Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-07-10
LOUISIANA coNrrRENoE,
pimcuiti.s rncnuni"red by the thirty
Eidera GabrriDG There,

BANKS or RED RIVER, Aprii 4, 1897.
To the Editor:
We krow that the communications
from various missionary fields are intri-
c ting to many gde,s OF The News
We include our,elv,s among those WI o
are much interested In tAem. AS the
Louisiana conference has not been heard
from Tor long time, and as W. believe
that not many less than thirty anxious
mothers lat this writing we number
thirty here) are witch pg your columns
for news O. 1t, We now have pleasure in
writing " ur estimabe sheet We will
begin hy stating that their sens are all
q. X in very deed.
Since our last writing we, until now,
have been laboring in what may be
termed "Freuch America" 1t is p, SSH
hle TO travel among people in Southern
L ouisiana for days aud no find one per-
son who can speak the Engli'h Ian
suage. 1t $ only dia ect of The long
forgotten French The people here are
wont to call 1t Creole eumho." You
might know without our statement hat
such 2 fed is not the most desirable.
While this fie d has not been very pre-
| life in IS yield, Ii has affIid d great OF
portuniiies Tor work; ana the experience
that has been rolled up here by US, we
are sure will rebound. when justice
reigns supreme, TO our credit. Had we
| been hunting encouragement this would
have been splendid field in which to
search; for 1t followed close upon our
every effort. and very frequently plead
| for aem ssion into our beings. The
breastwork of for.itude, behind which
the Elders fought, however, was almost
impossible, and each time, as the de-
signing thing presented itself to the FIRE
| of indomitaule will it was repulsed.
Hope was the brightest thing upon
which our gaze could rest, SO we looked
steadf silly upon it Il promised great
rev ards. AT the time, we we're quite
ssnguine, but we were unable to see
wherein we were to be ben fitted. We
are about through with them for sea-
son, and as some of The Elders have
already reached fairer fields, we know
by the r week reports that their almost
futile efforts among the French. is as
bread cast upon the waters, and is re-
turning to them after macy days. A
man OF speed wears weights upon his
feet Until such time as he desires
maximum of momentum WHEN he dis
cards them, and he indeed runs the
flster. The weight OF past experience
no longer hangs heavily upon US, and
we hope for an Increase Of speed with
which we will be enabled TO Run with
patience tae race that is before u.s."
and we hope to run 1t with marked sue
cess.
Elders Cornwall, Joseph A. and John
Wood have Just comp eted canvass OF
Baton Rouge. We travel without purse
or scrip here. At first the pri, ilege OF
canvassng the city was denied them un-
til license of IS would be forthcoming
They didn't have a cent. but they "be-
lieved God" put works with their. faith,
and after persistent effort and the sew
enth cal upon the heretofore unmoved
mayor and aldermen, succeeded in gain
ing consent to canvass the city, which
they did. Thus i, es the Lord bless
the humble efforts OF His servants,
Last month March 2ithl we lost one
of our number-E der Z. A. Matthe VS.,
OF Pima, Arizona He returned home
rejoicing in the knowledge OF having
done a good work in the harvest field oil
Curist. On the 23rd OF this month we
will part with three more OF our chosen
band. Elder William Martin will return
to his Colorado home; Axel Nelson's
presence will soon be had in Elsinore,
Utah, and Grover, Wyoming, will be
| proud OF the return OF ] f. Astle. They
all leave feeling well and in splendid
spirits.
The people here are very much con.
+ cared over high water. 1t is still
rising.
The corn and cane crops have beer
: planted and much oil it is up and looking
: green. Cotton will be planted soon.
t Spring is out in her best new gown
: and nature smiles.
s. l. SwENsoN,
X. L. CALDWELL.