Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-01-18

To be Editor ti,.s from this par
we NOVA. .liosSsrd would be Of in'eres, Z
OF hs t ,be many readers Of your yalua
BE p s,,,,. Mission and PennsylVa ans
'in ,. s' Our last conference wa
S SonI' oo September rst and and, 1895 .' y
hso O1 aTsshany Co, Md. | was APP
ria' .'.d,oIabor in Upshur and Lew y,
eoasti,., West virgiai,' with hl zoe ;,
S S,,lor. Of Boun,iiul, u'a'' as my 'O"'
psnion. ... had n time oil
~ , ~, ,ong 10 Ne remembered by the
i ,']1.-. snd Saints present The spirit
,S.i ard was poured out upon Us,
"a p,o,ber Joshua X. Clark, pres'aen,
a 9.a Noubetn States Mission, voueheu
o . ~, tina, the Elders would 'e'
~. ne,,er treatment from the people
s'.' M, lime on. lie said that the
nSn would open their houses to us
sirb vs can testify to as being true IN
49,, The people in our field have
,,,,,,d us remarkably well with some
lev exceptions. 49,, -.
weariyed at our field Of labor on
A,s,tb Of September, and visited some
ofour friends and one family OF SAINTS
',5b.ld two meetings in that month";
Thsn we started to labor in UPshur
county our principal field Of labor we
commenced house to house canvass,
Icing tracts and eonversing with the
e,ooie on the principles OF the Gospel
!, restored through the Prophet Joseph
n lbese days, and preaching wherever
80 could obtain a house. we can say
~ ssye been very successful, having
"a snme of the best church houses
canned 10 us vi ich is a very rare thing
~ Inc mari Of the country. We have
,,,yeled seven hundred and seventy'one
miles visited tour hundred and seventy.
s,sht families and distributed iour hun
IA and six tracts, held thifly-nlne
meetings and had one hundred and
ihny.tbfee Gospel conversations; were
telussd houses to preach In twenty'ihree
tines. refused entertainments seventeen
tines bot we're only one night without
led. Ne have had the glorious privi-
leqs OF hap,izng even honest souls into
ne Church OF Christ, with many more
inye,tga,ing. We feel to thank our
Father In heaven Tor His blessings upon
cor abors in giving us health and
strength and His Spirit TO lead Us TO the
homes, in heart.
We iourneyed on our way as the
Spirit led ". trusting as only humble
Elders can who are sent out to preach
the Gospel without purse or scrip. We
Obtained a house In town called Salem,
and held two meetings. The house was
efogded both nights. The second
night we spoke on Church organization,
with is gifts and blessings. The con.
giegalion listened very attentively. Al.
IL meeling young lawyer came up aud
introduced himself to u.s. He said there
vas a blind man over the hill and added:
"liyou arc the true servants OF God as
you have claimed 10 be, you will come
over andheal him, and will Rive YOU
sl5a' We told hun that gifts OF God
could not be purchased with money.
We nked him Il he wanted 1t for a ,ign.
Ne said yes. We told him that Jesus
atil vas a wicked and adulerous
geneia,ion that seekeih after sign.
After we were out ofthe house young
man shouted, MY wife has a felon on
hsf hnger, come and heal her" Others
SAD, We will rock them preachers or
ale Those who were determined 10
ioes' Us Jumped over the fence and
ran around Us. While we in company
WIN o. W. Williams nov Brother Wi.
lamsl who had kindly invited us home
wa nm, were going along the road
msy began BY throwing burs at us. Our
hsnas warned them to quit or they
you'd get into trouble This only seemed
70 anger them the more and they com.
msneed TO throw stones. Il seemed 10
iah stones Tor little while. We feel
l9aesnowledge the hand Of God In
,l'e ulhg Us Ills servants from harm.
we stayed all uiglt with Mr.. Williams
sng proceeded on our journey next dav
suhH as we expressed TO each other
here. 49, '" VIC uone
We received letter from A friend Z,
LeNs county asking US to come down
s s ana hold some meetings. We
Nsn' and held two meetings, then We
T'1le Cornelius Richison (presid.nt
lug pennsylvania conierence) thai we
pseied 10 20 over to Queens Mill
ueai MS held OF labor, and nerb,ns
o "yI ~ eau on him, but the Spirit led he
an opposite direction. We AZ,
TSuueu Dunkard meeting nj Ind,sn
sup The reverend gentleman ,naL'
~, us text from the 2Aih 10 The se,t
,sass Of the seventh chanter ., ~,
Via r,', ShsIe the Savior spoke OF The
rocS 'HS ~ building his house upon the
gon, iheh he talked OF some ,neo
NV ss ,. sp9ul over the country preaehin"
,,.sNelauon' Holding up m. Nsa
l,,i''a'uenl he said this wa, All Inc ,s
mo-, s' " We needed and there wonIJ ~
AZ lophtts I'LL Christ comes nv
b.iaesei meeting we had the ntiviI.o
rsys s invited 10 the same house wi,b ,
Ia 49,, N.Y. gentleman. After we bad ue Wv,
m, mn h'ivs told the preache, hu soi
70 w assertion that there xonII "au
~, more revelation. which Io'u &c
4, n ,uppeu by the Scriptures N. e eyuiI
Quoted Una. .lat mere would be and a,a
ihsn Ia sSgveiai OF the old pronhs,s
quIrsd' zen. ue9ied the old Bible and ~
NJ NV iool from the New Tes,an u re-
ctso,s, quoted from Matthew s',s
would showing that Christ said III
eler, Thu Ils angels To paIbar liz
Then he ~ :, ne logr quarters OF the earn
Reyelo,id1. qu,Ieed US to 20 10 ST Ioh..
10 proDE EIophets that should be rs sGe Two
prop6rsuSs I - y Jerusalem, and also ioh Up
10 brjng ~, ~ Tue angel that shouId o on,,
po,s y5,, NE .i Gospel. lie sad ou ~ come
he m 5Uu ,. mink that old Toe Smith sup.