Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-01-12
Evidences Of Gods Mercy,

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Cockrum, DE Soto County, Miss,
Dec. 81. 1897. = In Alabama,
where 1 have been tray
cling some of the time, the people have
prohibition law. but it doesn't exact
ly prohibit You see Lucifer has I'm
proved on the original plan by adding
prohibition and filling the people with
bitters and other compounds instead of
liquor. The stills are not all still and
occasionally some good church" MEM
Der gets full of the murder breeding
booze They usually celebrate the
birth of Christ in this way. My COM
panion and l have been visiting an old
gentleman who had cut his foot and on
Christmas night we received the ON
soling information that mob was
coming to pay us their respects. They
were filled to the brim with the above
named booze. They came. but didn't
do anything God protected us. So
much for prohibition.
Some of the people here are great on
profession. they are very religious on
Sunday. ] attended Methodist meet
ing here one Sunday. 1t seemed to me
that not leaf stirred. lest it be indict-
ed for sabbath Dissertation: the grass
appeared to have stopped growing and
the town COW to have gone outside the
corporation limits to chew her cud.
Such Is SUNDAY in the South The
meeting l attended was during the pro-
tracted season and the people seemed
to be sorely afflicted. While the
preacher was preaching, some were
singing, some praying and others
shouting The room was filled with
discordant voices
l have met several preachers here
hut the notions and opinions some of
the advanced made methink their logic
had slipped out. The people here are
hosnitable and kindhearted.
Elder Ashby and have been labor
ing In the city of fernando, and nv
strength and love for the Gospel has
been Increased ten fold by the many
evidences of Gods mercies. on Dec.
10th we started for the city. travelling
without purse or scrip. It was raining
and cold, hut we went on Just the same.
ON arriving there we first went to the
hotel and left our grips, saying we
would call again. We went and found
the mayor and got permission to dis
tribute tracts, then tried to get
church to hold meetings in. hut falling
In this we called on the sheriff and
asked for the use of the court house.
This we We're also refused. He said
we were immoral We called on several
of the merchants who treated us
courteously. 1t was getting dark. and
we knew not where to 60. The Shirt
sun tb inns WNN ana we went. The
first house we came to was Ii typical
Southern msnsion. We were invited IN
and stayed there that night. we were
treated very kindly by the man and his
wife, Mr., and Mrs. N. NJ Whitley. The
next morning we returned To the hotel
where we had left our grips, saw the
proprietor, a Mrs. Spencer She was
ntsonished Mt learning the way we
Travelled. and kindly invited us to stay
at her hotel while in the city She said
she knew we Were trying to ''n good.
and she desired TO aid us. re were
determined to hold "a meeting some
where, 20 mounting n bale Of cotton
on the sidewalk. we called the people
TO order After singing and prayer we
preached To them. and we sold all of
the Voice of Warnings we had with us.
After meeting we walked to the hotel
and were given the hest rooms in the
house. The next night. Sunday, we
stopped with a wealthy old gentleman.
Major John Boone.
While on our way here from Ala
hama I baptized four adults and
blessed two children. Good old Sister
ogelesby was quite sick: we admins
tered to her and she soon got well.
The Lord Is indeed good and kind to us
The Dessert News is always n wei
come visitor to us. am enjoying
good health and feel well In the coed
work In which / am engaged NY
former companion, Elder Hinckley
came to visit me on Christmas. We had
good time together.