Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-04-17
BEATEN WITH ROPES
Mormon Elders Lasbsd BY a Texas
Mob.
STRIKING CONTRAST AFRO RDED
Iu Another Texas Town Marked Cour.
tesJ aud Appreciation are
Exhibited.

The following IL q letter written by
young missionary, Alfonso A. KIM
bail, OF Kanosb, Utah, To his sisters,
tom Grsenvills, Texas, under date Of
March ~;
I received your more than welcome
letters the other Jay and | eau assure
you was more than pleased TO hear
from you once again and to learn how
All were at home. You little know the
pleasure 1 take In teadiug your lot.
ieis. When last vrVte.home | guess
was telling you about my c3mpaDlon
Elder Wells, and Charles COMPANION
President DALEY, leaving US here NJ
the city Of Greenyllle for few days.
After they had been gone lew days
they wrote us q card tslling Ne they
would inset us on the 7Ih VI tbs
month al uteenyille and for Us TO gel
up q big meeting 20 they could preach
to the people. 10 Of course We fustled
out TO get q meeting. We walked 4
mites, saw the trustees, got the meet.
ing house and convaiSi1 90 families.
We kindly invited everybody to turn
out, expecting We would have our old
cumps Mons 10 do the preaching,
ar1ious TO hear the MoTmons preaoh.
1hsy had heard 80 much about themj
but We were the fret that they hsu
ever seen. Well, we got every thing
arranged for big meeting Sunday, 80
We walked TO Gnonvills Saturday to
meet cur con- pAnions. We walked
down 10 the ofiics nrst thing, Inquire
for mail and received carr from
President DALEY, telling us they could
not meet us until tho tenth. IL you
over saw two surprised chickens we
were there. We had big meeting
appointed, and neither one OF u hsd
Ever 0loken five minutes. Well, We
stayed ali night At the hotel. NeIt
mUTning was Sunday. OF course We
knew II we fooled those people We
would ruin the Texas conference, aud
We knew, too, that II We would dO our
part GJd would d. His, a. He never
rae failed In doing. We knew that
lie had sent Us here to preach the
everlasting Gospel
We arrived nj the Hppointed place and
went straight TO the school house.
Of course we were the rrat at this
house on account Of going there ~
quick As We reached thu town. IL We
weren't scfi0u,-O myl
Well, lust a. quick a. II began TO got
dark the people began coming from
every direction, some In buggles, some
IN wagons, and some horseback snd
hfooI. Tho house vas,quile large AMI
also mad AL adjoining room on the east.
They were both Jammed full and n
good many on the outside that couldn't
gUtiD.
When 1t was time to commence our
meeting We depended altogether ON
our Heavenly Father 10 reveal thing.
10 our minds 20 We could tell them
o. the people. We nrtt called them 10
order Rnd began by singing "Do What
IL Right.n We opened by prayer,
Gang "Shopld You Feel Inclined 10
Censute."
Charlie, then arose ana spoke thirty
minutes, you could have heard q pin
drop At any time during the meeting.
After he sat down | arose 10 my feet
aud spoke forty minutes.
Every eye was strictly on us;
they oil seemed TO be very interested.
So you sec the Lord made US equal
10 ,he occasion. He put words into
our mouths and gave w something TO
say. so we feel to give our heavenly
Father all the praise.
our program sunday night And that Of
my companion Elder Wells, and
Cbatlr,i, companion President Daley,
aud also ElItr Miner and Elder Hsss.
Que VI our Texas mobs awoko them
from their sweet dreams on Sunday
nilhI NJ ~ O'Clock, snd began hAllOAing
"BhOot them - - MOfmons out OF
there IN short ordeii" OF course II
frightened the family nearly 10 death.
The woman lighted the lamp ami sci
Il on the porch. MY companion, Elder
Wells, ~ quick - he got his olvtuss on,
went Out Ou the porch, the light shin.
ing In the yard. He could zoe the mob
very plainly. They all had caps on
with iacss blAokei aud with white
hAnukeIchiols tied around their tore.
hsaus; some bad shot guns, some rifles,
sOms SWORDS snd pistols.
AZ quick ~ Elder Hess got dressed
he Tusned cut and tAlu, "Whefs Is tue
captAiu2" lhey pulled their guns
down ON him and said "Don't come
too CLOSE !"
The Elders tried TO talk with the
mob, but the latter told them 10 dry up,
nying, ave don't want 10 hear any
Of your - grave yard talk,"
Well, the mub marched the EldeTs to
where Elder Miner and President
Daley were, anu ordered them to rise
and drtss IN quickly ~ possible.
They then marched all four on about
one mile aud told them the court hal
decided to give them nve lashts each
with a rope twice doubled. rhry took
one At time lashed them, and stood
them OnA bridge. ThSI was Al M d.
night.
President Daley and Elder Miner
have been very sex the last two or
three days, but are feeling some better
at present. You must not worry any.
thing about me; the Lord 10 able 10
protect His cnlldten wherever they
may be, and We are sent out here -
preach tue everlasting Gospel 70 these
Texans, and we are 81 . 10 DO 20, the
Lotu being our helper
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