Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-05-29

ID may be interesting TO some Of the
readers of thc NEWs 90 hear from tue
East Tennessee conference. Tor mauy
OF them have 80 the past laborcd here
while there arc others, who are tcaIlF
OF your valuable paper, vino have sons
brothers. husbands and even swcath'afis
here. aud therefore 30 Will uu "a pleasure
TO them TO hear that they are 90 good
health and spirits aud arc working with
Eual aud carnesuCss for the spread OF
divine truth.
Thc bitter feeling and deep seated
prejudice that existed a few years ago
against us, is gradually giving way, and
We are now treated With The greatest
Kindness by the people OF tue 9oJh'
whose Kind hospitality bias become 90
uudspuiahlo TACT, often spoken OF pN
those who have filed missions in this
land. In counties where our lId.IH
were mubbcd q few years ago, we &C.
cciyc kind treatment and even at the
hands Of some OF these who took part
in the mubbing, they have evidently
seen the error oil their ways and repent.
cd Of the same.
We find that our greatest opponents
arc the ministers, who believe in aH
sincerity that their craft Is 10 DANGER
their occupation threatened and their
bread and butter supply cut oil ii they
do not warn the people against these
sewers OF vile seed, has Rev CD. Justice
baptist minister Of North Carolina
stylcs us. This reverend gentleman 10
an article recently written TO the Demo-
craft a little paper published 90 Ruther-
iord county, North Carolina, warns the
people Of that county against the vile
teachings OF two Of our Elders labuung
there. and In concluding his article DC
says:-"rhcsc suggestions are made as
caution to any who might, without
giving the matter any thought even
countcnancc these sewers OF vile seed
II We encourage or tolerate them, we
are responsible for the evils that will
inevitably grow on. Of them. Mt.
Justice was informed that the charges
made in his article were false. lie at
tempted to Justify himself In what he
had written by referring TO a history OF
the Motmons." This he has no doubt
pcrused since his boyhood days, and
from which he has gained much more
inspiration than came to him on the sub
ieci from reading the Bible Inspiration
comes from two sources, and those VINO
read histories Of the Mormons" written
by their avgwed and bitter enemies are
generally inspired In that way which
will destroy.
i do not pretend tosay that all the
ministers OF the South arc like the one
referred to above. for there arc very
many liberal, broad minded ministers IN
all the various sccts and denominations,
and such we like 10 meet.
Outing the past three months my COM
panion, Elder +. NJ. Houston, and have
held a series OF meetings aud visited the
N..N tI AnFNIH
Carolina. Cherokee, Graham, Macon,
Jackson, Swainc, Buncomb aud Madi.
Son. In an OF these counties we have
many warm friends, some Saints. IN
some counties We lind It difficult 10 OBJ
tain churches or school houses 10 mold
meetings In and are obliged to hold them
In private dwellings. ] am pleased 10
saw that We are forming the acquaintance
OF many leading and influential men OF
the various counties; mayors OF the
large cities: United States senators,
REPRESENTATIVES, Judges, lawyers and
even meet with scribes and pharsccs.
The experiences OF Mormon Elder,
travelling as we do without purse or
scrip Is indeed varied. We may stop
one night with a United States senator
or mayor, and perhaps the night follow
ing we find shelter beneath the hospit'
able roof Of the poorest peasant VINO
when We ask Tor entertainment SAYS
"Well gentlemen, II you can put up WIN
my rough fare, corn bread and hog, you
are welcome; 1t | can't treat You well
l'll treat YOU kind
About the greatest tili we have Is TO
witness the cold Indifference the masses
of the people manifest toward the Cos
pel, Tor which we have made sacrifice,
our constant prayer TO God D. that lie
will touch their hearts and prepare them
TO receive the glorious light OF truth
There are thousands who seem TO De
lust as sincere in their religious belief as
we are, but sincerity ayaIls nothing, II
people are wrong,
Fearing ] may occupy too much space
will conclude by giving q liat OF The
names OF the Elders now labOung in the
East Tennessee Conference, with their
post office addresses. We shall be
pleased TO hear from those who may
have relatives or friends in the counties
through which we travel and viii tate
pleasure IN calling upon them when time
md opportunity oilers Respectfully
JANIS l., HART
R.i,Fillerup and T. h, ,Needhgm
Ashevile, BuncUmb County, Ne c., Box
W. Hubbard and { Manning,
Ashevlllc. buncomb County y C.. Box
lI2.
Asheyille, BuuComb County, n. c. Box
/. II. Hinclaey and c, J., Roberts,
HendeHonvlle. Henderson County N.
r. K, Smith and George r. Tomblu'
som Walker Post Office Polk County,