,
left bic home for a mission to the
Northern States. The weather here is
very ohaugcable; we have bad about
twenty inches OF snow, but last Sa'uF'
day night rain took II oil %. We
can say that we enjoy ourselves In our
lsbors IN spreading tho truth Of the
everlasting Gospel that has been re-
stored in There last daye. We have
held great many mcouugs ~ Nest
Virginia ami receive very good trcui-
ment from the people. We can praise
them f0F their h0spit NY towards Ne.
pefhapH little circumstance which
occurred lnat Sunday would DO inter.
osung. We obtained the school house
ia Copen Req, anu we gave CUT me
appointment 90 mold meeting NJ ~
O'Clock q. M. when the time arrived
for meeting the water was up very nigh
in the creek, anu 10 was raining ulsu,
but uull the people came Uut 10 near
what We tho servants Ui Coz were
teaching. The congregation was
called 10 order anu after the opening
exercises ditCoufdu was delivered on
the first principles u the GgIlul anu
the organization Of the Church with
tupgiitsaud blessings. The congregation
gave very good attention 10 what had
been naid aud when meeting wA8
brought 10 close friends were waiting
% invite us hone with them. a gen-
tlcman by the name Of Stout gave 10
the fret Invitation 10 20 homo With
him, which wenccepte1. Aflur We got
TO Sir. St0upd house aud had found 3
very comfortable place, a crowd Of men
came In che room where We were anu
all took seat. They wCro waiting
Tor one OF them 10 open up s0mu quea.
ton 10 oppose u8 in what We had been
speaking on I'm meeting, anu after n few
minutos ono man by the nanlo Of
shock spoke Up and said no would ike
to see us take cup VI POISON 20 rec u
u would hurt ul lie said he wanted
sign. We explained 10 him that the
riguH were not given TO convince tho
unheliuver, hut they should follow the
true believer. He kept on saying he
wanted sign, We told him what the
Savior said about those that sought Tor
sign, nnd then ho started on other
thingn aud 6aid he did not buliuvC the
thingH we had spoken on In our meet
lug. Weahowel him by the Scriptures
that II he ever got IN tho Kingdom Of
God he would have 10 comply with the
ordinances lnid down by our Havior
anu His Apostles. Ho was angry with
that and said no wanted ~ let i've
dollars with u that no would not have
10 comply with tho ordinances laid
down by tho Arostlef, and ho would
prove n 10 uH after the TcHuTfcc.
tion. lilo said be dld not be-
levo any OF the ApOslles' writings,
that tho cpislle which Paul wrote ~
tue different saints was no more than
hu could do, and our opponent Shock
Hald all ho believed was what God
wrote with his own hunds ON the
tables OF stone. We askud him whore
tho tabloa OF stone were anu hu said In
the Bible. We asked him how they
got In the Bible anu lac could not tell
US. We then showed him thht all tbs
evidence. no had that Moscs received
the tablea Of stone was some OF the
Prophets writings, and We also showed
him that We had 10 take the word Of
tue Apostles That Chrlht ever was upon
thu earth, and MT. Shock gave II up.
Our little talk was interesting for thuFo
that were listening, anu they returned
home. We could feel 10 nsk God 10
forgive Mr.5h0ok for the opposition he
manifested. Mir. Stout treated u8 with
kindness and We can ask God 10 bless
the iflondu Tor thoiT kindness towards
NJ. Last night We held another meet.
ing on the same creek ana OF meetiu <
time II was raining very hard, but we
had large congregation und very
good attention, anu the good spirit o.
God was manifest Ia our behalf After
meeting closed Mr.. johnson invited "
homo with him, ana he took ua 10 a
comfortable home, After We arrived
there We had nice Talk with him on
the Gospel. May the blessings OF God
DO with all tho LAttor.dny Saints.
Yours ospectfuily
u. a. PERKEs,
j. q. ALLEN.