Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-11-21

How the Good worh of Preaching In"
Go.peI IL Carried on Ia Ken
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YRutNeroN, Daviess Co., Kentucky
November, and 1896.
To the Editor:
am enjoying the best OF health and
am irving hard to enjoy the spirit OF my
mission For the last year have beeu
travelling over countries That nave oeeh
gone over by our Elders, making d
house to house canvass, giving tracts AZ
each house. have had nine new com,
uanions to travel with. have TaVeieo
over twenty-five counties and preaGheu
in nearly every town and village VI
Course ve meet with great deal OF
onnosition in these closed counties, as
ne people have heard our Elders many
times before, and it seems they nave
heaIdened their hearts against the truth;
but the ord has blessed us greatly ~
our efforts TO get the Gospel before I'M,
neople. Perhaps report OF our last
weeks work would give you some ioea
of what we are doing. Miles walked
forty.six; families revisited. seventeen;
meetings, eleven; baptized, seven; los
mel conversations, twenty.six.
have been very successful In making
friends among this people nave
baptized seyenty-one since came mere
/ have tried hard TO carry out all the IN,
struc,iops we receive from our beloVtu
president, Elder klmball'
/ was appointed a short time ago 10
he assistant president of this conference;
we have thirty.four Elders in this con
ference. each pair having separate
county TO work in. am now travelling
visiting each pair in their respective
counties, holding meetings with ihem,
We have great many young men VINO
are not very well prepared to preach
the Gospel, and il seems necessary TO
travel among them and give Them an
the encouragement we can. Our ELDERS
travel without money, not even TO ouy
stamps or pay for our washing. have
not had one cent from home ior SIX
months and guess am getting along
better than my family. -,
| received a letter from Elder kimball
the other day, saying they could not
spare me until late next spring. BE this
as it may, II my family were provided
for | could stay, but having lost all oil
their crops am somewhat worried now
they will get along. They never MAX
any complaints but know they must be
in a bad fix for winter.
The people here are very kind and
hospitable. They have never charged
me for food or lodging since have been
here, and have boarded at some oil the
best hotels Tree OF charge.
About the only opposition we have IS
from the ministers. They see their craft
is in danger and they storm around
little, but it only helps our cause. We
have done more in the last three months
than we did in the previous twelve
months. There are thousands OF good
honest people here that have never
heard the Gospel. The harvest is truly
great but the labor's are few. We need
more good young men. 1t IS mistake
to think our Elders need pocket full
OF money. They only need enough to
get TO their field OF labor; then they
would be ten times better oil II the
bridge was cut and let the Lord iulhi
His promise. We have not had ONE
Elder go home sick that has strictly
carried out this council. Some oil ou
Elders have had to sleep out in th'
woods with money in their pockets
Elder Kimball told US II we would trave
entirely without money that we SHOULD
not SO hungry or sleep out. and that w
should have good clothes to wear, and
have got nice heavy tailormade sui
and a new hat; and every cent come
from my Kentucky friends.
did not think there was so mucl
pleasure in missionary life as there is
The Lord is greatly blessing our Elder
and many are being added to the tru
fold of Christ We have one brancl
here in Kentucky with slxty-seven mem
bers, and all have been baptized thi
past summer. They are building a mic
little church. We held seventeen meet
ines in one district; the result was twenty
three baptisms, besides quite humble
OF children were blessed. We general
hold from ten to fifteen meetings in SUI
cession in one place, devoting our Who'll
time to the first principles oil the Gospe
We feel greatly encouraged with the re
suit OF our labors. There is a niue
better feeling existing towards us b
this people than there has been in tn
past. Brother Smith and myself wi
start this morning on a walk oil is
miles, unless some kind friend helps u
on our way. f. d. RICHARDSON,
nuapebnrnuuh Dayiess Co Kentuck,