Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-05-29
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Open Air Meetings There-Oue stop
pea Mayor Issues Permits
Courtesy OF Officers.


PED Mayor Issues Permits
Courtesy OF Officers.
go CONCORD, Street, Brooklyn,
May 18th, 1897.
To the Editor:
The work here is assuming larger
proportions. About three weeks ago
Elder Kesler, president Of the mission
here, introduced the English method
OF reaching the public, that is, by street.
preaching. Our first meeting was held
within speaking distance of Plymouth
Church. where once was heard the re-
markable oratory OF Henry Ward Beech
err, and now.a-d days the equally remark
able theology o! Reverend Lyman Alb
bolt Our meeting was not complete
success, or complete meeting. Elder
Kesler had just made few Introductory
remarks, and the growing crowd were
just becoming interested, when police
man made his appearance, and ap-
preaching the speaker, inquired in an
undertone II he had permit to conduct
street services. The answer being in the
negative, the meeting had 10 be brought
to sudden termination.
The next morning Elder Kesler inter-
viewed the mayor and secured four per-
mlts, each for different ward. A few
days later, our president left for month
to attend a series OF conferences in the
newly added districts in the South. The
week of his departrre we held three out
door meetings without interruption. AT
the last of them policemen again came
along, but upon being shown our per-
init, allowed us to proceed. He sug-
gested, however, that we notify the pre-
cinct Offices when we intended holding
such meetings, that our officer might be
present to preserve order. We consid-
cred it good suggestion and thanked
him for hts kindness.
1t is surprising how quickly crowd
gathers at our meetings. 1t is, perhaps,
because they are not accustomed to such
a method of evangelizatiop, as very few
OF the sects adopt il. Some of our
audiences evidently think we belong to
the Salvation Army. heard one or
two, who labored under this delusion
give voice, on approaching, 10 such en-
couraging phrases as "Hallelujah
Praise the Lord Amen" but they soon
found out their mistake. We feel graft
fed at the success OF our open-air work
thus far and look forward to many fine
meetings during the summer.
We have also resumed tracing from
house to house. My district is largely
Catholic and has many tenement houses,
or FLATS" containing ten, twelve and
even twenty families. The Catholics
generally accord me respectful treat
ment and as rule, politely decline ac-
cepting tract, while few others act
quite differently. 1t is somewhat dis
couragingly to climb up six flights oil
stairs and then get the profiered tract
thrown back and the door slammed in
ones face. There ere many cups and
downs" in more than ore sense, to
this branch oil missionary work. Still
meet few here and there who take
an interest in the truth, and though ex-
ceptionsl, these suffice to make the
work encouraging and bright.
There are, at this writing, the follow
ing Elders at $50 Concord"-D. +. Ed
wards, L. I. Burton, William V. Haight,
George E. Hanks and myself. We are
all well, and anxious to be OF some use
to the Lord in this part OF the vineyard.
n WARTS