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

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Tidsrs' INprrifurrs-iio idirr con.
terence Missionaries A,dr -scs
la piNE. Alabama,
My goth, 1896.

| a great many OF The young Elders
who are called to labor a5 iunIfC5
in the Southern States ore of tll opinion
THAT tlU most southern conferences OF
tHIs great mission ate iu a measure in.
.ciur ur 90 any rate less 1traCtiv. Than
| those ut the uurlu. THIS will be found
tl b. Otherwise when one takes Tie
trouble To- investigate.
No one could have been more prelude
ed against the extreme south than ] w.s
when assigned CO. labor in South Alsua.
ma July 80. 1905 Al sorts of ideas
came into my mud wni now aiifi
butte TO no other cause than ur atiar.
] since taking up my iaDyB 900 Alabama
haye learned many valuable lessons.
Among those ] most highly appreciate,
d. the one that explains to ne thJttUg
ideas had OF the Tar south were the
result OF distorted ina iuation. This
one lesson more than pays me for the
eleven months ! have lab9red here as an
| Elder Could ali the young men of
| zion but learn this valuable lesson ue.
fore leaving Utah, they would not be
under tie necessity OF learning }, after
| their arrival. The presentation ul these
facts may be OF use TO Elders who are
hereafter called 20 labor iu our con.
iclguCc.
While there arc states which nave
some advantages over o.. yet we HIye %
corresponding aud no less advantage
/ over them No conference DO ODE mission
has had "a more healthy lot OF Elders,
! This will bee admitted when we learn
that iu the past year there has been but
| one Elder return home on account OF
| Uoor health, Isaac A Porter of E,cl.
lanlc Utah. The twenty slN fearless,
and mostly hcardlcss young men 10 our
| domain, are dll robust and strong, not
one suoaing the slightest trace Ui ILL.,
health, are all eulhusrd aud are labor.
Ing with all their might mind and
strength, to forge the chains for the
o1poscr OF uulh. Ny Iab0n have been
% source VI pleasure never before cK
pcncHced, or even thought or
Ca February glui, Elder Ezra T..
| Needy aud / were appointed TO la3OT Boz
| Coyingtun and EsCimbid counties. which
had been cauyassud aud closed. Owing
to some business We had with Elder
Joseph $. Geddcs, our president, we did
no, arrive ~ our field OF labor until
! April Iih IN the southwestern part oil
CovugtOn county We found live mJm-
bcn 81 the Church. Brother aud Sister
| Young, Brother and Sister Bagggu and
| Brother SNinuey. We found these
Saints feeling well aud rejoicing in the
Gospel they had embraced at The hands
oi Elders ], ), Larson aud G.. ID. Glib.
son. We remained Ia he neigNbuThgOd
ten days and held twelve vel attended
meetings, cJu5id ring the thicklv settled
Condiuun OF t.e country, we also bdpt
lied five souls into the fold OF Christ aud
10 sscd fourteen children. We then
I
of about three thousand inhabisuis, on
the Louisville and Nashville railroad.
Here We 20, our mail, some Of which
had lain IN the Utlicc iur ID month. We
have some friends 81 NreWtUu, among
them is the editor OF the Standard
! Guagc. the leading paper OF the county.
Upon our return 10 Brother Henry
| Fosters. we held several interesting
meetings. blessed four children. and
sold aud gave away q large number OF
books and tracts. We then went back
into C0vnglon county, for the purpose
OF organizing a Sunday school, which
We did with Brother u, c.. Swinuey as
Superintendent and Brother l1hn Young
| as Assistant, aud a membership, Nor.
| mons and nIn'MOrmurs, Of thlfty'lwu.
We were Just beginning TO get down 10
! good WORK when We received "a letter
| rom Elder Joseph Guides stating
that President klmhtll would meet Win
us Boo conference capacity on Saturday
and Sunday May sl4h This broke
INTO our plans, for wc had invitations
| from parties living boz adjacent settle.
| meuts and had arranged Tor series OF
| meetings il six different localities.
Dunng the five weeks We were 10 this
small section ol country, with radius OF
about six miles, We held thirty five meet.
| InPs. baptized seven, blessed eighteen
children, tor OF which were Ji non.
Mormon parents, and disposed OF a
| great deal OF literature both books and
tracts,
Bidding goodbye TO Saints aud many
friends, We started out for Brewton.
Arriving here we were welcomed by
Brother Henry T. JACKSON, and remain.
ed with linn uuW next day, Brother
Jackson Is % man Of iurty.siN years, born
and raised 30 Denmark, where Doe Was
educated aud served as professor o,
| Theology 90 40 university n Copen.
hagen Tor eight years. lie emIgrltcI 10
America 10 1855 and was baptized into
the Church by James c. Jensen and /
last August
| Leaving Brother Jackson we took
train for Gggeuyllle. siNy'hyc miles
| north, and Dos walking twenty-five miles
arrived at Ja.u laIlm BJdlllJg's. where
We met % number who had gathered 100
from yui1us parts OF The state 10 hold
conference
Brother alIiord bias been Tor about
seven yplr good friend TO tue Eldeg
and his UoHc u.s cen home ilI them
ever since UUa section "a. country was
! first Uuul.I AID Uy Elders II.gy and or