Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-10-31
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Road Bath. October. 9Th, 1880.
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Having read with interest the letters
that have been published In your
columns from Elders In the various
mission hclds, J have vcniurcd TO send
you an account OF my labofs In this
city. left Salt Lake City on the even.
ing Of Saturday. February 33nd, OF this
year, over thc.Ri1 Orande Western, Ia
COMPANY with brother John 4. Wright
Of Murray, and James Hogan oil salt
Lake Cay. We arrived IN Chicago al
go on the iolloSing Tuesday morning.
and having Brother Andrew Dahle's adj
dress We made our way TO hts abode.
lie was very much pleased to meet u
aud escorted rs around TO the various
places oi interest Ia the city.
We left Chicago ON Wednesday at
! 70 y. m. and arrived At Philadelphia on
Thursday evening at $50. After
good nights rest We started out to lind
the rest OF our company, Brother Woods,
Hatch and Moss from Woods Cross who
had gone via the u. T. X. X. We
gether We spent the day IN visiting lnde.
pendencc Hall, Carpenters Hail, the
Mint and several other places OF interest
In Philadelphia.
Ca Saturday morning promptly at
9, 50 the whistle OF the 5. s Belgenland
blew. and We commenced our trip down
the Delaware. II was soon noixed
\ around among our fellow passengers
that there we're six Mormon Elders Oh
board, and although at first they ap.
peafed to svoic Us they gradually be.
came more friendly and asked our
brethren u they would not preach to
them on the Sunday. | was sick on my
berth when the brethren brought me
word OF the request that had been made.
! told them that was what had left my
1 home ioT, and the ship was as good a
place as the street corner. Accordingly
arrangements were made aud on sun.
day morning Brother John Z. Wright
and myself explained TO the passengers
aud crew. the principles OF Mofmonism.
We were listened to very attentively.
| We Arrived In Liverpool on Thursday
March igth. and the following day were
assigned 10 our various fields OF labor. |
being sent to labor in the Cheltenham
Conference, Brother Joseph Barker
directed me 10 labor at my home la
Bath, with Brother Albert Collard OF
Huntington. After spending lew days
with my mother aud other relatives, who
were very pleased to see me after
tweniy.thfee years absence and treated
me very kindly. commenced my labofs,
going from house to house with tracts
and bearing testimony TO the truth OF
the Gospel, Brother Collard tried TO hire
the Temperance Hall to hold meetings
In, as IL was advertised iof purposes but
when the agent was told VINO We were.
We we're informed that they had to draw
toe line on the Mormous, Brother Col
lard told the agent Il was not the first
time the line had been drawn on the
Mormous but they had always been
loeiug the mark.
In May Brother Collard was sent to
Bristol and Brother Thomas England
was sent to assls, me, but after our Con.
ference In August he was changed to
Stroud and Brother Samuel Baniord
rom Ogden has been laboring with me
About two weeks ago | met an OLD
friend upon the street who had been an
officer IN Good Templar lodge o
Which 1 was a member In this CITY.
made myself known 20 him and upor
inquiTing about the old lodge he gave
me a guide and invited me TO atlenc
their meetings. went TO one on the
following Friday evening and wheI
they found had formerly been mem
Der received very cordial invitation
to speak, accepted aud spoke Tor
lew minutes upon Temperance principle,
spfinkled with a little Gospel, an,
finished up with recitation. As sooI
as the meeting closed was beseige1
with invitation TO speak and sing o
recite In other meetings.
attended one on the Wednesda,
evening, in company with Brothe
; Ianiurd, and during the evening
gentleman arose, Ia perfect stranger /,
u.s. and told the audience there wer
, two strangers from America In In
, room. one oi whom had been a membe
Of the order twenly'iour years ago, an
. had lett soon after for the Unite,
, States, lie had returned and in CON
, pany with another gentlemen was Il
Z this city preaching the Gospel OF lesu
, Christ lie hoped the people woul
, receive us kindly and bid us God spec d
: and he moved that we be accorded
: little time TO say lew words to them
5 When arose to speak my heart SCENE
: too full tot expression. | told them VIII
+. we were, where we were from, and ou
) mission here to this land, aud the teach
4; ngs OF our leading men regardin
. alcoholic stimulants and tobacco. The
, appeared very much interested, and whe
Z ! sat down the man who refused Btothe
CollaTd the haA offered us the use OF
| Tor temperance lectures tree.
r We also received several invitation
e TO the homes OF the members, one ,
c which was accepted last Saturday even