Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-07-03
Success Attending thu elders who
Travel without Purse md scrip
WOODS Cross Road, Gloucester, Co,
Virginia, May 3Ist, 1897.

Virginia, May 3Ist, 1897.
To the Editor
Since left my home in the beautiful
town Of Providence ,, Cache county, Utah,
November 5th, 1895. have been en-
gagged as travelling Elder in the Old
Dominion state, during which time my ex-
perience has been OF varied character.
For the first nine months my labors
were confined to the Countess of Bruins
wick and Nelson, making house to
house canvas with Elder Ezra Bingham
of Ogden. meeting with many friends
and assisting in allaying much prejudice
that seemed to be poisoning the minds
of the people. Immediately after con-
ference, which was held at Hafon,
Reonoke county, Juy II and IL, where
we received many valuable instruc ions
from our worthy President f. S. Kun
ball, | was assigned 10 continue my
labois in Nelson county in connection
with Elder Joseph Osguthorpe of Mill
Creek, Salt Lake county, we lett for our
field OF labor July 27th, 1896. light
hearted aud determined to fulfil the
commandments oil God, by travelling
without purse or scrip Notwithstand-
ing the scorching SUI and rugged rolds
we reached our field OF LABOR alter
five days walk on the first OF August
when we commenced our pleasant lab
ors among the S ints, holding a few
days meet ng. We continued to canvas
the remaining portion OF Nelson county,
which was among the mountain people.
meeting with much success and holding
a great many meetings The people as
rue were kind aud hospitable, al
though at times Their accommodations
W re poor, fleas ami ticks were plenti.
full, but we were welcome to what they
mad. During our stay in Nelson we had
the pleasure OF baptizing FIVE honest
souls into the fold oil christ; one of
which would mention III particular was
grandma Fiz gerald OF elgh,y-Jn sum
mers, who being Old and feeble, we car
rel her, on cnair laced to two sticks
with hickory bark, down the mountain
to little creek on the head waters OF
the Tie River, where we Performed the
holy ordinance and enjoyed a spiritual
feast.
Our labois in Nelson were shor but
pleasantly spent, | was then motif d by
our worthy president, ] DsGray Dixon,
to meet Elder II. b Crouch oil Morgan
county at Louisa court house and travel
as a meteoric Elder in the county OF GU
pepper. Bidding Saints and friends good
bye we made our way 10 Louisa court
house. Meeting my companion on the
appointed day, we at once set out for
our field of labor. Arriving in Culpeper
October I4,h, we began Dur labors by
visiting tue trustees and succeeded IN
gaming access to the school houses 10
the salem district; we at once began our
series OF lectures. Our friends were
few at first, but soon our lame spread
abroad and people come from lar and
ne At to hear the Mormon boys. and thus
by tue aud OF God we marched on with
success from village 10 village holding
eight to ten lectures in each sch jol
house, which we're crowded with atten'
tive sleners each nighi, and during the
beautiful moonlight nights OF October
our audience Increased, SO we we're
compelled TO throw wide The doors so
the who Stood on the out
side could hear the Go pei sound.
Our labors were CT wled with success