Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-04-09

Ron. Chickasaw Nation, I. r.,
March 2S. 1898.
To the Editor:
The oklahoma conference. in which
We have been called to labor, includes
Oklahoma territory and Chlckasav
nation. /. T.
Theg are five pair of Elders beside.
the president. united us IA band OF
brethren In this conference. endeavor-
Ing 10 preach and publish the Gospe
| TO this people. namely Wm. r. Harper
Thos. @. Naylor, Alfred Dixon, John
NJ. kerns. Alfred Hogensen. David
| jackson, Orson l.. Caldwell, James l..
Jensen, Lawrence Blackett. Francis l..
Woods and Edward J. Clark.
We are holding public and private
| meetings and distributing our litera-
ture among the people.
We have been laboring in the Chicka-
saw nation, i. T., this winter.
The conference president assigns each
pair of Elders portion of territory to
canvass
They visit every family in their re,
spective districts and leave them
little pamphlet containing our articles
OF faith and short talk upon the first
principles of the Gospel and hold
meeting with every family that Will
listen to them.
The Chlckasaw Indians own the
country and the white people which
live here are mostly renters and reside
in small log cabins.
the people are very hospitable and
the Elders travel absolutely without
money and they never lack for any.
thing.
The Elders have done a good work
during the past three months. We
have made large number of friends
and have number of investigators.
In some parts OF the country the |
people are very preJudiced against us. |
having read all kinds OF ISLANDERS and |
MISREPRESENTATION. When we go into |
n new district we always get permission |
of the trustees II possible to hold a |
series OF meetings In their school |
house. We announce preaching in the |
school house and through curiosity to
see a Mormon and hear his doctrine
we generally have pretty good turn
out and when we succeed In holding
meetings we generally get them inter
ested and make an abundance Of
friends.
All the ministers of the different re-
Iigious denominations unite their forces
against the truth and warn their
,hnrch members to have nothing to do
win us; this only increases their cur
osity to hear us and II thus serves as
IN advertisement But as we visit
very house all the people whether
hey attend meeting or not have an
of hearing the Gospel of
oN II homes,
We have some very Interesting ex-
'eriences in travelling the way we do
Imongst the people, meeting all classes
ma Kinds and assocatlng with the
ichest to the most humble in the land
nd 1t Is among the poor that we gen
rally find the most contented and
appy.
We enjoy our work and also a portion
i the Spirit of the Lord and rejoice
realty to think that we are worthy
o bear the Gospel to this people
We are blessed of the Lord In many ,
Ways. When We go into district ,
re generally fast and pray for an eff '
ectual door to be opened for us and {
or the Lord to let His Spirit move I
pom the hearts of the people to hear
s ana to remove prejudice. Thus the
'ork of the Lord Is progressing. After '
ne 18th of May we will hold confer ,
nee and expect Elder Vim. IT. Jack {
ne present and we anticipate n
piritual feast |
we VIII then go north into Oklahoma
M labor in some OF the counties there
nring the summer Much interest il
eng aroused In this part of the coun- !
" by our labors.
We know that the work In which we ]
re engaged Is the work of the Lord ,,
M mat the Gospel we preach is the
ospel of Christ, and IL obeyed will
ring salvation to all those who accent c
We read the News" whenever we J
IN get II and greatly rejoice in hear ,
X or the success OF Elders in yarious I
arts of the world |
EDWARD ]. CLARK,
FRANCIS I, Nynnn