The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-05
Many Missionaries Who Arc Winning the Co
adence or the Saountaineers.

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LOUISVILLE. Dec. "a good deal of success
Is attending the work of the Mormon mission
aries in this section of the South. The work is
in charge OF Elder Kimball of Salt Lake City.
President of the Southern Mormon Propaganda,
and 1t is his purpose to send at least one mis-
sionary to every county in the South. Mission.
aries are also being sent into southern Indiana,
Illinois, and Missouri.
Chattanooga seems to be a sort Of headquar-
terB for the movement. The missionaries are
very active in the eastern part of Tennessee.
and Chattanooga also offers convenient access to
that portion of Kentucky In which there seems
to be the most promising field for tho labors of
the missionaries. Twenty.three missionaries
reached Chattanooga from Utah last Sunday
and were sent out In vario" o directions by Elder
Kimball. Some were sent to Kentucky. On
Oct 20 WENT three others came in from Salt
southern field. Four of them went to the Ken.
lucky mountains. Elder Kimball says that 23O
5 %is; Iss9. Mo h sSSs e 9Sse t ssnt won't out By BY. h inst daring daring
SO far as is known. the Mormons have but one
church in Kentucky. This was built and ded-
county seat Of Metcaifso county. Il Is D a small saY
frame structure. with a seating capacity of
s ssossd 81 81 .o6 bSopHi1 a. the the N SGss; az pr so,ei y dia a aTs
OF the poorest part Of the population. and as they
chiefly by the labor OF the worshippers.
The field into which President Kimbal 10
The country 10 mountainous. the soil very thin.
tionai and ,religiousiy inclined. The people
ligious services. which are about all the variety
they have Tsst to ba inser ITtq{s d the nn mo sSaCaio of their an5
with their religious enthusiasm are easily at.
t%racted by the earnestness of the Mormon mis-.
sionaries. All sorts Of queer sects exist In the
mountains-among them the Soul Sleepers, the
Seventh Day Adventists. the Christadelphians
the SanctiicAtiOnists and the Hard Shell Bap-
lists. who believe In generalization and are op'
posed TO foreign missionaries. Churches are
The missionaries from Salt Lake are precisely
the sort of preachers who can work TO the best
iit. the Sis sHGes Of sS oid. S on foot and naaey wi 9S%si
very little, and they are frugal, yirtuous. and
fui not to provoke opposition, They have little
education, but they are. well grounded In the
Book Of Mormon. Their sermons are highly
ers and exhorters. and they make their religion
a very real thing to their hearers. They know
the nature of their congregations. and they are
a hard time 10 get audiences. but they perse
vered, and by dint OF preaching at the cross
roads and in old sschoolhonses they are winning
OF course the doctrine OF pO%lygamous mar
riage Ia not taught by them. This doctrine and
tales the mountalneers have heard OF Brigham
Young have been great stumbling blocks In
their way. The missionaries are always ready
TO debate. and they are usually more than 3
tea. Th iey do ioG not Stu ask for n'S CHARITY. t baf t fnSpS ae
cept board and lodging, when offered them free
or they will cut wood or do any other farm
homespun and wear rough oOw-leather boots OF
shoes and woollen hats. They avoid towns, OF
= rule, but are anxious 70 preach In school
lions In the South, but are supported e~ntirel,
from the treasury Of the Church In Salt LAkS.