Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-04-10
BapuiZiNG AND BLEssIsG.
Good success Attending the L"bsr- OF
missionaries In penpsyIvspia


Mrsi"unri.. In rennsyivsnia
Nav ENGLAND, Allegheny Co., Pa,
March goth, 1897.
To the Editor:
We have been having some success
here in helping TO ioll On tie work OF
the Lord and IN adding members TO the
fold.
Last fall, at our conference, we were
given Butler county, Pa TO labor. in.
We met with success there at hrst.
After we were there awhile, 1t seemed
the people became indifferent to the
truth; but we kept up our work vita
lasting and prayer, till we had gone over
The county, leaving some 7.eoo tracts
with the people, also some Voices OF
Warning. While there. we read an ac-
count oil Elder B. IL. Roberts being in
Pnt;hurg, and lo,k the time aud
pleasure OF going and hearing him, and
stayed TIL saw him and his compan-
ions start for Philadelphia. While with
him got the names OF some Saints who
were living some twenty niles up the
Mouongahe ia river from P,ttsburg, in
place called New England; and after
we got our county done, we were sent
there by the pres dent OF our confer
ence.
We came over to New Eng and about
the middle of February; and as b. II.
Roberts had spoken up here, the people
were waiting to hear more oil the Cos
pei. We got the schoolhcuse, and gave
out notice of a meeting. The house
was filed as iull as it could be, some OF
the people standing up because all OF
the seats were taken We mid some
six meetings, and on February 2Isi, we
led eight honest souls down INFO the
waters OF baptism. We also have a
great many more investigating. We
were invited TO visit the people and hold
me etings in their houses, which we did,
and we find that II has better effect
than holding even large public meetings.
Last month we held twenty-five meet
ings. We also had the pleasure Of
blessing len children; only two OF their
parents belonged to the Chuich. We
still continue to hold meetings. IL
seer ed we could not talk enough on the
Gospel Tor them. On the second OF
March we led three more as fine young
men as can be found, down into the
waters oil baptism. On ,he third OF
March we blessed five more children.
The parents do not belong to the
Church. On the sixth we blessed two
more children; making seventeen chill
dren we have blessed since we came
here.
On the seventh we got letter asking
us to come up to a place Gale SMITH
dale, some six or eight mites distant.
We went the xt day. Will there we
held number of meetings, and had a
large crowd every night. On the sew.
enth we led one more into the fold.
NNhtla there the NJ a ca had | u,a c
taken sick, and returned to New Eng
land, When we got back, we found
| Brother Samuel s. Florence, OF Porter
vile, Morgan county, Utah, aud also a
letter from Our presideut, Elder Levi
| Kelch, telling us we were to be parted.
| | was 10 30 to East Liverpool, Ohio,
| while Brother Decker was to stay here
We have held twenty meetings al
ready this month, aud have one given
| out for tonight, We also have some
more asking 10 be baptized, which we
will attend to tomorrow. We have now
some tweniy-one or twenty two here,
aud we expect to see nice branch
started up. The people here have fine
leader, in the person Of Brother George
Barnes. He has belonged 10 the Church
for numDer of years, and many OF the
Elders who travelled in this part, know
OF his kindness.
Well, can say for the young men
who are called to Pennsylvania for mis-
sionary labors, they can consider them
selves blessed. | will say, also that
| our success is due to strictly following
out the advice OF those who preside, and
fasting and prayer
would admonish all the young men
of Zion to prepare and to be workers,
Tor 1.-The harvest is great and the labor.
ers are few" Let US buckle on the ar
NOR of truth and acqult ourselves like
men, in helping to roll on the great
work. J Y. BARLOW.
NJ. NJ. DEcK,R