Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-06-27

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Idaho, and w. -. Elder Of Hucsley,
met Us at the Garter county line and we
went with them into Carter, finding the
| brethren en-. wing many friends. Twenty.
| six meetings were held In ten days, and
/ on Sunday March 23ni, we hapuz d
| five honest hearted men and women. A
/ splendid work is being done by Elders
| Iirginsou aud Elder. especially In dis
| posing Of Our Church works among the
| people.
Friday, March 37,h, we reached
| Gteeny county. where Elders George
i. Taylor OF American Fork, and I. l.
| Sparkman Of Morgan Guy we're spread
/ ing the Gospel truths. Here We met
many kind friends and baptized William
| Messcr We LETT Elders Taylor and
| Sparkman, who are doing q fine work
/ feeling well, and on April OH. enterJ d
/ Lewis county. finding Elder W. II.
| Burrows OF Huntsville, OBon Hyde Ut
! Salt Lake City. Bi1n ID. Wilcox OF Pres
ton, Idaho. and $. II. Blackburn IT,. Of
| Brigham City. doing nicely. T. der Bur.
rows and Wilcox had been doing most
! excellent work 100 Lewis aud as we
walked up town from the station cot.
] dial good morning gentlemen came
/ the acquaintance OF "UuCls Bill' CHM
styled by Elder Burrows the be man in
| Kentucky. We write from bis home.
| ln late NEW- YOU copied from the
| Posi- a statement that the people Of "a
church near here had opened Il against
/ the protests oi Reverend Eippct1, the
! PASTOR The statement was true In
| deed It Is getting quite popular to be
Z a. 40 a ia I HHftH q.
County Kentucky
Friday, April l,b we went in,o Elem.
| INK county Elders Curtis b. Smith OF
Mauassa, Colorado, and Thomas r..
Reeve ct Virgin City, met Us on the
| county uuc and escorted as TO friends.
Tue brethren were doing q most regal
work and as consequence we were
| royalty entertained. "A series OF meet
iugs was held in the court house at FEM
] iugsbufg by which we made the acquain.
lance aud friendship OF the most iniluen-
tidl men Ia tue county.
Tuesday. May gh. saw "a entering
Bath county, where Elders O.. Pear
oi SAT- Lake City aud ]. VIZ Hanson Of
! BIi CHAM City are dong much good aud
making many friends. Crowded houses
greeted ms everywhere. Entering Elem
| w. ANNNhN We NkAlN NtNh 20 hNlANH w
meetings aud baptized Henry Iiggus
aud Ida Parker a couple OF most excel
lent Young people. Leaving Fleming
We walked into Lewis county where
| among Kind friends We write TO YOU.
ln our travels among the brethren "
have found spiut Of cheerful obedl-
| cncc to ouuuscls OF our president ifuIy
gratifying. Al are working with a will
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confident THAI much good to the cause
Of Christ Will eventually be manifest
The prospects are very bright ior the
triumph OF truth. Since our last writing
| twcnty-siX additions have been made to
the Church OF Jesus Christ OF Latter day
Saints 90 our conference. he cuuigJ.
ence Is IN most illurshiug condition
We have been making quite record iu
meeting holding having held one thou
sand two hundred and scyenty.eight in
the past tive months with an average Of
about twenty.siX Elder. The greatest
number held during week boy one pair
Of Elders IS seventeen aud IN one month
hlty-scyen. A. sample OF the labor
being done wu present the rupOr, OF tie
week ending May 45rd. Rejected les
timonies OF the Elders n, refused en-
tertJinment s., tracts distributed 5g5O,
books sold, gwen aud loaned ttg; meet.
ings held IS; all the brethren have not
reported as yet
The icc'ing towards our people Is
gradually lruwlug more favorable, a.,
by the guolngsa ui the Lord, We dispel
tic mhis of understanding aud prriu
dice. II We had been told that the PEG.
pie among whom We have tfav-
rlcd would have been SO kindly disposed
TO as, We could hardly have realized u
bot the people, and especially the intel
.igent and influential men, are becoming
our warm friends.
There seems to be, however, an
awakening by the opposition to tear
down the WoTE OF these humble Elders
Recently there have appeared 100 the
papers here, letters from one Reverend
b. T. Clay OF salt Lake City. lie says
that po.ugamy b. still pAcuCed aud that
mcmbeBulp IN the Mormon Church is
the only passport TO political pteisimgnt
We will say that MI Clay may lust as
well develop his literary ability "a pre-.
prung good substantial sermons ior hia
lock 40 home. instead Of writing urh
uuchusllJu ljkg and unlruthiul state.
meats, because they are making us
friends by the core one gentleman re.
marked the other day; u have never
seen Mr Clay, uu, have seen the Nor.
mon Elders aud | will take their slate
mcut5 IN preference % his
Elders W.. II Mlusell OF Kaysyilic
lowing to siCEnessl Jan 53.h. Orlando
Bradley OF Moroni, Marcn 27lh, Henry
{, Taylor ol Salt Lake City March 7g,h,
{. A. streepcr OF CentIeyille Ito labor IN
the Eastern States Mission) May OH,
have been released. Many changes duf.
ing the winter have been made IN the 10.
cation OF the brethren, but the NAMES
and addresses Of the laborcrs IN the
West Niigtnlan Conference at present
are:
W. L Rydalch aud Elias Woodruff
travelling continually IN the conference
but lgteri sent 10 Patrick, Klntwha Co.
Wes, Virginia will reach them.
w. IL HiuilUy aud J.. {. Ol,er;
Louisa, Lawrence Co., X ntuCEy,
GgorEcT. IaylOranl ]. NJ Mansfield;
Gsgeuup, Greenup Co, Kentucky.
W. m. Burrows aud ,N. II Mluell,
NanCeburE, Lewis Co., Kentucky.
II, W, Beers aud II, l.. Baker. Salyers.
Vile, Mlgotin Co., Kentucky.
{. b smith and T. II. Blackburn Ir !,
llemug5burg, Fleming Co., Kentucky.
~. j. Glade, aud +. c. WarmicE,
Pici,uuburg, Floyd Co Kentucky.
II. II Cuff and T. H. Langston,
Cauolisburg. Boyd Co. Kentucky.
Joseph 5. Campbell and + r., Reeve;
Elsl Morgan Co, Kentucky
JuiaOn l. Iolman and NJ. Spirr5,