Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-02-08

Il nevertheless exists and l. occasi,nally
breathed forth by the sturdy Nlrginian.
| sometimcs wonder how IL is That the
western farmer priEcs his land so ighly
when he 1, under the necessity OF haul
ing hi, poles and rosts from twenty to
forty miles, and this country Is yet
forest comparatively. The soil In this
country IL very SANDY aud light and not
o.cr productive. II Is almost worn out
and IN reality the timber which IL sup.
ports Is Of the greater value. The soil
Is almost altogether adapted TO corn aud
peanuts, the latter bringing only from
one and a halt cents to three cents per
pound. Sweet potatoes are raised quite
extensively The reason for the de
precialion In value OF lands after the
timber Is taken Is very plain. The eli
mate so Tar has proven to be very
favorable to pedestrians; indeed we
have scarcely had muddy ieet since We
came here, though lew days ago we
had a light shower. The people ~ this
locality have been suffering somewhat
on account Of the very loug drought,
which began ABOUT June 1896 and lasted
until recently. Their wells began TO 20
dry aud 1t was difficult TO get good
water for domestic purposes. We nave
had but little snow.
Our opportunities FOR sowing the seeds
of eternal truth In this Sountry have
been good aud we have taken advantage
Of them all. We have held twenty
meetings, all Of which we're well attend.
ed and we still have appointments to I'LL.
Among other questions asked at the
close Of our meetings we generally lind
one In relation to our next appoint
ment, and we always tell them our next
appointment depends to very great
extent upon the kindness and liberllity
OF the people and such an answer Is
often responded to with: "Come to my
house, and preach all you please SO
we announce our meetings from one
house to the other
At the close OF one Of our meetings a
gentleman arose and desired the atten'
ton Of the audience. He wished To
impress upon their minds the value Of
our teaching, md warned them all TO
profit by what they had heard, for said
ne: 81 know they are true servants oil
God and that they are preaching the
Gospel Of Christi We all r. DICED to-
gethef for we had goodly share OF the
Holy spirit. The Lord iav.rA US 50
greatly on these occasions that the
barriers Of prejudice melt quickly away,
leaving the held clear-reldy tot some
thing better. We feel to rejoice, for
there are at this writing four Mormons
In sunny Southampton instead Of two,
and by the help OF the Lord there will
be more. We realize, however, that the
enemy Is continually sowing iaIes, an
that many Of the good Gospel seeds
fall by the wayside but we have the
assurance that the honest In heart, aud
those who are earnestly seeking for
truth shall be filled and all the powers oil
Satan combined cannot catch away
seeds which TALL upon such soil as that
That spirit which prevails IN our meet
ing carries conviction TO almost every
heart but in an instant Satan comes
along with his basket Of tares and they
are sown In the hearts that were once
susceptible to the truth. The tares
sometimes prove themselves TO be
stronger than the truth by virtue OF their
long establishment aud arc soon master
| Of the situation.
We often see the wisdom OF God In
taking care Of US and It gives Us great
joy Ia our work. We know that lie
will shield and protect US. We made
an appointment a few weeks 20 at the
| IthlhtllAN VI WV VI lhl HltllAN NHNlt
we met good attendance and spoke to
them on the first principles OF the Cos
pei. At the close OF the meeting we
both retired to an adjoining room where
the old folks had gone, aud began sing
ing the songs OF Zion TO them. On other
occasions we had renamed with tue
audience and answered the questions
which were asked, but II was din rent
on this particular occasion. We both
felt prompted to retire as they seemed
TO be rather bolslerous and were REGARD.
ing us with a more too friendly OoIug
eye ana some Of them kept running GU
and IN. Two weeks afterwards we were
In the same locality revisitlng some VI
Our old friends, true and tried. VINO had
requested US to pay them another visit,
when they informed us OF the intentions
oi the men. They had not gathered
there for tue purpose Of hearing the
Gospel. That was foreign to their
natures but they had the pleasure or
perhaps displeasure OF hearing some ol
Il anyway. They were there Tor the
purpose OF doing us pers onal injury and
ous sudden exit from the one room into
die other was Just the thing to do eX.
actly and at the proper time, though a.
the time we we're not aware Of their
real intentions By this means their
plans we're thwarted and they were no,
allowed to modest US. May this always
be the case, especially when Gods Holy
Priesthood and those called to bear It
are concerned. May the schemes aud
the plots, conceived by the wicked and
ungodly Tor the purposre Of impeding
the progress OF the work OF God, the
spread OF truth. fall upon their own
heads W. w. HUFFAHRR.
THOMAS {, RoMSEy,