Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-01-30
Hindnsss Of Peopic There 60 she EId-
ers-sOnin Prejudice.

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SEBREE City, Kentucky, Webster Co.
January 18th, 1897.
To the Editor:
Today marks the first step in the stair
way of humanty's progress this year.
/ suppose it is cold, frozen, slippery
one at my dear old mountain home.
However 1t may be where you are, here
it is, and has been Tor some time, SO
warm and pleasant that we can rest OUT
selves by the roadside and read, and
study pleasantly in the balmy, sunny
south of "Od Kainiuck." Indeed Tor
three days it has been so warm tina,
when one wished to read he sought the
shady instead OF the sunny side OF the
house. | suppose, however, that we will
wake up some morning finding it so
cold one scarcely can endure it.
Though we have been very successful
in obtaining places and churches to
preach in lately, Ton account OF finding
ourselves in plejudiced neighborhood,
and also nearly every house having
either measles or some other sickness)
we have done very little preaching, and
that little in private residences, but with
good attendance. To illustrate the pre-
JUDGE existing in the neighborhood
where we are at present. While talking
to missionary Baptist deacon, having
charge oil a Baptist church, he acquiesced
with me i'll the belief that we should be
willing to hear all sides, and that in
much council there was safety Quoted
Proverbs, AGO. but when he learned our
name, that had introduced myself as a
| Latter. day Saints and that meant the
same as Mormon he instantly charged,
with flushed lace and stated that he was
l no ~ q {
he was positive our using the church
would not suit the members thereof.
On Questioning him, he frankly admitted
that he knew nothing about our princi
pies and accepted a tract. Another
illustration OF prejudice: We called on
Tree will Baptist reverend divine) for
entertainment, and though he took us in
he commenced telling OF the points OF
our doctrine he disbeneved. We in.
formed him OF his mistake; then with
intense anger he told oil one oil our
bishops attempting to take mans vile
away in buggy from here to Utah (,he
bishop having had a revelation to do SO. }
When We informed him that it WAS about
1000 miles from Texas to Utah, and that
: 1t would be crazy bishop that would
undertake such a task in buggy, and
that our Elders never travelled singly
but always two and two. he Gained
Z somewhat, and at night when we called
for our grips, he begged pardon, said he
: was testing, aud asked us Tor our
!, | Articles oil Faith and tract and Voice
e oil Warning.
a This prejudice is in striking contrast
l with the success we have had ever since
4 my absence. The FIRST place we preach
Y ed in in this county, the people were so
: taken up with our doctrine that they
asked us back to preach again, and still
! a third time, and alter we had preached
: some eighteen or twenty times they
gave us a standing invitation, and in TACT
/ requested us to come and hold meeting,
1 sing and preach to them as often as we
: conveniently could. Then the trustees
! and teacher requested me to give them
E vocal music training before and ter
! preaching, and on Saturdays aud Sum
5 days. This, OF course, we gladly did,
, because music recreation makes us
' some OF our most dear and lasting
: friends. and is OF special advantage to
Z us in that il reaches the cultured class OF
< society that often we would be unable
4 to approach without il.
a On one occasion when we mad to post
, pone our sermon tor two nights, las the
i regular pastor of the church had his
!. appointment come while we were hold
i ing meeiings) the preacher requested
: me TO make some closing remarks TO his
E sermon on charity. His sermon pre-.
a scented a splendid opportunity to preach
: Of the Holy Ghost and also church
= organization. II was such fine chance
C that all through mis- sermon could
a scarcely keep my seat, so anxious was
= to carry on his sermon into the proper
Il line, and also fearing that as II was such
Il an excellent opportunity to preach our
l. doctrine might lose it, as he might not
i call on me. He did call me, however,
c and assure you, had the spirit OF the
r occasion, as Elder Miller said, and did
il pour Mormonism to his large audience
e in buckets iull as It were. And what
a was most peculiar | was fearful at first,
i thinking he would possibly call me TO
order as / was in reality preaching in
/, direct opposition to the church discipline
Il he represented, but he kept up a COZ.
d tinous series OF approving remarks dur.
= ing my entire sermon, such as that's
e right" 80 say l." Amen" etc.
S Before leaving he came to us and
!. gave Us hearty good.by and
y God speed in our good work, ask
I, ing us 10 call and accept his hospitality
} when we came to his neighborhood. In
n conversing with member OF the con
Z, gresatlon after meeting he said. Did
you notice how the congregation Gained
+ down alter you had been preaching a
j. few minutes, and now they began to
u straighten up IN their seats and open
K their ears when you got warmed up in
o your sermon2" IL was one OF The best
. opportunities we've had, which In all
e prcbabihue we would have lost II it
n had not have been ior the singing class.
d January 5rd.-lti5 still warm weather,
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